June 15, 1920: Isaac McGhie, Elmer Jackson, Nate Green (or Elias Clayton)

Here is an article on a triple lynching from the Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California) dated June 16, 1920:

TROOPS TO BAR NEW LYNCHINGS

DULUTH, Minn., June 16.— The lynching spirit flared here in the Far North last night; exacted the lives of three negroes and today died away.

The three negroes were in a party of six circus roustabouts accused of assaulting a 17-year-old whit girl here. They were "tried" by a mob which battered in the jail doors, dragged the negroes a half block and hanged them to an electric light pole at intervals of eight minutes.

Issac McGhie, 22, was the first victim.

At intervals of eight minutes, Elmer Jackson and Nate Green were jerked into the air, the mob quietly watching the last struggles, one group of men clinging to the free end of the rope, looped over a cross bar of the pole.

The mob dispersed quickly. Today when state troops arrived from Fort Snelling there was quiet in the city and officials believed the soldiers would be sent home at once. It was believed there would be no trouble at Virginia, Minn., where the circus showed today. 

Officials here said it was the first manifestation of mob spirit in Duluth in years. 

The storm last night broke slowly. Reports of the attack on the white girl were spread about town by afternoon newspapers. Groups collected in the streets. 

"All of a sudden," Police Lieutenant Barber said, "the groups melted into one huge mass which came tearing down the street toward the jail.

"We refused to give up the prisoners, of course. Then they got timbers and began wrecking things. We couldn't stand them off. When they got inside, the men quickly determined that three of the black prisoners were guilty, hauled them out and hanged them.

"I think they killed one that was not guilty.

"As soon as the three were dead the crowd dispersed and all was quiet. It happened so quickly it didn't look real." 

The bodies were cut down shortly after midnight and given to an undertaker. 

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DULUTH, Minn., June 16.— State guards, due here early today, were expected to prevent further race troubles, following a night in which a mob of 5000 lynched three negroes held in connection with an attack on a seventeen-year old white girl. 

The mob stormed the city jail, capturing six negroes held for the offense. Three of the accused were found "not guilty" at a mock trial before the lynchings.

Not a shot was fired in the mob demonstration.

Four negroes held in Virginia, Minn., in connection with the attack on the white girl were believed safe. Reports, however, said part of the mob started in automobiles early today for Virginia. 

The negroes hanged here were Issac McGhie, Elmer Jackson and Nate Green. They were circus roustabouts. All were about 22 years old. They were hanged at intervals of eight minutes. 

Father J. Howard climbed fifteen feet up a telegraph pole and under the dim glare of an arc light prayed for the crowd to release the negroes. He was hooted. 

Rope Breaks Twice

McGhie was jerked into the air three times. The rope broke on the first two attempts. He begged for mercy until an impassioned speech was cut short by his third ascent. 

Jackman was the next victim, followed by Green. Both declared themselves innocent.

June 14, 1915: Utes (Jules) Smith

The Greenwood Daily Journal (Greenwood S.C.)  dated June 14, 1915, had the following article starting on the front page and continuing on the 6th.

SHERIFF HOOD LOSES HIS LIFE WHEN HE PROTECTS PRISONER

Mob Fires When Officer Refuses to Surrender Negro

UTES SMITH, ALLEGED RAPIST, SHOT TO DEATH ON STREET

While On Way to Court House With Negro Sheriff  is Mortally Wounded by Crowd—Adjt. Gen. Moore on the Scene.

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MILITIA ORDERED OUT.

(Special to The Journal. [SIC]

Columbia, June 14.—Gov. Manning was reached at the University of Virginia where he went to deliver an address.He immediately ordered out the militia.  Heavily-guarded automobiles carrying ammuniiton [SIC] left Columbia for Winnsboro at 11 o'clcok [SIC].  A general race war was feared.

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(Special to The Journal.)

Winnsboro, June 14.—Sheriff Hood, four deputies and a private citizen named Isenhower were wounded and Utes Smith, a negro who was to have been tried today on the charge of criminal assault, was killed by an infuriated mob this morning while the officers were taking the negro to the court house.  

The wounded men were taken to Columbia on a special train and are now in a Columbia hospital. Sheriff Hood was shot four or five times and is not expected to recover, one bullet entering the abdomen. The other men do not seem to have been mortally wounded.

LYNCHING THREATENED

The negro who was kiled [SIC] today was brought to Winnsboro yesterday from the state penitentiary in Columbia where he was taken after his crime for safe-keeping. It had been whispered for several days that he would be lynched if he was brought back to trial, but Sheriff Hood placed little credence in the reports, although he took every precaution against mob violence. When the sheriff and his four deputies left the jail this morning with the negro prisoner a mob was formed immediately and the officers were commanded to give up their man. When Sheriff Hood showed that he would resist any attempt to turn the prisoner over to the mob shots from a number of pistols rang out, the officers fell wounded and the negro was then shot to death. The private citizen who was injured happened to be standing near when the firing began.

QUIET THIS AFTERNOON.

Soon after killing the negro, the mob dispersed and this afternoon the town is calm. Adjutant General Moore came to Winnsboro and took charge of the local military company after the killing.

A special train was rushed from Columbia and the wounded were taken to a hospital in that city.

Utes Smith is said to have confessed to Sheriff Hood that he criminally assaulted the wife of a prominent farmer of Fairfield county the latter part of April. He was captured at a small station near Columbia several days afterward by the sheriff and taken to the state penitentiary. At the time of the crime there was considerable excitement, but it was believed to have died down. 

The Manning Times (Manning, S.C.) June 16,1915.

Sheriff of Fairfield Dead Riot at Court House Door

Negro on Way to Trial Slain — Though Mortally Wounded, Sheriff Hood Takes Man Accused of Attempted Criminal Assault into Court Room Where He Falls Dead in Dock.

Judge John S. Wilson Presiding.

Winnsboro, June 15—Special: Sheriff A.D. Hood killed in performance of his duty, Jules Smith, a negro charged with criminal assault, and Clyde Isenhower, a relative of Smith's alleged intended victim, dead, Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson desperately wounded, his left arm being practicnlly [SIC] shot off, Rural Policeman J.R. Boulwar shot in the pit of his stomach and barely living, and Jesse Morrison, brother-in-law of Isenhower and a member of the attacking party, shot in the head, and several other deputy sheriffs wounded, tell the horrible results of an attack by a small mob on the sheriff here this morning while he was ascending the Court House steps with the negro who was to be placed on trial for his life. 

Sheriff Hood went to Columbia this morning and brought Jules Smith, the negro who was to be tried for the awful crime, back to Winnsboro to put him on trial for his life. The negro had been in the State Penitentiary for safe-keeping and the sheriff was accompanied by several deputies. This precaution was taken in view of certain threats said to have been uttered. The sheriff and his prisoner reached here in safety. With the negro walking between him and Policeman Haynes, the sheriff had started up the steps to the court house, when a fusillade of shots broke out. The first bullet struck the negro prisoner in the stomach with fatal results. The second bullet from the mob hit sheriff Hood.

Promiscuous Firing.

By this time the fusillade had become general, the mob firing promiscuously into the crowd which was following the sheriff and his party up the steps to the Court room,[SIC] As soon as he could draw his pistol Sheriff Hood returned the fire and several of his deputies joined in the affray. Sheriff Hood wos [SIC] shot five times three times in the stomach, in his right side, in left arm, and between shoulder and elbow. Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson who was right behind him, was shot twice in the left arm, practically severing it from hi body. One bullet struck Rural Policeman J. R. Boulware in his stomach probably fatally wounding him. Deputy Sheriff B. R. Beckman was shot in the left leg. Constable R. L. Kelley was shot in the thumb and right arm. Deputy Sheriff J. W. Broom received several bullets through his pants and one grazed his left foot. 

From all the information obtainable the consensus of opinion is that Clyde Isenhower began the shooting and it is said that his first bullet killed the negro prisoner. He himself was fatally wounded, being shot several times, and received thirteen openings in his body as a result of bullets lodging there. It is thought that Sheriff Hood directed his fire at Clyde Isenhower, for the sheriff emptied his pistol, Isenhower, after being shot to p8ieces, staggered into the sheriff's office and had nnbreached [SIC] his pistol and reloaded it before he fell faint from the loss of blood.

OTHERS WOUNDED.

Jesse Morrison, a brother-in-law of Isenhower, and said to have been a member of the mob, received a scalp wound in his head and had a thumb shot away. D. F. Smith, a bystander, took refuge behind a tree and a bullet just grazed his stomach. Probate Judge W. L. Holley was standing in the door of the Court House at the time of the shooting and a bullet buried itself in the door facing at his side. Although mortally wounded, Sheriff Hood took the negro prisoner, who was sinking from the effects of the fatal bullet in his stomach, up the steps of the court house and into the room and pushed him into the dock before he succumbed. As he fell to the floor, he said to Solicitor Henry: "They have got me at last." The negro prisoner lived only about ten minutes.

Sheriff Hood, Deputy Sheriffs J. R. Boulware and B. R. Beckham were taken to Columbia on a special train, reaching there about 1:30 o'clock. Surgeons had Sheriff Hood on the operating table several hours and eighteen perforations were found in his intestines. He was given every attention, but his condition from the first was hopeless, and he died to night at 7:50 o'clock. Deputy Boulware has only a fighting chance for recovery, the bullet having lodged in  the pit of his abdomen. 

ISENHOWER SHOT SIX TIMES.

Clyde Isenhower, said to be the principal in the fatal tragedy and Deputy Sheriff Earle Stevenson were taken to Chester on the afternoon train, Dr. S. W. Pryor, their physician, said that Isenhower had been shot six or seven times, and had thirteen openings in his body. Deputy Stevenson will probably lose his left arm.

The other deputies received only slight wounds. Ernest Isenhower a brother of Clyde Isenhower, and Jesse Morrison a brother-in-law, were arrested this afternoon and lodged in jail, charged with the shooting. Other arrests are expected to follow. The grand jury has taken charge of the situation and is making a sweeping and rigid investigation. Foreman J. H. Coleman and his associates listened with serious attention this afternoon during the charge by Judge Wilson and the general opinion is that those responsible for the affair are going to have to answer for it. 

Clyde Isenhower, said to be the principal in the shooting, was a farmer, and resided in the Wateree section, about seven miles from here. He has a large number of brothers, one of them Ernest, who is in jail charged with taking part in the attack, has been teaching school in Clarendon county for two years. Another brother is rural policeman, another a town policeman here and still another pastor of string of Baptist churches in this county. Clyde Isenhower was put in the baggage car of the north-bound train this afternoon and taken to the hospital in Chester. He was accompanied by his wife. His aged mother was in tears when the train pulled out. By his side on another cot was Earle Stevenson, one of the deputies who had helped defend the prisoner, bleeding from the bullet wounds in his left arm. Jesse Morrison, the brother-in-law, is said to be from Great Falls, in Chester County. 

STRONG CONDEMNATION.

The people of Winnsboro are strong in their condemnation of the affair, and demand a vigorous prosecution of the guilty parties. They say that it has put a stain on their town, long known as a place where law and order prevailed and proud of their untarnished record in the past. They declare that the mob was composed of less than half a dozen, none of whom were Winnsboro people. They do not hesitate to say that the whole thing as planned, a conspiracy which they can find has only been paralleled by the Hillsville Va., tragedy.

The shooting took place at 10 o'clock this morning and by noon the town people were possessed of their accustomed calm, a seemingly deadly calm which foretold a determination to wipe out the stain which had unwittingly fallen upon them by bringing to speedy justice to those responsible. The people here did not understand the necessity for calling out the military company, but that brave body of men under Capt. J. B. Doty responded promptly when orders came from Columbia. 

They escorted Sheriff Hood and the two wounded deputies to the special train, which took them to Columbia, for there had been some idle talk that more shooting was imminent. The company dispersed, for there was nothing for them to do. The townspeople were amazed when two automobiles, carrying 4,800 rounds of rifle ammunition and 700 rounds of pistol ammunition raced in from Columbia. The detail, which brought the ammunition, was commanded by Adjt Gen J. Shapter Caldwell, for the report had been sent to Columbia that the company was without ammunition. The cars were guarded by a detail of men hastily enlisted in Columbia and the run from the Capital City here was made in record time. The detail returned to Columbia when they found the situation here was quiet. Several automobiles came from Columbia, but the excitement here lasted less than an hour; in fact, as one citizen said, it was all over before anyone knew what was going on. They best described it as "sounding like the popping of firecrackers." Court was to have convened here this morning, but after the tragedy it did not assemble until 3 o'clock this afternoon. There was an air of unusual solemnity pervading the court room, and Judge Wilsen [SIC] and the jurors all reflected by their actions and demeanor. The atmosphere impressed one with the feeling that those responsible for the tragedy were going to be held to "strict accountability." 

"ASSASSINATION" SAYS COURT.

The blood-stained portals of this temple of justice cry aloud for the vindication of the majesty of the law, said Judge John S. Wilson in his vigorous charge to the Fairfield grand jury this afternoon, in which he denounced the shooting of Sheriff Hood and his deputies as "assassination" and called on the jury to make a thorough and sweeping investigation and to bring every one connected with the horrible affair to justice.

It is your duty, said Judge Wilson, to act and act in such a manner as to vindicate the law which has been so greatly outraged this day. 

Calling attention to the fact that he first presided as Judge in Winnsboro in September 1907.  Judge Wilson recalled the glorious history of Fairfield county "a county known for the manhood of its men and the purity of its women, a county where law and order reigned, but which this day has been outraged.  Did this happen on the borders of Arizona?  Did this happen in Mexico?  No, it happened in old historic Winnsboro, continued the judge.

"What man is there whose blood does not boil when he hears of the crime of which this poor wretch stood accused?"  Judge Wilson asked, adding that he had been informed that the negro had confessed and that everything was in readiness to give him a fair and impartial trial, and that the law would have been vindicated and justice done.  He said that men should control themselves in such circumstances, "but this morning men gave vent to their passions and took the law into their own hands, and with what result?  Your sheriff lies hovering between life and death.  The negro is dead.  Several deputies are badly wounded.  Talk about Mexico?  Here at the door of this court house lawlessness reigns.  It ought to shake the State of South Carolina from centre to circumference," emphatically declared Judge Wilson.

TRIBUTE TO SHERIFF.

The Judge paid a glowing tribute to the brave sheriff who risked  his life in the performance of his duty.  "A man without a drop of coward's blood in his veins and I man whom I delight to honor:  I wish every sheriff in South Carolina was like him, and that we had thousands of such citizens," stated Judge Wilson, who praised the bravery, the devotion to duty and the action of Sheriff Hood, and called on the grand jury to bring the ones "guilty of this horrible crime" to justice.

Solicitor J. K. Henry was equally emphatic in his denunciation of the occurrence and took immediate steps to begin a vigorous prosecution of the guilty parties.  The matter was taken in hand by the grand jury and an immediate investigation was begun.

Coroner Smith empanelled a jury and, after viewing the remains of the dead negro, adjourned the inquest until a later date.  It is hardly probable that the coroner's jury will make much of an investigation, because the grand jury, being in session, will handle the whole matter.

Late this afternoon Ernest Isenhower and Jessie Morrison were arrested, charged with participating in the shooting, and both were lodged in jail.  It is understood that warrants have been issued for others and more arrests are expected to follow.

I have to again thank one of my helpers for helping me type these long articles.  

The Manning Times (Manning, S.C.) on July 21, 1915 covered the court case and the sensational evidence provided.  It also gave the verdict reached:

"We the coroner's jury, find that Adam D. Hood came to his death by gunshot wounds by Clyde Isenhower, Ernest Isenhower, Jesse Morrison and Jim Rawls, and others possibly unknown to the jury."

June13, 1910: Elmer Curl

Today I will start with a small article to get you acquainted with the Elmer Curl lynching followed by longer article from the words of a witness.  This first article is from The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, S.C.) dated June 16, 1910:

NEGRO LYNCHED.

Mob Overpowers the Sheriff and Takes the Prisoner.

While officers from Arkansas was enroute to Mastoden, Miss., with Elmer Curl, a negro, they were overpowered by a mob at Como, Miss., Monday night, who took the negro to Mastoden and lynched him.  Curl was charged with shooting W. P. Miller, a plantation manager, who attempted to arrest him for writing an improper letter to a white woman.  

Following the shooting several weeks ago, Curl escaped although he was pursued for three days by a posse with bloodhounds.  He was captured at Marion, Ark., Sunday, and the officers and the prisoner were aboard an Illinois Central train when the mob boarded the train at McGees near Como.

This next article is from The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.) dated June 26, 1910:

HIGH-TONED LYNCHING.

"Best" People of Mississippi Conduct Hanging Without Rowdyism.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph,

"It was" wrote Col. Thomas H. Benton, after seeing fair play between his friend and another on the Virginia side of the river from Washington, "It was the high-tonedest duel I ever witnessed."

And the colonel had witnessed a good many of them in his day, sometimes while looking into the muzzle of a long-barreled pistol and sometimes in the less exacting role of attendant.  He never figured as a casualty, after one of these diversions, but that was due to the deadliness of his aim and the unemotional quality of his nerve.

The spirit of Benton still lives—in Mississippi, where an unruly black was lynched "in a nice, orderly manner," as one of the participants declares, the other day.  The best people of the county, as good as there are anywhere, simply met and hanged Elmer Curl without a sign of rowdyism.  There was no drinking, no shooting, no yelling, and not even any loud talking."

The faithful historian of this event goes on to chronicle that the company of avengers, vulgarly known in impolite communities as a "mob," was composed of bankers, lawyers, farmers, and merchants.  "When the party arrived," says the brother of a man whom Curl had shot, "they asked me what were my wishes in the matter.  Their courtesy to me could not have been surpassed."

This seemed to make a deep impression on Mr. Miller, the bereaved brother.  He himself caught the spirit of chivalry that permeated the crowd, and not to shock the spirit of civilization and gentility, at once so obvious and so opportune, he lifted his voice against cruelty.  "I told them," he declares, "that I did not approve of brutality or believe in the mutilation of bodies by the torture of slow burning, but that I would like to have the privilege accorded me of making the first pull on the rope."  This privilege being granted, the passing of Curl was accomplished with tone and eclat.

It was a great day for civilization in Mississippi;  it marked an distinct advance in the science of summary justice;  it was in fact, to adopt the enthusiasm of Benton, about the high-tonedest lynching reported from the beautiful but impulsive Southland. 

June 12, 1900: John Brodie

According to 100 Years of Lynching by Ralph Ginzburg, John Brodie was lynched in Lee County, Arkansas on June 12, 1900.  I could find no articles about this lynching.

Instead, today I think I will transcribe a list of lynchings that occurred in 1895 as listed in the Chicago Daily Tribune dated January 1, 1896:

LYNCHINGS IN THE YEAR 1895.

Judge Lynch has executed 171 persons, 161 men and 10 women, during 1895, 23 less than last year.  The following record of lynching shows that these disgraceful and mainly brutal outrages are slowly but steadily decreasing under the influence of a healthier public sentiment and the commendable actions of several Southern Governors and legislative bodies in urging and passing stringent measures for the punishment of mob violators of law:

1885............................184       1891..............................192

1886............................138       1892..............................235

1887............................122       1893..............................200

1888............................142       1894..............................190

1889............................176       1895..............................171

1890............................127        

The lynchings in the various States and Territories during 1895 were as follows:

Alabama.........................16       Missouri.........................3

Arkansas.........................9       Nebraska........................4

California.........................7       North Carolina.................1

Colorado.........................7       South Carolina.................6

Florida...........................12       South Dakota..................2

Georgia.........................14       Tennessee......................11

Illinois..............................2       Texas.............................24

Kansas.............................1       Virginia............................3

Kentucky.........................15      Washington......................2

Louisiana...........................4       New Mexico....................1

Maryland..........................3       Indian Territory.................2

Mississippi........................13     Oklahoma.........................9

Of these lynchings 144 occurred in the South and twenty-five in the North.  Of the total number 112 were negroes, nine of them being women.  The detailed list is as follows:

January.

1—Thomas Blair, murder. Mount Sterling, Ky.

1—Barrett Scott, frauds. O'Neill, Neb.            

4—Three horse thieves, Kingfisher, Ok.          

4—John F. Bergeron, murder, Idalit,  N.C.     

7—Spencer Costello, colored, murder and robbery, Flora, Miss.

9—George Coldhand, colored, murder, Colquitt Co., Ga.

9—Thomas Boyd, alleged murder, Bowie, Tex.

9—George Witherell, desperado, Cañon City, Colo. 

February.

17—George Tracy, murder, Kingston, Mo

March.

2—Charles Robertson, colored, murder, Allendale, Ga

11—Isaac Manion, colored, muder, Athens, Tex.

12—Two horsethieves, Enterprise, I. T.

12—Antonio Apoletti, alleged murder, Walsenburg, Colo.

12—Pietro Giacobino, alleged murder, Walsenburg, Colo.

12—Antonio Lorenzo, alleged murder, Walsenburg, Colo.

12—Francisco Rochetti, alleged murder, Walsenburg, Colo.

12—Stanislaus Vettari, alleged murder, Walsenburg, Colo.

12—Joseph Welsby, alleged murder, Walsenburg, Colo.

14—Amor Gibson, colored, rape, Forsythe, Ga.

18—Mrs. W. E. Holton, by bigilantes, Keyapaha County, Neb.

19—Daniel Dawson, colored, alleged arson, Tyler, Ala.

19—Robert Holman, colored, alleged arson, Tyler, Ala.

19—Joseph Holman, colored, alleged arson, Tyler, Ala.

20—Harriet Talley, colored, suspected arson, Petersburg, Tenn.

28—Unknown negro, alleged insults, near Jackson, Miss.

29—Robert Betat, colored, arson, Bluff Creek, Miss.

April.

3—William Rawles, colored, murder, Newmansville, Fla.

3—Newton Walters, murder, Boston Mills, Kas.

12—Nelson Calhoun, colored, rape, Corsicana, Tex.

14—Dean Powell, cattle rustler, Keyapaha Co., Neb.

14—Frederick Chamberlain, cattle rustler, Keyapaha Co. Neb.

15—Manuel Dunegan, colored, to prevent evidence, Chilton Co., Ala.

21—Zeb Colley, colored, alleged murder, Greenville, Ala.

21—John Rattler, colored, alleged murder, Greenville, Ala.

21—Mary Deane, colored, alleged murder, Greenville, Ala.

21—Martha Greene, colored, alleged murder, Greenville, Ala.

21—Alice Greene, colored, alleged murder, Greenville, Ala.

25—Unknown negro, unknown offense, Parsons Tenn.

26—George Ray, colored, for being disreputable, Gensonton, Ky.

28—Thomas Gibson, unknown offense, by whitecaps, Seylerville, Tenn.

30—George Jones, Indian, assault, Devers, Tex.

May.

2—Thomas Brownlee, colored, informing, Butts Co., Ga.

5—Andy Hames, murder, Stevenson, Ala.

15—John Calvin, informing, near Ingall, Ok. 

15—William Dunn, informing, near Ingalls, Ok.

16—John Howeston, rape, Marion, Ky.

19—Samuel Echols, colored, rape, near Ellaville, Fla.

 19—Simeon Crowley, colored, rape, near Ellaville, Fla. 

19—John Brooks, colored, rape, near Ellaville, Fla. 

19—Jerido Shivers, colored, rape, Cofee Co., Ala. 

22—Wm. Connell, murder, Mongomery Co., Ga.

23—Claude Thompson, colored, attempted rape, De Koven, Ky.

23—Unknown negro, rape, Rodney, Miss.

25—John Halls, rape, Danville, Ill.

25—William Royce, rape, Danville, Ill.

25—John Crocker, wife, and son, alleged murder, Wharton, Tex.

27—Jacob Henson, colored, murder, Ellicott City, Md.

30—Three negroes, suspicion of rape, Bartow, Fla. 

31—James Freeman, colored, rape, Columbus City, Fla.

31—Nelson Weatheroff, attempted rape, Logan, O.

June.

5—James Powell, colored, attempted rape, Strasburg, Ala.

9—William Collins, colored, attempted rape, Mayo, Fla.

11—Two unknown negroes, concealing a criminal, Mayo, Fla.

11—William Johnson, colored, rape, Lufkin, Tex.

11—Alexander White, colored, murder, Keno, Tex. 

11—John Cherry, colored, murder, Keno, Tex.

13—J. M. Alexander, protecting a negro, Tuskegee, Ala. 

17—R. W. Dawson, murder, Natchez, Miss.

18—George Harris, colored, attempted rape, near Dublin, Ga.

19—William Chandler, colored, attempted rape, Abbeyville, Miss.

20—Frank King, colored, murder, Little Rock, Ark.

24—John Fry, arson, Gretna, La.

26—Thomas Browne, colored, burglary, Point Clear, Ala.

26—William Stokes, colored, attempted rape, Colleton County, S. C. 

29—Thomas Bowen, colored, rape, Brook Haven, Miss.

July.

1—Two horse thieves, near Guthrie, Ok.

1—Abithal Colston, murder, Trigg County, Ky.

1—Mollie Smith, murder, Trigg County, Ky.

2—Samuel Chandler, colored, unknown offense, Monroe, Ga. 

2—Marshal E. Price, murder, Denton, Md.

4—Robert Bennett, colored, attempted rape, near Lake City, Fla.

6—Theodore Puckett, colored, larceny, Jackson, Miss.

9—Howlett Howton and son, unknown offense, Lewiston, Ky.

14—Two negroes, alleged murder, Hampton, Ark.

15—Robert Huggard, colored, alleged rape, Winchester, Ky.

15—Ira Jackson, colored, alleged murder, Piedmont, S. C.

18—Andrew Thomas, colored, rape, Scranton, Miss. 

20—Mrs. Abe Phillips, colored, race prejudice, Mart, Tex. 

20—Hannah Phillips, colored, race prejudice, Mart, Tex. 

20—Abe Phillips, colored, race prejudice, Mart, Tex.

20—Edward Phillips, colored, race prejudice, Mart, Tex.

20—Benjamin Johnson, colored, race prejudice, Mart, Tex.

20—K. D. Taylor, colored, race prejudice, Mart, Tex.

23—Unknown woman, colored, race prejudice, Brenhan, Tex.

24—Ovide Belzaire, colored, race prejudice, Youngsville, La.

25—Thomas Johnson, colored, murder, Hattiesburg, Miss. 

27—Victor Adams, murder, O'Neill's, Cal.

28—Charles Burwell, colored, assault, Meridian, Miss. 

29—Squire Loftin, colored, rape, Lexington, Tex. 

August.

2—James Mason, colored, unknown offense, Daingerfield, Tex.

2—Mrs. James Mason, colored, unknown offense, Daingerfield, Tex.

12—Unknown negro, race prejudice, Delta County, Tex. 

12—William Harris, colored, attempted assault, Colquitt County, Ga.

14—Samuel Vinson, murder, Ellensburg, Wash.

14—Charles Vinson, murder, Ellensburg, Wash.

15—Emmett Dviers, colored, murder, Fulton, Mo.

16—Bidderly brothers, colored, cattle stealing, Buffalo County, S. D. 

18—Samuel Lewis, colored, murder, Juno, Fla. 

21—Noah Anderson, colored, murder, New Richmond, O.

22—James Jones, colored, murder, Tellar, Ark.

22—Unknown negro, murder, Wharton, Tex.

26—Lawrence Johnson, murder, Yreka, Cal.

26—William Null, murder, Yreka, Cal.

26—Louis Moreno, murder, Yreka, Cal.

26—Harland Seemler, murder, Yreka, Cal.

26—Harrison Lewis, colored, murder, Spingfield, Ky.

26—Jefferson Cole, colored, race prejudice, Paris, Tex.

September.

2—Unknown negro, miscegenation, Simpson Co., Miss.

2—William Butcher, colored, muder, Hickman, Ky.

3—Jerry Johnson, colored, insults, Farmington, Tenn.

5—Aaron Freeman, rape, near Hot Springs, Ark.

6—"Doc" King, colored, attempted rape, Fayetteville, Tenn.

10—Wesley Wingfield, colored, attempted rape, Lunenburg, Va.

10—Lum Wood, giving evidence, Union City, Tenn.

11—William Caldwell, colored, murder, near Oceola, Ark.

11—John Thomas, colored, murder, near Osceola, Ark.

19—Unknown negro, rape, Danceville, Ark.

22—William Smith, colored, murder, Hammond, La.

26—Felician France, colored, unknown offense, near New Orleans, La.

27—William Archer, Indian, murder, Bakersfield Cal.

October. 

1—John Littlefield, murder, Round Valley, Cal.

4—Neal Smith, colored, rape, Cole City, Ga.

5—Tobe McGrady, colored, rape, Peroti, Ala.

11—William Henderson, colored, rape, Jackson, Mo.

14—Floantina Suitta, murder, Catula, Tex.

15—Eugene Vanoy, colored, rape, Manchester, Tenn.

15—Jeff Ellis, colored, murder, Braden, Tenn.

17—Daniel E. Young, unknown offense, by White Caps, Oak Canon, N. M. 

17—William Black, murder, Hampton, S. C. 

22—James Umbra, Mexican, cattle stealing, Hennessey, Ok.

22—"Mexican John," Mexican, cattle stealing, Hennessy, Ok. 

22—John Henderson, attempted rape, Vinegar Bend, Ala. 

29—Henry Hilliard, colored, murder, Tyler, Tex.

November.

4—Albert England, burglary,, Wynne, Ark.

9—Lewis Jefferson, colored, rape, Homersville, Ga.

17—James Bowens, colored, rape, Frederick, Md. 

21—Two negroes, rape, near Henderson, Ky.

21—Negro, guilty of no offense, Madison Co., Tex.

21—Charles Hurd, colored, murder, Wartburg, Tenn.

23—L.W. Perdue, rape, Alley, Ga.

24—John Richards, colored, murder, Abbeville, S. C. 

24—Thomas Watts, colored, murder, Abbeville, S. C. 

25—Unknown negro, train wrecking, Calvert City, Ky.

25—Balam Hancock, colored, attempted rape, Gibson, Ga. 

29—John Yarborough, murder, Crystal Springs, Miss.

29—Cad Smith, attempted rape, near Oultewah, Tenn.

29—Joseph Robinson, colored, murder, Fayetteville, Tenn.

29—Ozias McGahey, colored, murder, Fayetteville, Tenn.

December.

1—Tony Sutton, desperado, Unadilla, Ga.

1—Henry Sutton, desperado, Unadilla, Ga.

2— —Poss, colored, murder, Fairfax, C. H., Va.

2— —Henry, colored, murder, Fairfax, C. H., Va.

5—Isom Kearse, colored, larceny, Colleton, Co., S. C. 

5—Hannah Kearse, colored, knowledge of larceny, Colleton Co., S. C. 

7—William Blake, colored, alleged murder, Hampton, S. C. 

8—James Smith, informer, Monticello, Ga.

29—William Denver, murder, Lebanon, Ky.

29—Mrs. T. J. West, mob indignation, Lebanon, Ky.

This article was so very long I had to utilize my two helpers.  They were very helpful and I am grateful for their assistance.

                                           

From the Pittsburg Courier 1932:

June 11, 1906: Wood Ambrose

From the Daily Free Press (Carbondale, Illinois), dated June 12, 1906

A Mississippi Lynching.

Hattiesburg, Miss. June 12. - Wood Ambrose, a young negro, was lynched at Prentiss, 45 miles east of here on Monday,  Ambrose had been arrested and accused of shooting a white man.  A mob broke into jail and shot the negro to death. 

June 10, 1894: James Perry

This one is a little different.  I have found three newspaper accounts and I will put in all of them since they are all short.  I'll start with the April 30, 1899 Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California.)  This is just a small bit in the middle of a column titled "Awful Record of Lynchings."

June 10, 1898 at Knoxville, Ark., James Perry was shut up in a cabin because he had smallpox and was burned to death.

This is from the Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) dated June 20, 1894.  This is in the middle of a column titled "West and South."

UNKNOWN persons killed James Perry, a Virginia negro who introduced smallpox into Knoxville, Tenn.

And finally, this article from tThe Daily Democrat (Huntington, Indiana) June 12, 1894.

Killed for Carrying the Plague.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 12.--James Perry, a Virginia negro who introduced smallpox into Knoxville last winter, was killed by unknown persons near the police headquarters. 

The first one had the date 1898, but all the ones before it were dated 1893.  Personally, I believe it was a typo, since the other papers were from 1894.  It also states Knoxville, Arkansas instead of Knoxville, Tennessee.  I assume that, too, is a typo.  It is sad to think that a man being lynched for having a disease had so little notice than a sentence in each of the three papers.