TWO NEGRO GIRLS
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Title
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TWO NEGRO GIRLS
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Chillicothe Gazette
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Publication Place
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Chillicothe, Ohio
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Publication Date
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5/13/1897
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Transcript
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TWO NEGRO GIRLS a Mob, Nashville, Tenn., May 11 A Huntsville, Ala, special to the liauner states that at daybreak Wednesday the bodies of Mollie Smith and Mandy Franks, negro girls, were found swinging from ropes from trees on the side of the road leading from Jeff, Ala., to Huntsville. The lynching was done at an early hour by a mob of about 20 persons. The two girls were suspected of poisoning the family of Joshua Kelly of Jeff. Mollie Smith was arrested Tuesday night while making her way across the Tennessee line, and Mandy Franks was captured at home. The latter is said to have made a confession. The first poisoning of the Kelly family was about two months ago, and Mr. Kelly died. A few days ago several other members of the family were poisoned, but all recovered.