Lynchers Convicted
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Title
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Lynchers Convicted
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Bryan Morning Eagle
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Publication Place
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Bryan, TX
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Publication Date
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09/01/1901
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Transcript
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LYNCHERS CONVICTED. Two More Members of Mob Sent to the Penitentiary in Alabama. Wetumpka, Ala., Aug. 81.-The jury in the cases of John Strength and Martin Fuller, charged with having participated in the lynching of Robert White, a negro, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced the defendants to 10 years in the penitentiary. This makes three convictions in these cases, George Howard having been sentenced to life imprisonment a few days ago. The case of John Jones, the white man with whom Robert White and his brother Winston, had the difficulty which resulted in the lynching of Robert, is now on trial. A strenuous effort for a continuance was made by the defendants, the main contention being the absence of witnesses, two of whom are alleged to have left the country under indictment charging them with complicity in the lynching. Judge Denson decided that the case will be heard at once. Every step is being bitterly contested and the trial may consume several days.
Lynchers Convicted