MOB HANGS PAIR OF ALABAMA BLACKS

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Source Type

Newspapers

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Publisher

The Rock Island Argus

Publication Place

Davenport, IL

Publication Date

January 4, 1915

Transcript

MOB HANGS PAIR ALABAMA BLACKS Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 4.-Two negroes, Ed. and Will Smith, accused of implication in the murder of R. A. Stillwell, an Elmore county farmer, were taken from Wetumpka jail early today and lynched by a mob. Governor O'Neal ordered a special session of the Elmore grand jury to in- vestigate the lynchings. The militia is on duty, MOB HANGS PAIR ALABAMA BLACKS Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 4.-Two negroes, Ed. and Will Smith, accused of implication in the murder of R. A. Stillwell, an Elmore county farmer, were taken from Wetumpka jail early today and lynched by a mob. Governor O'Neal ordered a special session of the Elmore grand jury to in- vestigate the lynchings. The militia is on duty,

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