LSP Witness Statements on Rufus Council
Statements of witnesses to the fatal shooting of Rufus Council collected by Newark Legal Services Project. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
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Telegram from Edwin Albano to LSP, July 15, 1967
Telegram sent on July 15, 1967 from Dr. Edwin Albano, Essex County Chief Medical Examiner, to Newark Legal Services Project, regarding the postmortem examination of Rufus Council. Albano attributed the death to “a bullet wound on the left side of the head with laceration and hemorrage of brain.” — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Grand Jury Report- Rufus Council
Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Rufus Council on July 14, 1967, who was shot in the head when police driving on South Orange “fired his pistol into the crowd which resulted in the death of Rufus Council.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
LSP Notes on Rufus Council Witnesses-ilovepdf-compressed
Handwritten notes of Newark Legal Services Project regarding witnesses to the fatal shooting of Rufus Council on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Mabel Davis Deposition on Rose Lee Abraham
Deposition of Mabel Davis before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes police shooting near Springfield Avenue and seeing Rose Abraham walking up Blum Street “holding her side and bleeding.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
Moise Abraham Deposition on Rose Lee Abraham
Deposition of Moise Abraham before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which he describes his wife, Rose Abraham, collapsing in the doorway of their Blum Street apartment after being shot by Newark policemen on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Grand Jury Report- Rose Abraham
Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 45-year-old Rose Abraham on July 14, 1967, who was shot while police were “attempting to clear this area of looters.” The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
Rose Wright Deposition on Rufus Council
Deposition of 30-year-old Rose Wright before the Essex County Grand Jury, in which she describes watching Rufus Council get shot in the head by State Troopers while standing in the doorway of Roz’s Steak House on South Orange Avenue on July 14, 1967. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Statement on Robert Lee Martin- Washington Post
Transcript of Washington Post article on the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Robert Lee Martin on July 14, 1967. According to witness Herbert Price, “he was hit in the forehead. They wasn’t firing over our heads.” — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Robert Lee Martin- Grand Jury Report
Grand Jury report describing the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Robert Lee Martin on July 14, 1967, who “died of a fractured skull” after being shot by Newark Police while walking down Mercer Street. The Grand Jury found “no cause for indictment.” — Credit: Newark Public Library
