Bibb County Mob Makes Short Work of Negro
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Title
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Bibb County Mob Makes Short Work of Negro
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Birmingham News
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Publication Place
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Birmingham, AL
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Publication Date
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10/12/1910
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Transcript
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BIBB COUNTY MOB MAKES SHORT WORK OF NEGRO Grant Richardson Taken Away from Deputy Near Centerville. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 12.-Grant Richardson, a negro of Bibb county, was lynched last night near Centreville by an angry mob of white residents of the county. He was being brought to the Bibb county Jail on charge of assaulting a white woman, when the deputy having him in charge was overpowered and the negro's body riddled with bullets.