- Collection:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection
- Title:
- Statement of Otis A. Thomason
- Creator:
- Thomason, Otis A.
- Date of Original:
- 1914-05-25
- Subject:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills--Employees--History--20th century
Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Threats of violence--Georgia--Atlanta
Depositions--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915 - People:
- Elsas, Oscar, 1871-1924
Strickland, J. A.
Mathis, Charles C., Jr.
Watson, Arthur - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Cabbagetown, 33.748162, -84.3665927 - Medium:
- depositions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Otis A. Thompson's official statement reads as follows: ""I was in front of 64 Carroll Street, about 2:30pm Sunday afternoon May 24th, when I heard J. A. Strickland say 'I would like to see the time come around, when I could help to kill Oscar Elsas and all of his son of a bitch pimps.' He said this in the presence of Chas Mathis, Arthur Watson and myself, besides several others."
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Exhibit is a joint project between the Georgia Tech Library and Information Center's Archives and Records Management, Digital Initiatives, and Systems departments. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://exhibit-archive.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/item39a4.html?collection=ms004&filename=ms004-0331.xml
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Please cite [Folder Title, Series and Subseries Title,] Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Extent:
- 1 p. ; 8.5"x11"
- Original Collection:
- Box 5, Folder 4 Sworn statements (folder 1 of 2) 1914, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department
- Rights:
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