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EXTRAORDINARY HANGING

Item

Title
EXTRAORDINARY HANGING
Source
Savannah Morning News (GA)
Date
10/25/00
page
1
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/item/sn89053684/1900-10-25/ed-1/.
Crime
Rape
Subject
Assaulted; Lynched;
Race of alleged offender
Black alleged offender
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Race of alleged victim
Black alleged victim
Gender of alleged victim
Female alleged victim
Law enforcement involved
Mob
Stage of the Legal System
Extralegal
Location
In State, Macon GA
Length of story
81
Description
Following Action of Whites the Negroes lynched a Negro.
Macon, Ga Oct. 24 —A story reach##
here of an extraordinary lynching near
Wellston in Houston county. last week
a negro was lynched at that place for assault on a white woman. Sunday another
negro assaulted an girl of his own race.
The man was captured! and negroes of the
vicinity asked the while citizens to let
them have him. Thia was compiled with
and the negro was lynched In the woods.