Asheville, Dec. 9—George Ross Pou, superintendent of the state prison, Raleigh, has written the Asheville Prison Reform Association the following letter regarding the Negro prisoner, Alvin Mansel, who was recently sentenced to death following trial and conviction in superior court here on a charge of criminal assault of a white woman. It was also he who precipitated the first mob last summer which broke a precedent long standing in Asheville for peacefulness:
“With regard to Alvin Mansel, ow confined to the safekeeping department of this institution, I advise I have talked with this prisoner and he fully maintains his innocence.
“I am advised by the commissioners of pardons that he will make a thorough investigation of this case.”
A number of Asheville citizens have requested the local association to look into the matter of persistent identity of Mansel. The prison reform association is impressed with the facts that these requests come from sources outside its membership.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Dec. 10, 1925
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