Negroes Strung Up
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Title
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Negroes Strung Up
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Darlington Democrat
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Publication Place
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Darlington, Wisconsin
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Publication Date
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06/23/1898
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Transcript
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NEGROES STRUNG UP., FIVE MURDERERS LYNCHED IN, ALABAMA., The Flayers of Three Aged People, Feel the Vengeance of a Mob-Favorable View of Present Commercial, Conditions Taken by Bradstreet's., Soldiery Arrived Too Late., The men who murdered Mr. Carden and, his wife and an old man named Carlee,, near Wetumpka, Ala., have been lynched., Gov. Johnston received a message from, the sheriff that a mob was assembling., He feared his prisoners would be taken, from him, and so asked for troops. The, Governor soon got together about ninety, men of the Montgomery militia and sent, them to Wetumpka on a special train., Before they reached there, however, the, mob had secured the prisoners-five in, number-and taken them to the scene of, the murder. Four of the negroes confessed to having participated in the crime, and, one of them told where he had hid the, money. He was compelled to find it, and, in a few minutes, near the scene of the, crime, all five were swung up and their, bodies riddled with bullets. The militia, was unable to follow the mob, as the men, were all well mounted and no means of, conveyance was at hand to take the soldiers after them. In the morning efforts, were made to find the negroes, and about, 11 o'clock news came over the telephone, from Wetumpka that they had been found, swinging from a limb. Their names are, unknown.
Negroes Strung Up