2 NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
- Title
- 2 NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
- Source Type
- Newspaper
- Publisher
- Erie Daily Sentinel
- Publication Place
- Erie, KA
- Publication Date
- 01/05/1915
- Transcript
- 2 NEGROES ARE LYNCHED. ALABAMA CAPITAL SCENE OF LATEST OUTRAGE. Militiamen in Autos Too Late to Save Prisoners Accused of Killing Farmer. (WNU News Service.) Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 5.—Two negroes, Ed and Will Smith, were taken from the Wetumpka jail and lynched by a mob. They had been accused of implication in the murder of R. A. Stillwell, an Elmore County farmer. Wetumpka is near the capital. Soon after reports were sent to the governor's office that a mob had overpowered the jail attaches and removed the negroes, Montgomery militiamen were hurried toward the scene in automobiles. They were unable to reach there to prevent the lynching. Stillwell was shot several days ago when guarding his barns against thieves. Bloodhounds led directly, it was declared, to the cabin of the Smith negroes, who were arrested.
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