Wholesale Lynching
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Title
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Wholesale Lynching
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Waterbury Evening Democrat
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Publication Place
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Waterbury, Connecticut
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Publication Date
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06/18/1898
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Transcript
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WHOLESALE LYNCHING., Five Negro Murderers Hanged In Alabama., MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 18.-The, men who murdered Mr. Carden and his, wife and an old man named Carlee last, week near Wetumpka were lynched yesterday. Thursday night Governor John-, son received a message from the sheriff, that a mob was assembling, and he, feared his prisoners would be taken, from him and asked for troops., The governor soon got together about, 90 men of the local militia and sent, them 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 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 were unable to follow the, mob Thursday night, as they were all, well mounted, and no means of conveyance were at hand to take the soldiers, after them. Yesterday 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 not known.
Wholesale Lynching