Reward for Murderers, Got the Fifth One
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Title
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Reward for Murderers, Got the Fifth One
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Weekly Corinthian
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Publication Place
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Corinth, MS
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Publication Date
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09/28/1898
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Transcript
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Reward for Murderers. The governor of Alabama has offered reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Joe Tompson, a negro, in Tallapoosa county. His body was found mutilated. Got the Fifth One. Four negroes were lynched three months age at Wetumpka, Ala., on suspicion of murder. A fifth escaped He was captured and started for jail but his body has been found.
