Three Lynchers Convicted
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Title
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Three Lynchers Convicted
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Nebraska State Journal
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Publication Place
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Lincoln, NE
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Publication Date
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08/31/1901
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Transcript
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THREE LYNCHERS CONVICTED. Alabama Court Shows Disapproval of Mob Law. WETUMPKA, Ala., Aug. 30.-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 ten years in the penitentiary. This makes three convictions in these cases, Geo. Howard having been sentenced to life imprisonment a few days ago. The case of John Thomas, the white man with whom Robert White and his brother Winston, had the difficulty, which resulted in the lynching of Robert White, is now on trial. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., Aug. 30.- An appeal to President McKinley for the protection of the negroes who are being lynched for their crimes, was formulated by the negro territorial Baptist Sunday school convention, which is in session in this city. The convention does not attempt to excuse their offenses, but asks the president to use his executive power in securing for them a fair trial in courts before punishment is meted out.
Three Lynchers Convicted