The Lynching
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The Lynching
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Blocton Enterprise
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Publication Place
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West Blocton, AL
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Publication Date
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10/20/1910
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The Lynching Our Braehead correspondent writes us as follows : On last Wednesday morning, Oct. 12th, between midnight and daylight, a negro by the name of Grant Richardson was lynched by a mob at Norriss' Siding, about half way between Braehead and Scottsville. The negro who accused of assaulting Mrs. Horn, a white woman, living near here, who given birth to a chiid of doubtful color several months ago. A few days before the lynching she made a confession, implicating Grant Richardson. A warrant was immediately sworn out and placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Cal Riley, who, in companv with Justice Josh Jones and Mr. Charlie Heath, went to tho negro's house that night and arrested him about eleven o'clock. Deputy Riley started to Centreville with his prisoner, and when near Norriss' Siding he was confronted by a mob who took the negro away from him and tied him to a tree and shot him to death. Deputy Riley went on to Centreville and reported to Sheriff Oakley what had happened. The next morning Deputy Sheriff Charlie Oakley came to the scene and found the body, the negro's brains being shot out. Justice Josh Jones acted coroner, and the following named gentlemen composed the jury: J. H. Taylor, A. F. James, Kelly Leonard, George Houldich, Bogue Smith and Marion Bice. After examining two witnesses and making further investigation, the verdict of the coroner's jury was that the deceased came to his death by gun shot wounds inflicted by parlies unknown the jury., The body of the negro lay there until Thursday after-noon when some of his relatives came and carried it off and buried it, From what we can learn, the negro bore a very bad reputation. After assaulting Mrs. Horn, he threatened to kill her if she ever told it. Since his death several women of his own color have confessed to having been assaulted by him and threatened with death if they ever told on him.He was also wanted in Perry County for being implicated in the murder of Mr. Mullin in that county several years ago. He was accused of being an open violator of the prohibition law, and a "bad man" generally among his race. The Centreville correspondent to the Montgomery Advertiser, in speaking of the lynching, said that Mrs. Crow was the woman that gave birth to the child of doubtful color. In justice to Mrs. Crow we wish to deny this. A negro did attempt to assault her several weeks ago, but did not succeed. The same correspondent said that a mob of angry miners shot the negro to death. How does he know that the mob was composed of miners? There might have been some lawyers in it. Nobody knows who was in the mob only those composing it. The coroner's jury didn't say the negro met his death at tho hands of a mob of angry miners. They were the ones to say who did the killing not not the Centreville correspondent. The Centreville Press of last week also stated that the negro was lynched at Braehead when it occurred two miles from here.
The Lynching