Judge Lynch&#039;s Work

Title

Judge Lynch's Work

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Newspapers

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St. Joseph Herald

Publication Place

St. Joseph, MO

Publication Date

01/03/1890

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JUDGE LYNCH'S WORK. The Vicims of Mobs—How the Colored Man Has Suffered. Judge Lynch has executed during the year 175 victims, a large increase over last year, of whom 139 were in the South, as compared with 144 in 1888, 123 in 1887, 133 in 1886, and 181 in 1885. The lynchings in the various States and Territories were as follows: Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 8; California, 1; Georgia, 11; Indiana, 3; Iowa, 1; Kansas, 6; Kentucky, 6; Louisiana, 8; Maryland, 1; Michigan, 1; Mississippi, 20; Missouri, 8; Nebraska, 9; North Carolina, 4; South Carolina, 12; Tennessee, 8; Texas, 14; Virginia, 7; West Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 1; Montana, 3; New Mexico, 3; Washington, 1; Wyoming, 14; Indian Territory, 7. Of this number 3 were women, 80 were whites, and 95 blacks. Of the 95 blacks 92 were lynched in the South. These are recorded cases. How many unrecorded victims have been lynched in that section will never be known. The detailed list is as follows:
JANUARY.
7. Alfred Shafford, murder. Gilman, W.T.
15. Dean Reynolds, colored, jilting a girl, Coffee River, Ark.
15. George Meadows, colored, rape, Pratt Mines, Ala.
19. Two men and woman, robbery and murder, Tiptonville, Tenn.
21. Henry Thomas, colored, murder. Bolar, Mo.
25. Samuel Wakefield, colored, murder. New Iberia, La.
26. William Brewington, colored, murder. Wade's Station, S.C.
FEBRUARY.
1. James Rosemond, colored, alleged cattle thief, New Iberia, La.
5. George Haggerman, horse-thief, Schuyler, Neb.
7. Unknown negro, rape, Amite County, Mississippi.
10. Haywood Handy, colored, for self-defense Houghton, La.
13. Charles Stein, murder, Indian Territory.
19. Two negroes, murder. Liberty, Tex.
20. Ash Brown, unknown offense, San Saba County, Texas.
20. W. L. Smith, unknown offense, San Saba County, Texas.
20. John Puckett, unknown offense, Lyon Creek, L.T.
20. Mrs. John Puckett, unknown offense, Lyon Creek, L. T.
23. D. H. Smith, colored, colonizing negroes. Artesia, Miss.
23. Wesley Thomas, colored. attempted rape, Port Gibson, Miss.
23. — Perkins, colored, unknown offense, Port Gibson, Miss.
MARCH.
5. Three horse-thieves, No Man's Land.
8. J. E. Robinson, rape, Texarkana, Ark.
14. Magruder Fletcher, colored. rape, Tasley, Va.
18. B. S. Sprague, murder, Garvanza, Cal.
28. — Gannon, horse-thief, Ainsworth, Neb.
28. — Babcock, horse-thief, Ainsworth, Neb.
28. — Remus, horse-thief. Ainsworth, Neb.
APRIL.
3. Martin Roland, colored, murder. Abingdon, Va.
5. John Wolfenberger, murder Rutledge, Tenn.
7. Daniel Beeler, murder, Rutledge, Tenn.
15. George Driggs, colored, rape, Hempstead, Tex.
18. Hector Junior, colored, murder. New Iberia, La.
19. Unknown negro, rape, Bayou Desiard, La.
23. Scott Bailey, colored, rape, Halifax C. H., Va.
23. Unknown man, murder, Oklahoma.
MAY.
7. The brother Corber, murder, Tiptonville, Mo.
17. Tut Danford, colored, for turning State's evidence, Mount Carmel, S. C.
17. Unknown negro, alleged rape, Millican, Tex.
18. Unknown negro, burglary, Columbia, La.
20. Joseph Thornton, colored, rape, Wickliffe, Ky.
19. A. M. Neely, colored, political troubles, Forest City, Ark.
21. James Mitchell, colored, rape, Kosciusko, Miss.
22. Noah Dickson, colored, rape, Walnut Grove, Ala.
22. Frank Pekwek, wife beating, Weston, Neb.
27. Albert Martin, colored, rape, Port Huron, Mich.
31. John T. Newell, by vigilantes, Keyapaha County, Nebraksa.
31. George Babcock, by vigilantes, Kayapaha County, Nebraska. Unknown negro, rape, Thomastown, Miss.
JUNE.
1. Robert Herron, colored, race hatred, Eureka, Miss.
4. Nathaniel Oliphant, murder, Topeka, Kas.
4. Patrick Cleary, murder, Lincoln, Kas.
5. Two highway robbers, Marysville, Mont.
5. Dick Connelly, colored, unknown cause, Tangipahoa, Miss.
5. — Huey, colored, unknown cause, Tangipahoa, Miss.
7. E. R. Reynolds, murder, Scott County, Tennessee.
7. Thomas J. Loyd, murder, Scott County, Tennessee.
11. John Forbes, colored, alleged rape, Petersburg, Va.
12. James Devine, murder, Corydon, Ind.
12. Charles Tennyson, murder, Corydon, Ind.
13. Armstead Johnson, colored, theft, Pine Bluff, Ark.
21. Alfred Grizzard, colored, gambling, Tiptonville, Mo.
22. Andy Caldwell, colored, rape, Ridgewater, S. C.
22. Nicholas Foley, murder, Elgin, Neb.
24. Toby Cravasso and brother, murder, Cumberland Gap, Ky.
26. Charles Ardell, murder, Shepherdsville, Ky.
28. A. McKnight, colored, quarreling, Union County, South Carolina.
28. John Hoch, murder, Plegan, Mont.
JULY.
1. Unknown negro, rape, Irwinville, Ga.
1. An Indian, rape, Gravity, Ia.
11. Martie Love, colored, rape, Tunnel Hill, Ga.
12. Felix Keyes, colored, murder, Lafayette, La.
12. Prince Luster, colored, rape, Iuka, Miss.
14. Henry Davis, colored, murder, Waco, Tex.
15. H. A. Mandie, horse-stealing, Bassett, Neb.
16. Swan Bures, colored, murder, Iuka, Miss.
20. Peter Willis, colored, rape. Warsaw, Ind.
20. Three negroes, murder, Clinton, Miss.
22. James Averill, cattle stealing, Sweetwater, Wyo.
22. Ella Watson, cattle stealing, Sweetwater, Wyo.
22. Two horse-thieves, Kelly, N. M.
23. Daniel Malone, colored, rape, Covington, Ky.
24. John Carter, murder, Hinton, W. Va.
26. George Lewis, colored, poisoning a well, Belden, Tex.
26. James Kelly, colored, rape, Paris, Ky.
26. Joseph Chacha, murder, Wallace, N. M.
28. George Lindley, colored, unknown, Greenville, Tex.
31. Thomas Tabot, colored, rape, Kemper County, Miss.
AUGUST.
3. Benjamin Smith, colored, rape, La Plata Mo.
14. James Brooks, colored, rape, Orange, Tex.
14. Keith Bowen, colored, rape, Aberdeen, Miss.
15. Frederick Lashman, murder, Rosiyn, Wyo.
18. Walter Asbury, colored, rape, Pooler, Ga.
22. Sherman Lewis, colored, rape, Luccalenn, Miss.
30. John Turner, colored, murder, Fayetteville, W. Va.
30. Thomas Harris, suspected burglar, Amory, Miss.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Unknown negro, murder, Montevallo, Ala.
2. Unknown negro, murder, Montevallo, Ala.
4. Warren Powers, colored, rape. East Point, Ga.
7. George Burke, colored, rape, Columbia, Mo.
9. John Sigmond, colored, rape, Stanly Creek, N. C.
9. Richard Fisher, colored, horse-stealing, Hiawatha, Kas.
9. George Allen, colored, incendiarism, Le Flore County, Mississippi.
10. The Hall brothers, rape and murder, West Virginia.
11. Frank Stack, murder, Morgantown, N.C.
11. Davis Boone, colored, murder, Morgantown, N. C.
12. John Davis, murder, Stafford, Mo.
12. Louis Mortimer, colored, murder, Shell Mound, Miss.
16. Samuel Garner, colored, rape, Bluefield, Va.
27. John Steel, colored, murder, Birmingham, Ala.
OCTOBER.
1. John Duncan, colored, living with a white woman, Spring Place, Ga.
4. — Stark, colored, supposed murder, Moss Point, Ala.
12. Robert Biggs, colored, rape, Hernando, Miss.
12. William Moore, colored, throwing stones, Jesup, Ga.
15. Robert Berrier, murder, Lexington, N. C.
21. Unknown negro, rape, Lake Cormorant, Miss.
26. Joseph Harold, colored, rape, near Columbus, Miss.
27. Green McCoy, murder, Hamlin, W. Va.
27. Milton Haley, murder, Hamlin, W. Va.
NOVEMBER.
9. Owen Anderson, colored, attempted rape, Leesburg, Va.
10. John Thomas, colored, rape, Midville, Ga.
15. Standford brothers, colored, murder, Hazelhurst, Miss.
16. George Washington, colored, attempted rape, Magnolia, Miss.
16. Unknown negro, murder, Hazelhurst, Miss.
17. Joseph Gebhardt, safe breaking, Kennett, Mo.
18. Unknown negro, incendiarism, Vidalia, La.
23. Robert Bland, colored, Petersburg, Va.
24. Joseph A. Smith, murder, Trenton, Ky.
25. Hans Jacob Olsen, Preston, Wis.
DECEMBER.
3. Joseph Vermillion, arson, Marlboro, Md.
9. John Turner, murder, Greensburg, Ky.
11. Eleven outlaws, Big Horn Basin, Wyo.
12. William Carden, rape, Cleveland, Tenn.
14. Two outlaws, White Rock, Tex.
16. Four outlaws, Maumelle, Ark.
19. "Doc" Jones, colored, murder, Owensboro, Ky.
26. Peter Jackson, colored, race hatred, Jesup, Ga.
26. William Hopps, colored, race hatred, Jesup, Ga.
27. Bud Wilson, colored, attempted rape, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
28. Thomas O'Dell, outlaw. Uvalde, Tex.
28. William O'Dell, outlaw, Uvalde, Tex.
28. Ripley Johnson, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Michael Adams, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Peter Bell, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Rafe Monell, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Hugh Furz, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Hudson Johnson, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Robert J. Phoenix, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.
28. Judge Jones, colored, murder, Barnwell, S. C.

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