A Negro Lynched at Centreville
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Title
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A Negro Lynched at Centreville
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Gasden Times
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Publication Place
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Gadsden, AL
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Publication Date
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10/13/1910
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Transcript
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A NEGRO LYNCHED AT CENTREVILLE By Associated Press. Centreville, Octo. 13. Grant Richardson, a negro, who lived near Braehead, was lynched last night by unknown persons while Deputy Sheriff Cam Riley was on his way to jail with the prisoner. Riley was overpowered and the negro shot to pieces. A white woman of the community charged the negro with an assault committed several months ago. She had denied the assault until the birth of her child a short time ago. The miners and others living near Braehead, which is a mining camp about five miles from Blocton, were so incensed over the affair that they decided to inflict summary vengeance on the negro as soon as it was known that the sheriff had apprehended him. This is the first lynching that has occurred in Bibb county and the affair is deeply deplored by the best citizenship of the county. Grant Richardson had lived near Blocton for many years and heretofore had borne a fair reputation,; It is said. The above are the facts, as reported here by telephone and otherwise.