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Title
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Judge Lynch's Record
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Plaindealer
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Publication Place
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Topeka, KA
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Publication Date
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08/04/1899
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Transcript
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JUDGE LYNCH'S RECORD. "Shall This Barbarity Continue Until the God of Retribution Marshals His Strength Against the Barbarians ?" From The Richmond ( Va.) Planet. A partial list of the number of persons lynched, from January 5. 1897, to January 5. 1898 : F. J. Baker, colored, no charge, postmaster, Lake City, S. C.; Lincoln McGelsey, colored, murder, Maude P. O., O. T.: a man named Devoe, colored, assault, Pearken, Ark.: Marshall Chadwick, colored, suspected of murder, Colfax, Wash.; a colored man suspected of stealing a $2 hog, Cleveland county, Ark.: Will Jones, colored, criminal assault, Comorant, Miss.; L. J. Johnson, white, murder, Rock Springs, Wyo.; a man named Bennett, white, murder, Rock Springs, Wyo.: William Bell, colored, no crime, Amite City, La.; Elbert Harris, colored, suspected of house-burning, Anderson, S. C.; Garfield King, colored, shooting a white officer, Salisbury, Md.; Joe Kiser and Gilmore Johnson, colored, assault, Charlotte, N. C.; Sam. and Curtis Young, colored, shooting an officer, Clarksville, Md.; George Washington, colored, shooting a constable, Weimar, Tex.: John Becker, white, murder, Great Bend, Kas.; Sol. Jackson, Lewis Speir, Jesse Thompson and Camp Reese, colored, murder, Wetumpka, Ala.: Charlie Washington, colored, rape and robbery, Dayton, Ala.; George Street, colored, at-
Judge Lynch's Record