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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1983
Page
3
Henry Francis Hays, a Ku Klux Klan leader, is convicted of the murder of 19 year old Michael Donald whose battered body was hanged from a tree. Jurors deliberated about three hours before verdict. Prosecution called the crime grisly and atrocious. defense claimed motives were political. Protests and marches followed in Mobile led by figures such as Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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