LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Mob Strings Up Two Negroes for Beating a Well-Known Farmer.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 2.—A special from Silver City, Miss., says that Arthur Woodward and Talcum Woodward, negroes, were lynched there today by a mob of fifty persons. The negroes were in the custody of Marshal W. B. Jackson, who was boarding a train when the mob appeared and took possession of the prisoners. They were taken to the outskirts of the town and hanged to a tree. The negroes had assaulted Andrew White, a well-known farmer, and seriously beaten him.
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Please corrections. It's said these two were lynched in New Mexico but your critical says Mississippi. Which is correct?
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading our blog. Although there is a Silver City in New Mexico, the article states they were lynched in Silver City, Mississippi. I will have to look deeper to see if this is a misprint or not.
DeleteI did a quick search. I found a New Mexico and a Mississippi paper reported the lynching as occuring in Mississippi. Hope this helps.
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