The News in Brief
Item
- Title
- The News in Brief
- Source
- The true northerner (Paw Paw, Mich.)
- Date
- 1900-07-11
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033781/1900-07-11/ed-1/?sp=2&q=assault&r=0.524,0.597,0.351,0.135,0
- Crime
- Assault
- Subject
- lynching, weapon
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Stage of the Legal System
- extralegal
- Location
- Out of state, Columbia, Ala
- Length of story
- 20
- Description
-
John Roe, an 18-year-old negro, was
lynched near Columbia, Ala., for an attempted
assault. His body was shot to
pieces.
- Site pages
- The Geography of Assault
