MILITIA TOO LATE TO STOP MOB
- Title
- MILITIA TOO LATE TO STOP MOB
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Author
- N/A
- Publisher
- The Baltimore Sun
- Publication Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Publication Date
- January 5, 1915
- Transcript
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- MILITIA TOO LATE TO STOP MOB
Two Negroes Taken From Alabama Jail And Lynched. Montgomery. Ala., Jan. 4.- Ed and Will Smith, negroes, were taken from the Wetumpka jail early today 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 and removed the negroes. Montgomery militiamen hurried toward the scene in automobiles, but they arrived too late to prevent the lynching. -
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