TOO LATE TO STOP LYNCHING

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Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

Custer County Republican

Publication Place

Broken Bow, NB

Publication Date

01/07/1915

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TOO LATE TO STOP LYNCHING. Alabama Militiamen Fail to Save Negroes. 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. Soon after reports reached the governor's office that a mob had overpowered the jail attaches at Wetumpka and removed the negroes, Montgomery militiamen hurried toward the scene in automobiles. However, they were too late to prevent the lynching. Stillwell was shot several days ago while guarding his barn against thieves.

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