Lynchings in 1898

Item

Title
Lynchings in 1898
Source Type
Newspapers
Publisher
Chicago Daily Tribune
Publication Place
Chicago, IL
Publication Date
12/31/1898
Transcript
JUNE. 6. . William Street. colored. attempted murder. Doyline, La. 3. Levi Hayden. colored, assault, Texarkana. Ark. 6. Curtis Young. colored. murder. Clarksville, Mo. 6. Samuel Young. colored, murder, Clarksville, Mo. 10. George Washington, colored. murder. Wemar, Tex. 13. John Becker. murder.. Great Bend. Kas. 14. Moses Ricks. colored. rape, Monroe Co.. Ark. 14. Son of Moses Ricks. colored. complicity in rape, Monroe Co., Ark. 15. Negro, assault upon officer, Oak Ridge. La. 16. Caleb Gaines, colored, rape, Glasgow. Ky. 17. Solomon Jackson. colored, murder. Wetumpka, Ala. 17. Lewis Spler. colored. murder. Wetumpka, Ala. 17. Jesse Thompson, colored, murder, Wetumpka, Ala. 17. Camp Reese, colored. murder. Wetumpka, Ala. 17. William Jackson. colored. murder. Wetumpka, Ala. 23. Charles Washington, colored. rape, Mine Lick, Tenn. 22. Hewlett, murder. Carroll County. Va. 126. George Scott. colored, rape. Russellville, Ky. 30. Henry Williams, colored. rape, Macon. Mo.
Sources for
Jesse Thompson