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Chapter 2 LYNCH-LAW STATISTICS

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, the following computation of lynching statistics is made referr

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Archer, Carrollton, Ala.; Sept. 15, William Archer,

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nown negro,

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Thomas, near B

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lman Green,

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Feb. 9, Frank Harrell, Dickery, Miss.;

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diz, Ky.; Sept. 11, Frank Smith, Newton, Miss.; Sept. 16, William Jackson, Nevada, Mo.; Sept. 19, Riley Gu

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ard Forman, G

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id Jackson,

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omas Smith,

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nknown negroes,

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reek, Texas; Aug. 27, Charles Tart, Lyons Station, Miss.; Dec. 7, Robert

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known negroes,

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iam Wagner, Lynchburg, Va.; Nov. 4, Samuel Motlow,

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ish, La.; Jan. 21, Richard Davis, St. James Parish, La.; Dec. 8, Benjamin Menter, Ber

OMPLICITY

il Julian, Jefferson Parish, La.; Sept. 16, Paul Julian, Jeff

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pt. 1, John Ferguson, Lawrens, S.C.; Sept. 1, Oscar Johnston, Berkeley, S.C.; Sept. 1, Henry Ewing, Berkeley, S.C.; Sept. 8, William Smith, Camden, Ark.; Sept. 15, Staples Green, Livingston, Ala.; Sept. 29, Hiram Jacobs, Mount Vernon, Ga.; Sept. 29, Lucien Mannet, Mount Vernon, Ga.; Sept. 29, Hire Bevington, Mou

D.T. Nelson, Varney, Ark.; Nov. 29, Newton Jones, Baxley, Ga.; Dec. 2, Lucius Holt, Concord, Ga.; Dec. 10, two unknown negroes, Richmond, Ala.; July 12, Henry Fleming, Columbus, Miss.; July 17, unknown negro, Briar Field, Ala.; July 18, Meredith Lewis, Roseland, La. July 29, Edward Bill, Dresden, Tenn.; Aug. 1, Henry

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known negro

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nown negroes, Fr

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n, Jackson, Miss.; Sept. 15, Louisa Carter, Jackson, Miss.; Sept. 1

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erly, Mo.; June 2, Isaac

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niel Adams,

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, Paris, Miss.; Aug. 31, unknown negro, Yarborough, Tex.; Sept. 30

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Daniel Lewis, Waycross, Ga.; Aug. 10, James Taylor,

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, Tenn.; June 13, William Shorter, Winchester, Va.; June 14, George Williams, near Waco, Tex.; June 24, Daniel Edwards, Selina or Selma, Ala.; June 27, Ernest Murphy, Daleville, Ala.; July 6, unknown negro, Poplar Head, La.; July 6, unknown negro, Poplar Head, La.; July 12, Robert Larkin, Oscola, Tex.; July 17, Warren Dean, Stone Creek, Ga.; July 21, unknown negro, Brantford, Fla.; July 17, John Cotton, Connersville, Ark.; July 22, Lee Walker, New Albany, Miss.; July 26, -- Handy, Suansea, S.C.; July 30, William Thompson, Columbia, S.

HARGED ARE

tempted robbery, 4; arson, 4; incendiarism, 3; alleged stock poisoning, 1; poisoning wells, 2; alleged poisoning wells, 5; burglary, 1; wife beating, 1; self-defense, 1; suspect

NGS BY

inois, 3; Kansas, 2; Kentucky, 8; Louisiana, 18; Mississippi, 17; Missouri,

OR THE Y

ive the record for the year preceding. The facts contended for will always appear manifest-that not one-third of the victims

ynched. The entire number is div

ana, 29; Maryland, 1; Mississippi, 16; Missouri, 6; Montana, 4; New York, 1; North Carolina, 5; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 3;

o and Kansas; the remainder were murdered in the South. Five of this number were fem

; assault and battery, 1; attempted rape, 11; suspected robbery, 4; larceny, 1; self-defense, 1; in

r of a white man; his fourteen-year-old daughter and sixteen-year-old son were hanged and their bodies fi

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