MURDERED!
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Title
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MURDERED!
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Journal
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Publication Place
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Huntsville, Alabama
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Publication Date
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5/14/1897
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Transcript
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MURDERED! Madison County' Shame Two Women Hanged by Dob, 1 Mollie Smith and Amanda WhlUj were hanging to the limb of a tree. They were accused of poisioning the Kelly family, and It 1 litlmi-d tlwit they eonfesiMil to ttiUtlwtl. lint whether they werv guilty or not, dm not mat ter- they were murdered without due procem. of law. With the machinery of the government all In their hauda, these white (lends could not unit lor the eourM, but must take the law Into their own hands, and murder two (uMir helpless women. "Vengeance Is mine and I wlllreiuty,' salth the I-onl, and certainly ho will heap this up for the time of harvest. Kvery man or boy that took part In that lynch lug Is a murderer, and will wear the brand of Cain to his dying day. The Tribune, which Is usually on the side of right, but very wrong In this, calls theso murderer a "law nldiflng neighborhood. Surely the good nugvl that has hovered over Mr. l-aiie and made his n mighty iu defense of rKht, was away when be penned the ac count of this hanging. We have no excuse to offer for those who violate the law, nor can we allow this red-handed murder of women to pass without placing the seal of our condemnation upon it. What are we coming to! To whom can we look for succor? If these women were guilty, and we do not say they were not, w hy not give them atrial!' What art-our laws for? Are they hi In1 set aside at any time, at the pleas ore of these thirsting for human gore? To the iiople christian gentlemen of this town, we jipis.nl for protection. If we have violaUil your laws, try us by them. Hut for the f;iir name of your countyv.for the sake of humanity, fur all that is right and noble, stop these murders by mobs.