FOR THE USUAL CRIME
Item
- Title
- FOR THE USUAL CRIME
- Source
- Savannah Morning News (GA)
- Date
- 8/19/00
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/item/sn89053684/1900-08-19/ed-1/.
- Crime
- Rape
- Subject
- Attempted Criminal Assault
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- White alleged victim
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- Mob
- Stage of the Legal System
- Extralegal
- Location
- In State, Doe Run GA
- Length of story
- 58
- Description
-
Doe Run, Oa., Aug. 18.-An armed mob.
numbering fifty men. forcibly entered the
jail here last night, and. taking Bill Cater, a negro, out, riddled him with bullets. He died instantly.
Cater was charged with attempted criminal assault on a white woman. As soon
cater was captured he confessed his
crime and later was identified by his victim