A Negro Girl's Unnatural Crime
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Title
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A Negro Girl's Unnatural Crime
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Muscatine News-Tribune
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Publication Place
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Muscatine, Iowa
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Publication Date
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4/7/1891
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Transcript
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A Negro Girl's Unnatural Crime.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 7.- Miss Roxie Elliott, a negro school teacher, gave birth to an illegitimate child a few days ago, and in her effort to hide her shame she carried the babe to a dense thicket where she tied a rope around its neck and hung it to a tree. The child was discovered by hunters and the coroner's investigation brought out the facts. The mother is under arrest.