NEGRO GIRLS LYNCHED
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Title
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NEGRO GIRLS LYNCHED
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Carlisle Evening Herald
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Publication Place
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Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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Publication Date
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5/13/1897
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Transcript
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NEGRO CMIHEa Captured by an Alabama Mob and Promptly Strung Up TRIED TO KILL A WHOLE FAMILY. Tlioy I'lucod llouuli on ltata In the HlHcultH Made For the Family, and All Were Taken Seriously 111, the Head or the Family Dying. Huntsvllle, Ala., May 13. At day' break the bodies of Nellie Smith and Mandy White, two negro girls, were found swinging from ropes from trees on the side of the road leading from Jeff, Ala., to Huntsvllle. 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, a well known citizen of Jeff. They confessed to two attempts on the lives of the Kelly family. The first attempt resulted in the death of Mr. Kelly. Nine weeks ago the first attempt on the lives of the Kelly family was made. The family sickened Bhortly after eating supper, and Joshua Kelly died 24 hours afterward. On May 1 the family and tenants of the deceased were poisoned again in a mysterious manner. There were six white per sons and eight negroes affected. Messrs. D. E. and Lamson Kelly became critically ill, as did Mrs. E. Kelly. Oakley Woodward, clerk in a store, who came near dying from the other poisoning, and a Tennessee drummer who spent the night with them, were two other victims. Incriminating evidence was found Saturday at the Kelly home at Jeff, and a clew in the shape of a box of poison led to the detection of the women. The premises were searched and underneath the kitchen was found a box of poison. On it was stamped the trade mark of D. E. and J. O. Kelly, grocers at Jeff. The poison, which was "rough on rats," was placed in biscuits.