Melvin Smith
- The Lynching of:
- Melvin Smith
- Lynching Event Data for
- Melvin Smith
- Attempted Lynching
- en Yes
- County of Lynching
- Elmore County
- Location of Lynching
- Wetumpka, AL
- Date of Lynching
- 08/05/1898
- Method of Lynching
- en Other
- Accused Crime or Social Transgression
- en Accomplice to Sexual Assault or Rape
- Primary Accusers
- en Individual
- Race of Primary Accusers
- en White
- Sex of Primary Accusers
- en Female
- Primary Subject of Accusation
- en Individual
- Race of Primary Subject of Accusation
- en White
- Sex of Primary Subject of Accusation
- en Female
- Size of Mob
- en Unknown
- Race of Mob
- en White
- Legal Ramification
- en No
- Names of Primary Accusers or Subjects of Accusation
- Newspapers portray that a young white woman made the accusation, as well mentioning her Dad was a Baptists Minster in the Area with the last name Johnston.
- Names of other Key Individuals
- Baptist minister Johnston, and Willie Floyd.
- Case Identified By:
- en Alabama Memory Project
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