Friday, November 14, 2014

November 14, 1893: — Nelson

Today we read about an unusual lynching in Arkansas through the pages of the Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) dated November 14, 1893:

HANGED, SHOT AND BURNED.

Negro Nelson Lynched by a Colored Mob.

PINE BLUFF, Ark., November 14.—Great excitement prevails at Varner on the Iron Mountain Railroad over the hanging, shooting and burning early this morning of a negro named Nelson, who a week ago murdered another negro.

The mob, consisting exclusively of colored people, broke down the jail, hung Nelson to a tree, riddled the body with bullets and then set fire to it.

Fragments of the body are still dangling to a tree.


Thank you for joining me and as always, I hope I leave you with something to ponder.

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