Frank Little Lynched: IWW Executive Board Member Murdered by Vigilantes in Butte
In the early morning hours of August 1, 1917, six masked men dragged IWW executive board member Frank Little from his Butte, Montana boarding house, tied him to the rear bumper of an automobile, dragged him through the streets, and hanged him from a railroad trestle. A note pinned to his body read …
Frank Little
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte vigilantes
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