Five Negroes Lynched
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Title
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Five Negroes Lynched
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Santa Fe New Mexican
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Publication Place
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Publication Date
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06/17/1898
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Transcript
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FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED., Alabama Mob Took Prisoners From Jail and, Hanged Them-Had Murdered Three, Persons For Money., Montgomery, Ala.. June 17. - The, negroes who murdered Mr. Carden and, wife and old man Carlee last week. near, Wetumpka, were lynched today. Last, night Governor Johnston received a message from the sheriff stating that a mob was assembling. The governor, sent the local militia to Wetumpka on a, special train. Before they reached, there, however, the mob secured the, prisoners, five In number, and took them, to the scene of the murder. Four confessed having participated in the crime, and one told where he had hidden the money. All five were swung up and, their bodies riddled with bullets.
Five Negroes Lynched