The Reign of Lawlessness

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Newspapers

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The Richmond Planet

Publication Place

Richmond, Virginia

Publication Date

07/23/1898

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The Reign of Lawlessness JUDGE LYNCH'S BLOODY WORK, Fearful Record, The Law Sleeps, "Shall this barbarity continue until the God of retribution, marshals his strength against the barbarians ?", ., Number of Persons Lynched from January 5th,, 1897, to January 5th, 1898,, 167, Date, Names., Charge., Place., No., 1898., F.J. Baker, colored Postmaster, no charge, Lake City, 8. 0., 1, Jan. 7. Lincoln McGelsey, colored,, Murder,, Maude P. O.,O.T., 1, Devoe,, colored,, assault., Pearken, Ark,, 1, 1, murder,, 1, ", 1, .., Marshall Chadwick,, suspected of murder,, Colfax. Wash., 1, colored. suspected of stealing a $2 nog, Cleveland Co. Ark., 1, March 6. Will Jones, colored., criminal assault,, Comorant, Miss., 2, March 6., Mississippi 1, March 6, L. J Johnson, white,, murder,, Rook Springs, Wyoming, 1, Bemret, 1, 1, April 2. Wm. Bell, colored., no crime, Amite City. La., 1, May 25 Elbert Harris,, suspected of house burning, Anderson, S.C. 1, 26 Garfield King, shooting a white officer, Salisbury, Md. 1, 29 Joe Kiser and Gilmore Johnson, colored. assault, Charlotte N.C. 2, June 2. Sam and Curtis Young, colored, shooting officer., Clarksville, Md. 2, 10 George Washington, colored, shooting Constable, Weimar. Texas, 1, 13 John Becker,, white,, murder, Great Bend, Kansas,, 1, 17 Sol. Jackson, colored, Wetumpka, Ala., 1, Lewis Speir, colored, murder, 1, Jesse Thompson, colored, murder, ", 1, Camp Recen, colored, murder, ", 1, June 22 Charlie Washington, colored, rape and robbery,, Dayton, Als., 1, Wm. Street, colored, attempted assault (burned at stake) Davline,La 1, June, 22, Howlett. white, murder, Hillsville, Va., 1, June 14, Mrs. Jake Cebrose, colored., nothing,, Plano, Texas,, 1, June 22, Pouks, 8 yrs old celored., nothing., Batesville, S. C. 1, July 11, John Henry James, Colored. Criminal Assault, Wood's Crowing, Va 1, July 12,, Colored. Assault Coaling, Ala, 1, July 14, James Redd colored Murder Mondieello,, Ark., 1, Asex Johnson, ", 1, July 20,, W.T. Patterson white marder, Westville, Miss., 1

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