Letter from Mrs. Joe Gillen to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Police Condoning Bootlegging

A letter from the wife of Lake City Judge Joe Gillen to Florida Governor Carlton reporting incidences of illegal alcohol sales during prohibition in which local police were complicit. She states that a local Deputy Sheriff runs a "place called Red Diamond".Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.

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