Lynching; Averted

Title

Lynching; Averted

Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Age Herald

Publication Place

Birmingham, AL

Publication Date

08/04/1898

Transcript

Lynching ; Averted Mettie Smith and Will Floyd, two ne- groes, were hurried here from Wetumpka last night in the custody of officers. They were charged with having attempted an assault on the young daughter of a white Baptist minister named Johnston, and they were removed from the jail in Elmore on account of demonstrations indicating a lynching. Lynchin ; Averted Mettie Smith and Will Floyd, two ne- groes, were hurried here from Wetumpka last night in the custody of officers. They were charged with having attempted an assault on the young daughter of a white Baptist minister named Johnston, and they were removed from the jail in Elmore on account of demonstrations indicating a lynching.

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