N.T.
- Title
- N.T.
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Publisher
- Selma Mirror
- Publication Place
- Selma, AL
- Publication Date
- 01/08/1915
- Transcript
- "The people of Alabama must understand that their protection comes not from a mob of cowardly lynchers, influenced by passion or prejudice, but only from the majestic supremacy of the law, under which alone their rights of person and property can be protected." With this statement, the governor of Alabama expresses in no uncertain terms his opinion of mob violence, and specially declares his feelings regarding the lynching of Will Smith and Ed Smith, two negroes who were taken from the Wetumpka jail and hung to a tree. The negroes were charged with the murder of R. A. Stillwell, a prominent Elmore county farmer, who was killed December 30. A special grand jury, ordered by the governor, is investigating the crime.
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