Title: Here stands the law
Description: On July 25, 1903 Sheriff Hardy Whitlock defended the Vermilion County's jail from a rioting mob that had lynched and burned a prisoner, and wrecked the city buildings. The subsequent arrest and trial of some of the rioters brought three men dedicated to upholding the law together: the sheriff, State's Attorney John W. Keeslar, and Judge Morton W. Thompson.
Subjects: Administration of Justice, History, Lynching, Riots
Places: Danville, Danville (Ill.), Illinois
People: H. H. Whitlock (b. 1867), John W. Keeslar, Morton W. Thompson