MOB HANGS TWO NEGROS

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Newspapers

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Publisher

The York Dispatch

Publication Place

York, PA

Publication Date

January 4, 1915

Transcript

MOB HANGS TWO NEGROES Alabama Militia Too Late to Stop Lynching By Telegraph. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 4.-Two negroes, Ed and Will Smith, 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. Sillwell, 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 barns against thieves. Bloodhounds led directly, rt was declared, to the cabin of the Smith negroes. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 4.-Searching parties later found the negroes bodies hanging in the woods five miles from Wetumpka. Three supposed members of the mob are in jail at Wetumpka but their names have not been revelaed. Governor O'Neal has ordered a special session of the Elmore county grand jury to investigate the lynchings. Three Montgomery militia companies remained at Wetumpka throughout the day.

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