Be Truthful. Mob expected him to be freed on grounds of insanity. Mr Bruce White had hired Steelman for some work. STEWART, Henry black, robbery and assault, 27 June 1899, Fulton, STONE, James black, rape, 21 Dec 1896, Graves. admin@abhmuseum.org, Special days closed - Thanksgiving, Christmas Day. A large lynch mob approached the jail that night to get Browder, but Logan County Jailer James Butts snuck him out and hid him in an African-American cemetery for the night. , ADELANTO, Calif. Federal inspectors found nooses made from bedsheets hanging in more than a dozen cells at an immigration detention facility. The mob later took the corpse back and laid it in the jail. Owned a 50 arch farm which caused jealousy from some white neighbors. Scott was tortured for 3.5 hours and then burned alive by an angry mob on Sunday December 2, 1917. It was Rhodes, writing to his daughter years later, who observed the ease with which lynch mobs formed in Logan County. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 18761884, June 30, 1882, Image 2", "Cabinet Card Death Photograph of Navajo Frank Lynching", "Upcoming Auctions | Cowan's Auction House: The Midwest's Most Trusted Auction House / Antiques / Fine Art / Art Appraisals", "Lynching of Augustine Agirer 8 August 1882", "A memorial decades in the making for a Grand Forks lynching victim", "A Jew Hanged in Pennsylvania, Believed to Be the Second Israelite Executed in the United States", "At least 44 men in Maryland and thousands nationwide lost their lives to lynchings. "Not guilty" verdict; jury foreman member of mob. Accused of helping kill an abusive landowner. Had Bethea been convicted of Edwards' murder -- prosecutors never pursued that charge -- the sentence would have been a private execution in the electric chair at the state penitentiary. A mob of 3540 heavily armed men broke into the jail, seized Whitley and hanged him from a tree about a mile and a half away. 343, Ed. Be Nice. "It was quite a burden on her," her son said. One of them ran back to Jesses farm to let the family know what was happening. A note pinned to one of the men read, "Let this be a warning to you niggers to let white people alone or you will go the same way. OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- Bob Howe points to an overgrown, muddy patch of land in a cemetery in Owensboro, gesturing to where the grave of the last man publicly executed in the United States may be. Homicide during holdup of white man; rumors of rape. -- "Ghostly Carnival Precedes Hanging." By 9:00p.m. on May 19, nearly 1,000 men and women gathered at the jail. None (Klan looked to kill a black man because accused killer of white policeman got mistrial). 1 Saturday, April 5, 1890", "Judge Lynch Presided. The extremist joined Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie as the only two House lawmakers who wouldn't praise humanitarian efforts amid the disaster. Killed by youths with concrete block during riot. Augusta Wilson in 1914 commuted his sentence to 10 years. See On May 11, 1914, Leon was executed by hanging. Jake Stafford was found dead two miles away from the road he was on; one of the main suspects of murdering Mr. Stafford was Mexican-American Salazar Santos. Controversial as the local Black communisty "thanked" the mob for just killing Cox and not attacking their community. Driver convicted of. He asked a white woman to wait until he had prepared another woman's train berth, Taken from jail by a mob of approximately 1,000 to the town square and hanged. Fladger died in 1980, and letters sent by The Associated Press to other family members drew no response. A group of vigilantes broke into the jail, seized McCrory and hanged him from a bridge. accounts, the history behind an article. Investigation", "The Burning of James McIlherron. Charged with detaining Miss Mary Coley, a young white girl. Sullivan, in which Sullivan's arm was broken, Escaped convict Wright was taken from sheriff by a large mob, tortured into confession, and burned at the stake. SKAGGS, Will black, murderous assault, 16 Apr 1891, Warren. Tried for killing a merchant, but acquitted. Lynchings were hangings of course, but where the citizens took the law into their own hands. Bethea, convicted of rape, was 26 or 27 at the time (records listed only his year of birth, 1909), and he appears young and thin, wearing a cross on a chain around his neck, in a photo of his last meal. (AP Photo/Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer), In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 1936 photo, Rainey Bethea has his last meal in Louisville, Ky. before being publicly hanged in Owensboro, Ky. Bethea, a 22-year-old black man convicted of murdering and robbing a 70-year-old white woman, was the last person killed in a public execution in the United States. There a noose was placed around his neck and he was hanged 15 feet in the air from a cherry tree. Now the Russellville museum is working with the Alabama center to get a historic marker regarding the local lynchings to be placed in Russellville. California Governor. On November 2, Antonio was accused of murdering a White Texan which led to him getting arrested and jailed. Sign on body: "This is what we do to niggers that vote.". In response to the murder of a white man, and "in keeping with local custom, a slave man was selected to be killed in retribution". Son of man believed to have killed lawman. Jackson, Lizzie; Jackson, Andy; Hayes, Frank; Norman, Joe; Rogers, Willie. A body of masked men carrying an assortment of weapons demanded the Sheriff open the jail's door. They later found out that they had mistaken Jesus Salceda for another Mexican. After 75 years, last public hanging haunts Kentucky city (photos), Tweed New Haven flights to Chicago now won't resume until May, 'Not a lot of progress' on Hamden-New Haven animal shelter plan, In this Friday, Aug. 14, 1936 picture, Rainey Bethea is photographed with Sheriff's Deputies Albert Riesz and Lawrence Dishman as they leave the Jefferson County jail in Louisville, Ky. for his execution in Owensboro, Ky. Bethea, a 22-year-old black man convicted of murdering and robbing a 70-year-old white woman, was the last person killed in a public execution in the United States. Killed in self-defense a white man that attacked him after he complained about the white man's cattle running over his field. 4 blacks killed over 100 years ago? The governor had been notified of the potential lynching and ordered out the National Guard, which arrived twenty minutes too late. [323] Logan County was especially Kidnapped from jail and hanged by 30 members of the local. John H. Wood. Vazquez was found hanging from the tree and was suspected to be one of the Mexicans stealing Cattle from the Ranch of Will Parker who discovered the 17 year old. Before his release, however, Browder died in prison of tuberculosis. WebOver 4,000 racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950. The recent video recording of Andrew Grant DeYoung's execution in Georgia for the 1993 murders of his parents and sister has raised some concerns about the continued privacy of executions. Being a Jewish-American peddler who was helping the murderer's wife carry some things to her house. (Library of Congress), "Lynching of Aureliano Castelln January 26, 1896", "The Kinsley graphic. Thompson describes his mother -- and by extension, Owensboro -- as hard working and committed to carrying out her duties as required. The doctor fired his pistol at Carlo and was immediately shot and injured by Giuseppe. Many of the lynchers were painted black and some were masked.. Deputy Sheriff George Williams killed by mob who then shot and killed prisoner, Jim Redmond, Gus Roberson, and Bob Addison. The four bodies were cut down later that morning and put on display on the courthouse lawn. WebThe Great Flood of 1913 devastated over 21 states, including Kentucky. The mob shouted to lynch him again. This is a carousel. "They just stood there.". The bill was a bipartisan effort. The lynching tree was cut down a few years ago no one seems to know by who and Morrow notes that most of the people who lived it are gone.. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 18681915, August 03, 1910, Image 6", "Lynching memorial shows women were victims, too", Eric S. Smith, "Zachariah Walker's lynching haunts the city", "Arming at El Paso to Repulse the Mexicans", "Burn Negro At Stake: Second Lynching for Murder of Mrs. Williams", "Mexican Americans faced racial terror from 19101920", "Negro Who Assaults White Man in Union Parish Put to Death", "Drive Out Negroes:Undesirables are driven out of Byhalia following lynching", "De La Rosa killed in Battle with Ranchers", "Americans Slay Ten Mexicans October 19, 1915", "Jones Co. family wants to shed light on dark past", "The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. He bought some grain for his cattle. Johnson was twice tried with killing a Turpentine camp foreman four years earlier. From Evansville, Ind. Was in a relationship with an African American Woman, Shot a man who tarred and feathered him (because of his common law marriage); Lynched by Ku Klux Klan, Near the border of Williamsburg and Florence Counties. Jesus and Antonio went to report that a few of their horses had been stolen to the Texas Rangers. The West Kentucky African American Heritage Center in Russellville stretches across several buildings that chronicle the experiences of African Americans in the region. Accused of insulting a white woman over the telephone. Jefferson County had the highest number of lynchings in Alabama (29). Chased down and shot. Freedom is on the ballot in Colorado this November. He was represented by. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism Attempted murder of his employer's wife following a wage dispute. [citation needed], Ortiz from jail at gunpoint and hanged him from the Virginia Street Bridge. The Governor and the sheriff tried unsuccessfully to quiet the crowd in front of the courthouse. Serving 6-month sentence when taken from jail and hanged. Lynched on Cedar Creek bridge, 3 miles (4.8km) from, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 22:11. Charged with 'entering the bedroom of a white woman'". Washington confessed and a jury found him guilty. Sheriff Thompson consulted with a priest before deciding to go through with the hanging, the magazine said: "Nevertheless, soft-hearted Sheriff Thompson sighed: 'I suppose I will spend the rest of my life forgetting -- or trying to forget'.". Struck in head with sledgehammer. Three Mexicans were also caught near by skinning stolen beef which they tried to escape arrest but one of the Mexicans who did was fatally shot. SARVER, Robert black, attempted rape, 6 Mar 1882, Simpson. While waiting to drop him off to the police outside the, Killing of Maurice Connelly (insurance solicitor) in a burglary gone wrong. Of those, 3,446 were black. She was found guilty of murdering a local miner, Frederick Cannon, a man who had attempted to assault her after he had broken into her home. Riley was also taken a case apparently of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, as one observer put it. When Thomas River was arrested the community threatened to lynch him. Corpse was displayed in the Black community of Macon. A lot of people dont even know about it thank God for Michael, she said, adding that while what happened to her grandfather was pitiful, it was important to keep the story alive. Browder was arrested, charged with murder and taken to the Logan County Jail a stone-and-brick building that still stands in downtown Russellville and now houses local archives. Accused of assaulting white 20-year-old Miss Florine Grayson. Bethea, a farmhand and sometime criminal, went to the gallows near the banks of the Ohio River before a throng of people estimated at as many as 20,000 strong. It was used to kill hopes for freedom. By Jennifer Rae Taylor and Kayla Vinson. Sixty-three indictments, but the North Carolina Legislature, to end their cases, repealed the law they were charged with violating. Tortured, burned with hot irons, doused in oil and set afire; his remains were sold as souvenirs. Lynching organized by local leaders, including future mayor, A repeat, violent, intoxicated offender was arrested for shooting the town's night watchman. Florine Grayson could not positively identify George Gay when he was brought before her. In the period between 1883 and 1895, at least 13 men were lynched in Logan County a rate of more than one a year. Friend of man believed to have killed lawman. Dragged to death behind a car, until his head hit a culvert. Rafael was a Mexican Sheep Herder who was accused by the police to have attacked a White Mans wife. (Galveston, Tex. The allegation was based on the testimony of two young boys who said they saw a black man running from the scene of the crime. Rape and murder of 19 year old white female, Lynchers said he "didn't deserve a trial". Black, black, male, train wrecking, 23 Nov 1895, Marshall. WebRacial terror lynchings were not limited to the South, but the Southern states had the most in the nation: over 4,000 between 1877 and 1950. San Francisco Call, February 9, 1913 p. 26, New York Sun, February 9, 1913 p. 1, Oakland CA Tribute February 9, pg. Taken from the city jail by a mob and burned alive. TURNER, Jack black, murder, 9 Dec 1889, Green. Forced to jump to his death in the Suwanee River. SIMPSON, Calvin black, murder, 24 Jan 1886, Henderson. Fires had been appearing around Oakdale and McCutchen had allegedly been caught in the act of setting fire to a barn. Mob of 2,000 burned jail where he was held, then hung and shot him. Jesse had a hole in his head, and his stomach was cut open. Had been sworn in as Law officer by the Granville town mayor to enforce "prohibition" of alcohol in a "wet town"; shot and killed a man who assaulted him; officer taken from jail and lynched by mob in, Convicted of murdering an aged negro woman. We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Body then dragged behind car and hanged, and fire lit under it. Accused of the robbery and murder of Cassius Millet, a mob forcibly took the pair from the jail and hanged them from a bridge. The masked men shot Bierfield five times. We hope the community will see it in a positive light, Clark said. And since his death, executions have been done in private, following a precedent set by New York when it switched to the electric chair in 1898. The national True Reformer organization was established in 1881 as a mutual aid society for Blacks. Henry Ransom had called for the bodies to be left in the open to spread fear across the town. Still, James Thompson said his mother lived with the decision to carry out the execution until she died in 1961. 43. Accused of killing Decatur County Sherriff Martin C. Stegall on October 29, 1905, Sheriff and two others sentenced to 6 months in jail, three others with 3 months, for abetting the lynching. "She did a good job in the end," Thompson said. "Occasionally, you hear 'Why don't we televise them?' Council has received apologies from the law enforcement agencies involved. [A]sked the magistrate with an oath what right he had to commit him to jail? angering the crowd. Don't Threaten. Another Attempt Proves Successful, and the Negro Is Hanged. Don't knowingly lie about anyone Arena and Venturella happened to have been in the same prison, accused of a different murder. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you next month. The wife of a popular farmer, Mrs Dewey, was attacked. Shot for not leaving the farm where he worked. Taken out of his jail cell by an unmasked mob and hanged on a suspension bridge. A sheriff who was dragged from his house and lynched; the only evidence of his alleged crimes was in an account written by a lynch mob member to justify lynching; 130 years later Plummer was posthumously tried; the jury reached a split decision (six to six) and a mistrial was declared. Taken by a mob and hanged from a tree before he could be transported to Rockville for a trial. Hanged from bridge. Henry Morton, another black man, had been sitting and chatting with the pair and escaped without injury during the melee. In his book, Wright found there were at least 31 lynching victims in southcentral Kentucky during the period, with Logan County leading the way with 17 individuals lynched. Extraordinary steps were taken to protect Browder from lynch mobs including having a jailer hide him overnight in a cemetery but four other African-American men were not so fortunate. Jailors abandoned the jail allowing a mob to take Caesar Sheffield to a field where they shot him multiple times and left his body. He was black, and they wanted to kill a black. That's what I was told. WADE, Hampton black, attempted rape, 22 Mar 1886, Logan. "I don't even know who he was," Heflin said. Awaiting new trial after conviction overturned on appeal. Justice Sybil Hart Kooper said at the sentencing: "There was a lynch mob on Avenue X that night. The Government Takes Charge of the Jail ForcesOne of the Lynchers Killed. Closed early on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Killed when jury did not bring back guilty verdict promptly. Investigated by Journalist Iba B. Charged with assaulting a 14-year-old girl. This is a list of lynching victims in the United States. In Kentucky, it was used to kill three of my uncles. Hanged from a tree by a mob despite the efforts of the sheriff and state militia. Morrow, 56, said while growing up, the topic of the areas racial violence was discussed by both Blacks and whites, but they didnt talk about it with each other, he said. He was tied to an iron stake, covered with tar, and set afire. "Demanded an accounting from his landlord. But she won election to the remaining two years of the term in a landslide on Nov. 3, 1936. Today's news and culture by Black and other reporters in the Black and mainstream media. Lynching had broad local support. white, murder, 27 Apr 1882, Christian, COX, Wat black, attempted rape, 8 May 1883, Hopkins, CRAVASSO, Tony white, murder, 22 June 1889, Bell, CRAVASSO, Unknown first - brother of above, white, murder, 22 June 1889, Bell, DEVER, Wm. Adam was tried and convicted of the murder of a white man. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893current, August 01, 1915, Image 1", "English: The charred body of Will Stanley, lynched by burning in Temple, Texas, July 2930, 1915", "April 17, 1915 | White Mob Lynches Black Man Accused of Stealing Meat in Georgia", "Anthony Crawford, a Negro of Wealth, Lynched Saturday", "PORVENIR MASSACRE ARCHAEOLOGY MOST REVEALING", "Mexicans Lynched for Murder and Robbery", "Burning of Jim McIlherron: An N.A.A.C.P. In retaliation, the Anglos tracked Mr. Agirer down and fatally shot him in front of his wife, Taken from law officers in jail and lynched from a bridge, Encarnacin Garca was a nephew of the bandido. Making "indecent advances" to a white woman, Writing a suggestive note to a white woman. While the reaction to the Logan County lynching was therefore in one regard uncommon, racial murder was a commonplace occurrence in Logan County. Murdered by gun and ax an antisemitic murder. White and Steelman ate breakfast at White's house and then walked to the work site. virtual.museum@abhmuseum.org, ABHM On-Site Professionally photographed; pictures sold as postcards. WebLynching is a tool of terror. (Published 1867)", "Chapter 10. Afterward they were shot multiple times. REAMS, Bill black, murderous assault, 27 Feb 1888, Hickman, REDFERN, John unknown race, murder, 13 July 1892, Simpson, RENEY, Thomas black, poisoning horses, 10 May 1888, Warren, RICH, Berry unknown race, arson & theft, 1 Oct 1894, Crittenden, RICHARDSON, Alex unknown race, rape and murder, 9 Oct 1894, Estill, RITTER, Wm black, rape and murder, 12 July 1882, Henderson. Stella Young had four children. The crime for which Bethea was tried had played as big news in Owensboro: A wealthy, white, 70-year-old widow, Elza Edwards, was raped and strangled in her bed. While being transported to the jailhouse, 4 men intercepted the 2 people taking Antonio and successfully lynched Antonio Gomez. Defended black girls from white home invaders. Alleged assault of 15-year-old white girl, Shot, dragged to the park doused in gasoline and lit on fire. or anything. 187?1904, March 22, 1892, Image 2", "Olympia tribune. white, murder, 29 Jan 1887, Washington, COURTS, Bradford white, murder, 27 Apr 1882, Christian, COURTS, Wm. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 18901940, July 28, 1899, Image 2", Lynching In Virginia Encyclopedia Virginia, "Strange Fruit and Spanish Moss: May 11, 1900: William Lee", "Los Angeles Herald February 12, 1901 California Digital Newspaper Collection", "Atlanta semi-weekly journal. Just a year before, in Smithland, Ky., a convicted rapist scolded the crowd and argued with his accuser before telling the sheriff, "Do a good job with that knot.". One of many returning WWI veterans lynched in 1919. Afterwards Taken to the Public Square and Hanged in Front of the Station House. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. At the center is the work of folk artist Willie Rascoe a small tree with nooses dangling from the branches. His remains were not sent east, and there is no record of why. Three men (Eugene Marshall, Wade Patterson, James West) lynched at the same time after the mob broke into jail after threatening the jailer for the keys. Burned alive. [107], Despite no evidence that he was the murderer, he was taken from jail and hanged and his dead body cremated. Special train from, Mob subsequently went on a rampage in a nearby black community, Accused of assaulting white woman and killing her son. Isidro was accused to have choke Harry Hinton to death and escaped from jail. His body was found hanging near the Shreveport-Bossier highway about 12 miles (19km) from, Ku-Klux Klan kidnapped the men on August 24, 1922, and the bodies were discovered in nearby Lake Lafourche on December 24, 1922, Attack of a white woman, 19-year-old Ms. Violet Wood daughter of Rev. A mob of 10 to 15 men broke into the jail, seized Conorly and hanged him on the jail steps. Flooding disrupted the daily lives of business owners and residents, and many properties were destroyed or "It was not a carnival in the end," insisted 85-year-old James Thompson, the son of then-sheriff Florence Thompson. Cotton killed by a white mob; O'Grady Killed by African-American mob, Rape and murder of a 12 year old white girl, "Forcinga 15 year old boyto commit a crime.". Doused with kerosene and burned. Anderson recovered from his wounds. After seeing Scraggs, Thompson and Despano die, a fourth man after "a good deal of reluctance" avoided lynching by implicating five others, including Simpson's own son-in-law, though the son-in-law was "generally considered innocent.". No indictment despite numerous witnesses. WebA project by the Equal Justice Institute and Google called, Lynching in America reports that between 1877 and 1950 there were 167 lynchings in Kentucky. Hanged by a mob of an estimated 400 persons and their bodies shot dozens of times. TRUXTILL, James white, rape, 10 Nov 1883, Whitley. WebKentucky Lynching Victims Memorial - America's Black Holocaust Museum. In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. One rope for two men (Patterson and West) was used which snapped. The note left no doubt that the lynching was in retribution for local African-Americans trying to assert their rights. Prominent local figure (no crime alleged). The only lynching in Chicago history. Thompson and Despano were taken by the mob and hanged from a tree. Several African American community buildings and homes were burned in the. As his wagon entered the woods, the men stopped Jesse. Pair suspected in the robbery and shooting of a shopkeeper. Henry Hays was sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair in 1997. The lynching of Emmet Till The tide may have turned against lynching, but white supremacy and violence continued to terrorize Black communities. racist or sexually-oriented language. Browder told Cunningham he needed to leave work early July 11 to go to town to buy some medicine for his sick wife. Tortured, then burned alive. Under the law at the time, the maximum penalty for a rape conviction was hanging in the county where the offense occurred. A one-thousand-member vigilance committee accused the two men of shooting and robbing an old man named George Lenhart. Prior to due process, a vigilante crew freed. (FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) T he last public execution in America was a media After the mass lynching in Springfield, many African Americans left the area in a large exodus Judge Azariah W. Lincoln called for a grand jury, but no one was prosecuted. Brown Culpepper was living in Holly Grove, Louisiana with his two kids, his wife having moved to Natchez two years earlier. Perhaps the most powerful exhibit fills a small room. RAY, George black, bad reputation, 25 Apr 1895, Washington. "Vanished"; believed to have been killed because a white man coveted his successful saloon business. 36, Ed. Many lynched before trial was concluded. The men were promptly released to the mob. Around two o'clock in the morning on December 26, 1911, a mob broke into the unguarded jail where Johnson was kept. Mob broke into jail and hung him from a bridge. A Negro Murderer Lynched by a Few Citizens in NashvilleA Mob Looking On and Endorsing the Deed. Hanged by a mob. 2 set to leave department, Rev. To them he responds: Shouldnt the truth be told?, This is necessary these are necessary conversations, he said, adding that issues related to the conditions that led to lynchings are still relevant today. When mob burned the man's house down Constable W. J. Monneyhan placed man under arrest in his own home to protect him. WebThe first full year without a recorded lynching occurred in 1952. Suspicion of arson (barn burning) (no evidence). Fred Sullivan and his wife May confessed after nooses were placed around their necks. Picture of victim appeared in Crisis Magazine January 1912 p.122: Johnson was to be transported to Annapolis for his safety that same day but those plans were delayed. Saladino, Lorenzo; Arena, Salvatore; Giuseppe Venturella. Attempted rape of a 10-year-old white girl. [1] Most lynchings were of African-American men in the Southern United States, but women were also lynched. The mob ignored this, chained him to a tree and shot him around 300 times. each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Dariush Shafa, a member of the society in Owensboro, said no one has wanted to raise the ghosts of the execution. Prosecution of perpetrators "half-hearted"; only one convicted. A mob dragged him from a jail, tortured him and hanged him from a tree, and mutilated and decapitated his body; no one was prosecuted. After assaulting one of the farmers wife's, he ran off where officers captured him and tried protecting him but were overpowered by the mob of 40+ people who dragged him to into the woods, where they shot and hung Carlos. Gino Bova, 18 at the time, was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for manslaughter. An angry white mob broke into the jail and took Shaw, lynching him in. Alleged assault and rape of a white woman. Black, male, rape, 18 Nov 1895, Henderson. SMITH, Mollie white, aiding a murderer, 28 June 1895, Trigg. If you are already a subscriber, Register to activate your digital account. Would-Be Murderer Strung Up at Franklin. TYE, Len black, kidnapping, 2 Mar 1894, Harlan. The purpose was to enforce white supremacy and intimidate black people through racial terrorism. Keep it Clean. But its a necessary story., For more about the The West Kentucky African American Heritage Center, visit the website at slavery2freedom.com. Famous Trials first appeared on the Web in 1995, making this site older than about 99.97% of all websites. [4][5], On a per capita basis, lynchings were also common in California and the Old West, especially of Latinos, although they represented less than 10% of the national total. Marshall was lynched in front of a crowd of 1,000. Doctors pronounced him dead about 10 minutes later. Law enforcement officer; grand jury refused to indict. A white officer refused to arrest the murderer, and instead arrested a black man who complained about it. Taken from jail by mob, given mock trials, beaten and hanged from light-post. Taken from his jail cell by a mob, hanged, and shot multiple times. Abducted from jail by a mob. Accused of attempted murder of two white farmers. Efforts of the Mayor to Restore Quiet. 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