Robert White Lynched

Title: Robert White Lynched
Source Type: Newspapers
Publisher: Boston Globe
Publication Place: Boston, MA
Publication Date: 07/04/1901
Transcript: ROBERT WHITE LYNCHED. Alabama Negro Taken from Officers by a Mob. MONTGOMERY, Ala, July Robert White, a negro, was lynched yesterday near Tallahassee, Elmore county. Robert White and his brother, Winston White, were tenants on the farm of a Mr. Goodwin, and their chickens annoyed a truck farmer named Thomas. The latter killed all the fowls belonging to the Whites. Monday night the two negroes attacked Thomas and fired several shots at him. Thomas returned the fire and slightly wounded Winston White. Robert White was arrested, and while on the way to Wetumpka a mob took him from the officers and hanged him to a tree.
Sources for: Robin White Jr.; Abram White