GIRLS LYNCHED MOLLIE SMITH AND MANDY FRANKS, COLORED. SUSPECTED OF POISONING THE KELLY FAMILY.
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GIRLS LYNCHED MOLLIE SMITH AND MANDY FRANKS, COLORED. SUSPECTED OF POISONING THE KELLY FAMILY.
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Journal and Tribune
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Publication Place
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Knoxville, Tennessee
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Publication Date
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5/13/1897
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GIRLS LYNCHED MOLLIE SMITH AND MANDY FRANKS, COLORED. SUSPECTED OF POISONING THE KELLY FAMILY. Nashville, May 12. A Huntsvllle, Alia.,- special to the Banner states that at daybreak today 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 twenty persons. The two girls were - suspected or poisoning the family of Joshua O. Kelly at Jeff. Mollie Smith was arrested last night while making her way across the Tennessee line and was captured at home. The latter said to : have made a confession. The first poisoning of the Kelly family was two months -ago, and Mrs. Kellv died. A few days ago, several others of the family were poisoned, but all are recovering,