August 1, 1908: Virgil, Tom and Robert Jones and Joe Riley

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, N. Y.) printed the following article on August 1, 1908 about the lynching of four men in Kentucky:

KENTUCKY MOB HANGS 4 NEGRO PRISONERS

Forced Jail at Russellville and Dragged Men From Cells.

JAILER'S PROTESTS WERE VAIN

Negroes Hanged in a Row From Limb of Tree on Outskirts of Town.

Russellville, Ky., August 1—Four negroes, Virgil, Tom and Robert Jones and Joe Riley were taken from here early to-day and hanged to a tree on the edge of town. No shots were fired by the mob, which was composed of about fifty men, and the people of the town knew nothing of the affair until daylight revealed the four bodies dangling from a tree just outside Russellville on the Nashville pike. The following note was found pinned on one of the bodies:

"Let this be a warning to you niggers to let white people alone, or you will go the same way. Hugh Rogers better shut up or quit."

The negroes who were lynched were members of a lodge, and at a meeting recently it is said they approved of the murder of James Cunningham, a white farmer, by his negro tenant, Rufus Browder. This murder occurred in the southern part of Logan County, and it is supposed here that the mob was made up of men from that part of the county.

The negroes had been in jail for several days, and while there had been considerable unrest since the attempt on the part of the mob to take Browder, the slayer of Cunningham, from the jail some nights ago, no real trouble was anticipated and there was no guard around the prison. The effort to get Browder failed, because he was spirited out of jail by the sheriff and sent to Bowling Green and later to Louisville, where he is now confined, awaiting trial.

The mob came into town so quietly that not one of the residents of the city was roused from slumber. Proceeding at once to the county jail, the mob called Jailer Butts to the door of his residence, directly connected with the prison., When he made his appearance he found himself covered by rifles and shotguns and was given the command to turn over the keys of the jail or be shot down. After a short parley with the members of the mob in which he tried to persuade them to go away without doing any violence, he was finally forced to hand over the keys. The mob then entered the jail, and, finding the four negroes, forced them to go with them. The whole party proceeded at once to the tree on the outskirts of the city on the Nashville pike, where the negroes were strung up in a row.

Contrary to the usual customs of mobs, no shots were fired into the swinging victims, and the mob dispersed as soon as it had finished its work.

There is no clew to the members of the band, as the jailer was the only person who saw them close enough to get a good look, and he could not recognize them.

The bodies of the negroes were cut down during the morning.

Louisville, Ky., August 1—Rufus Browder, the man who killed James Cunningham, was brought to jail here a week ago from Bowling Green for safekeeping.

Browder, when told by a reporter that the four negroes had been taken from jail in Russellville and lynched, said:  "It's awful bad that the boys have to be strung up on my account. I hope they don't get me."

Browder said he was acquainted with the negroes who were, as they all worked on farms in the same vicinity . He said the order to which they belonged was known as the "True Reformers."

Browder claimed that it was a society formed to provide insurance and burial. He said there was no race feature to it and claimed that it had been well thought of by the white people. He said he did not believe they had gone so far as to indorse [sic] him for killing Cunningham, but said that it had raised a fund to be used in the employ of lawyers for him.

The same paper printed this tidbit on August 20, 1908:

Souvenir postal cards showing the four bodies of negroes lynched at Russellville, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, were sent through the mails, but have been suppressed. Homeseekers, however, should not be prejudiced against this lovely place by the action of the authorities.

Here is a picture of said postcard:

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

August 18, 1915: "Kid" Jackson and Henry Russell

Join me in a moment in history when a lynching occurred in Alabama ans was reported in The Charlotte News (Charlotte, N. C.) on August 18, 1915:

TWO NEGROES LYNCHED BY ALABAMA MOB

By Associated Press.

Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 18.—"Kid" Jackson and Henry Russell, negroes, were lynched at Hope Hull, ten miles from here early this morning by a masked mob. Another negro, whose name has not been learned, was rescued but he died at a local hospital later.

The negroes were charged with poisoning mules on the McLain plantation several months ago.

The mob proceeded quietly. They went to the negroes homes, bound and gagged them, riddled their bodies with bullets and threw them in a ditch. No arrests have been made as yet, although the sheriff's forces are working in the vicinity of the crime, trying to locate the lynchers.

The negroes who were lynched this morning had been tenants on the Dr. McLain farm until this year when they were replaced by white tenants. Chagrined at this action the negroes, it is alleged, began a crusade of arson and poison, but the leaders were arrested after poisoning several mules and a well and burning a barn, have been in jail here awaiting trial. Yesterday they were released on bonds and returned to the farm. This action it is believed infuriated the white farmers.

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

July 4/5, 1933: Norris Dendy

Join me today to learn about a South Carolina lynching through the pages of the Florence Morning News (Florence, S. C.) dated July 6, 1933:

GROUP OF MEN LYNCHED NEGRO

Norris Dendy, Accused of Striking Youth, Taken From Clinton Jail

CLINTON, S. C., July 5 (AP)—Four unidentified white men dragged Norris Dendy, 35-year-old negro, from the small Clinton jail early today and a few hours later his beaten and strangled body was found in a churchyard near here.

Dendy was placed in the jail, a small town building with no regular jailor [sic], late yesterday for striking Marvin Lollis, 22, white Clinton truck driver, and resisting arrest.

About midnight the jail's negro janitor said, four white men came to the building, knocked the lock off with a wrench and forced Dendy into their automobile. They disappeared before an alarm could be spread.

Thad Moore one of the deputies Sheriff Owens of Laurens county, sent out to search for the negro and his captors, found the body in the old Sardis churchyard, several miles from here, shortly before 1 p. m.

It bore marks of a severe beating and around the negro's neck was a rope. The body, however, was lying at the gateway to the church's cemetery and Sheriff Owens said Dendy had apparently been hanged somewhere else and the body removed there.

One of the negro's wound[s] was first mistaken for a bullet wound but George Holland, Clinton police chief who examined the body said Dendy had not been shot.

Lollis and Dendy each drove a truckload of picnickers to Lake Murray, in the lower part of Laurens county for a fourth of July celebration yesterday.

The negro and white man became involved in an argument, witnesses said, and Dendy struck Lollis with a stick, inflicting a gash on his cheek.

When white men at the picnic attempted to apprehend him, the negro fled in his truck but officers at Goldville, between the lake and Clinton, were advised to watch for him and when he arrived there he was arrested. Goldville officers brought him here where he was placed in jail.

There have been no known threats against Dendy and as the charge against him was not considered serious, no extra precautions were taken to guard him.

Solicitor Homer S. Blackwell announced an inquest would not be held until next week, pending the gathering of evidence.

Sheriff Owens said he had no clues on which to work and he had "no idea" who to look for. He said he was unable to track the lynchers with blood hounds as they traveled by automobile.

Our next article is found in The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), June 2, 1934 edition:

S. C. GOVERNOR URGED TO PRESS DENBY [sic] CASE PROBE

NEW YORK, May 31.—A strong telegram urging Governor Ibra C. Blackwood of South Carolina to have the state attorney general's office take "vigorous action" in the prosecution of the alleged lynchers of Norris Dendy, was sent this week by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"The Laurens County grand jury at the June term will consider once more the evidence against alleged lynchers of Norris Dendy, who was taken from jail in Clinton and lynched on July 4, 1933," the wire said. "Eye witnesses to Dendy's removal from jail have positively identified members of mob and owners of automobiles used. Testimonies and affidavits of these witnesses were given the grand jury in February. We feel positive action against alleged mob members by the state is imperative if South Carolina is . . . to vindicate contention that states alone can handle lynching evil and can be depended upon to punish lynchers."

R. Y. Dendy of New York, brother of the lynched man, with the assistance of the national office of the N. A. A. C. P., secured three eye witnesses, two men and a woman, brought them out of Clinton, secured affidavits from them, and, under the pledged protection of the governor's office, took two of them back to Laurens county last February to testify before the grand jury. The jury voted to "continue" considering the evidence at the June term.

Norris Dendy was lynched after he had struck a white truck driver in an argument at a colored picnic to which both men had driven loads of picnickers. Norris Dendy was jailed for a few hours, but later a mob, said to have included two police officers of Clinton, took him out of his cell and killed him on the outskirts of the city. White people of Clinton say the plan was to "give Norris a whipping" because he was "too smart" but not to kill him. They explain that Norris was killed, perhaps, when he fought back at members of the whipping mob.

Our final article comes from The New York Age (New York, N. Y.) dated June 30, 1934:

Grand Jury Returns No Bill In Dendy Lynching; Brother Says He Will Continue His Fight

LAURENS, S. C.—The Laurens County Grand Jury on Tuesday returned no bill in the case of five white Clinton men charged with the lynching of Norris Dendy at Clinton, S. C. on July 4, 1933. The men named in the bill of indictment were Hubert Pitts, P. M. Pitts, Roy Pitts, J. Pitts, Ray and Marvin Lollis.

Dendy had been arrested after he and Lollis, another truck driver, had engaged in an altercation at a picnic at Lake Murray. Both men had driven truckloads of picnickers to the grounds and after the fight Dendy was arrested by Goldville police and placed in jail.

As the charge was not a serious one, police say they took no extra precautions to guard him. At midnight. witnesses said that the four white men named above came to the jailhouse, knocked the lock off with a wrench and forced Dendy into their automobile. His body was found later, badly beaten, near Sardis.

Several Negro witnesses to the crime were threatened with death if they appeared to testify in the case and moved from the state for safety. A photostatic copy of one of the threatening letters mailed to William Crawford in New York was reproduced in The New York Age last week.

Crawford in January, 1934, made a deposition before a notary public in Washington, D. C., that he was in Clinton, S. C., the day of the lynching and that during the late afternoon and early evening of that day, while in his father's car which was parked near the jail, he heard two shots and was told that Norris Dendy was either being beaten or taken out of the jail.

He said he drove to the jail and saw a crowd of about 100 people outside of the jail. In the crowd he said he recognized Pack Pitts, Officer Henry Young, Roy Pitts, Marvin Lollis, Hubert Pitts and Chief of Police George Holland. He said he had not been parked near the jail long when he saw someone being brought out of the jail by Marvin Lollis, Pack Pitts and Hubert Pitts and taken to the Car [sic] of Pack Pitts and beaten while int he car. He was unable to see whom was being beaten.

He said that he drove off in his car because he considered it unsafe to remain as a witness. Early the next day, Crawford said, that while he was walking past Main street filling station, which was either owned or run by Pack Pitts, he saw the automobile of Pitts being washed by Dominick, a white man. He said that the back and floor of the car were being flushed by a hose and that the water which came out of the car was of a reddish color, leading him to believe that it was blood.

He said that he left Clinton because in the days that followed the lynching he was intimidated by several men among whom were several policemen. He said that one of the men who told him that it would do him no good to know too much or be so wise was Marvin Lollis who had been seen in the crowd that lynched Dendy. After the threats, Crawford went North and only recently in New York received a letter threatening lynching for him if he should attempt to testify before the grand jury.

Another witness, who like Crawford went North for safety, was Miss Clarabell Peake who took up residence in New York after the lynching. Miss Peake in a sworn statement said that on the afternoon of July 4, before the lynching took place, Mrs. Armanda Dendy, wife of the man who was afterwards lynched, came and asked her to accompany her to jail to visit her husband.

She said that she and Mrs. Dendy went to the jail and made an effort to bail Norris out and when they were unsuccessful they left and shortly afterwards heard two shots coming from the jail and then saw two cars driving away from the jail. They recognized one of the car[s] as belonging to Pack Pitts.

Despite this sworn testimony of Crawford and Miss Peake and testimony of like nature by other eyewitnesses the county grand jury returned no bill.

CASE NOT CLOSED

R. Y. Dendy of 2588 Seventh avenue, New York City, brother of Norris Dendy who was lynched at Clinton, S. C., on July 4, 1933, stated that the case is not closed as far as he is concerned and announced receipt from a state official that evidence will be presented to a future grand jury in an effort to get a true bill.

According to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, an indictment was eventually secured for the rope and gun which led to his death by a grand jury. As of 1937, no member of the mob had been indicted.

Here is a copy of the death threat received by Crawford, it is not very legible.

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

January 18, 1909: Hilliard

Today we learn about a lynching for the crime of speaking insultingly in Arkansas. The article is found in The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N. C.) dated January 19, 1909:

NEGRO LYNCHED IN ARKANSAS.

He Had Spoken Insultingly to a Young Lady.

(By Wire to the Morning Star.)

Hope, Ark. Jan. 18.—After forcing the engineer of the light plant to cut off the current leaving the town in darkness, a party of young men early today took an 18-year-old negro named Hilliard from the county jail and hanged him to a telegraph pole. The negro had spoken insultingly to a woman clerk in Haynes Brothers' store Friday. Only the jailer was on duty, the sheriff being out of town when the lynchers attacked the jail and over-powered the jailer.

Most of the articles gave the same information, but a few stated that the lynchers fired bullets into the body and the hanging. Thank you for joining me and as always, I hope I leave you with something to ponder.

March 15, 1897: Andy Beard

Today we learn about an Alabama lynching for the crime of eloping with a white girl. We start with an article from The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) dated March 9, 1897:

A posse of armed men are scouring the woods around Kennedy, Ala., searching for Andy Beard, a 22-year-old negro farm laborer, who yesterday eloped with Lona Baines, the 18-year-old daughter of Jordan Baines, a prominent Pickens county farmer. The girl was missed from home yesterday morning and last evening she and the negro were seen going in the direction of Millport. If Beard is caught he will be lynched. The girl will also probably be severely dealt with. It is thought the girl and the negro had been holding clandestine meetings some time prior to the elopement. Much excitement exists over the affair. 

The Davenport Daily Leader (Davenport, Iowa) dated March 16, 1897:

Shocking Affair.

Birmingham, Ala., March 16.—One week ago yesterday Lena Baines, the 17-year-old daughter of Jordan Baines, a prominent Pickens County farmer, residing near Kennedy, eloped with Andy Beard, a negro farm laborer. Yesterday afternoon the pair were overtaken in the public road near Olney and the negro was riddled with bullets. The girl fell upon the corpse and cried out for the posse to shoot her too, but the slayers rode away, leaving her with the dead negro. She was afterward taken home by her father and brother and soundly flogged.

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, Virginia) dated November 19, 1897:

GUILTY OF MISCEGENATION.—At Carrollton, Pickens county, Ala., on Tuesday, Lona Baines, a white girl, was found guilty of miscegenation, and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The girl and the negro named Andy Beard eloped from the home of the girl's parents near Reform last March. They were followed by a mob to a point below Kennedy, in Lamar county, where Beard was killed. The girl was brought back to her parents. The grand jury took the matter up and indicted her.

A brother of Beard is now in jail at Birmingham, under sentence to be hanged on December 10. Mobs have attempted to get him in Pickens county.

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

Today is the one year anniversary since I started this blog, and I have successfully completed my goal of finding a lynching for every day of the year. Finding a lynching was not too difficult, but occasionally finding information about a lynching was. Starting tomorrow, I plan on featuring a lynching every day that was not caused by a claim of rape. I have chosen to do this because rape was the main reason given as to why lynching was necessary (to protect women). Today I am not featuring a lynching, but instead I have listed names of people lynched in the months of December through May. These names mainly cover the years 1882 through 1913, and by no means are a complete list of everyone lynched. Thank you for joining me on this journey and I hope you will continue to learn about these victims with me. 


December:

Adam Gripson, Lewis Fox, David Lee, Thomas Robinson, William Cephas, Wesley Andrews, George W. Fraley, James Fraley, Negro (rape, GA), Thomas Kerr, Unknown man (murder, TX), Lewis Jackson, Four Negroes (murder, TX), Caesar Robinson, Buck Hunter, George Parks, Monroe Smith, James Howard, Factor Jones, Richard Bullock, Frank Sanders, William Mussell, John Eloa, Robert Beasly, Raymond Murphy, Three Mexicans (murder, TX), Perry Reilly, Negro (murder, AR), Charles West, Claxton Dekle, Frank Noyes, Samuel Fowler, Thomas Robinson, Samuel Wilson, John Lee, Andy Jackson, Thoedore Baker, Alexander Reed, Michael O'Brien, Monroe Harris, Joseph Tribble, Charles Taylor, Adam Charles, Andy Miller, William Smith, Cecili Barrea, Vivian Diez, Andrew Edwards, Two Negroes (rape, FL), George Green, Three Highwaymen (AZ), Thomas Doss, William Herrig, Timothy Smith, John Coleman, Van Canady, — Witherell, Joseph Vermillion, John Turner, Eleven Outlaws (WY), William Carden, Two Outlaws (TX), Four Outlaws (AR), "Doc" Jones, Peter Jackson, William Hopps, Bud Wilson, Thomas O'Dell, William O'Dell, Ripley Johnson, Michael Adams, Peter Bell, Rafe Monell, Hugh Furz, Hudson Johnson, Robert J. Phoenix, Judge Jones, Two Indian Cattle Thieves (S. D.), Thad Fowlkes, Andrew T. Baugh, Unkown Negro (unknown cause, GA), Henry Johnson, Dennis Martin, Moses Lemon, Daniel Williams, Unknown Man (informer, GA), Unknown Man (incendiarism, near Denver, CO), Unknown Man (incendiarism, near Canon City, CO), Charles Gillard, Three Tramps (murder,OR), Five Negroes (murder, VA), Kinch Freeman, J. M. Matthews, Richard Lundy, Hand Lovett, Unknown Horse thief (S. D.), Welcome Golden, Robert Knight, Unknown Man (AR),  Unknown Negro (robbery, FL), Unknown Negro (burglary, GA), John R. Elyh, Unknown Tramp (rape, NE), Two Negroes (murder, FL), Negro (rape, MS), J. A. Smith, Floyd Gregory, Moses Henderson, Jesse Miller, Robert Sims, Four Savage Brothers, John Sims, Moseley Sims, Unknown Man (murder, LA), Cornelius Coffee, 2 Negro Tramps (rape, TN), White Man (rape, TN), — Lightfoot, Jesse E. Reed, Negro Convict (murder, MS), Negro (rape, TN), Irwin Roberts, James Bond, — Cora, Negro (rape, KY), Lewis Fox, Adam Gripson, John Hopp, Charles Kelly, Lucius Holt, Robert Greenwood, Benjamin Minter, Robert Wilkins, Joseph Givhen, Two Negroes (murder, AL), Four Negroes (attempted robbery, AL), Hant G. Givens, William Ferguson, Sloan Allen, Unknown Negro (suspected robbery, MS), Calvin Thomas, Ma-k Segars, Tilman Green, William Jackson, Mrs. Teddy Arthur, George Bronson, Charles Smith, Lee Brown, William Dean, Negro (murder, SC), Negro (rape, FL), James Allen, George King, Samuel Taylor, Charles Frazier, Samuel Pike, Harry Sherard, Three Unknown Negroes (murder, GA), Daniel McDonald, William Carter, Scott Sherman, Tony Sutton, Henry Sutton, — Poss, — Henry, Isom Kearse, Hannah Kearse, William Blake, James Smith, William Dever, Mrs. T. J. West, Jessie Winner, James Nelson, William Wardly, "Crazy Jim", Unknown Negro (murder, AR), Dink Proctor, Arch Proctor, William Proctor, James Stone, George Finley, Joseph James, Jerry Burke, Alfred Holt, Adam Uber, James Murray, Charles Jones, Joseph Alexander, Charles Alexander, Joseph Thomas, Louis Bonner, John Bonner, Thomas Waller, "Bud" Beard, Chadwick Marshall, John McDonald, Joseph Hoplins, Samuel Turner, — Hearn, — Richardson, Eli Fisher, Jacob Glover, — White, Pleas Go-n, James Anderson, Newton Gaines, William Simms, Marion Tyler, Jeff Bolton, Richard Coleman, Unknown Negro (rape, LA), David Pierce, James Martin, Frank West, James Gambola, Bud Rufus, Daniel Long, Bud Rowland, Thomas Henderson, John — , Unknown Negro murder, Arcadia, MS). Unknown Negro (murder, Gulfport, MS), Unknown Negro (rape, AR), G---er, Three Unknown Negroes (race prejudice, AL), Samuel Poydras, J. H. McClinton, Scott Bishop, Montgomery Godley, Oliver Wideman, Mrs. Wideman, James Green, Frank De Loach, John De Loach, Wes Young, Henry Davis, Lawrence Liborg, Washington Mu--ay, Unnamed Negro (murderous assault, LA), Patrick Husband, James Garden, Anderson Callaway, Elmer Hill, John Harvard, George Ba--ey, Cimton Montgomery, Cope Miles, Henry Remington, Oscar Chitwood, Azariah Curtis, Unnamed Negro (murder, AL), Unnamed Negro (murderous assault, MS), Henry Fitts, "Norm" Cadore, Ernest Williams, Frank Williams, Clive Culbertson.   

January:

Cleveland Franklin, two Negroes (murderous assault, GA), Coot Antman, two Negroes (murder and robbery, MS) , unknown Negro (fraud, NC), Walter Cole, Benjamin Dickerson, Nathan Andrews, Henry Hinton, Sherman Wagoner, J. G. Burton, William Gay, John Gay, Emmet Cloud, Peter Nicholas, D. McDonald, James Sullivan, William Howard, Benjamin Payne, John Wagoner, William Steele, Nelson Simpson, George Reed, Louis McAdams, Sterling Thompson, Unknown Negro (rape, GA), James Denson, James Denson's stepson, Frederick Alexander, Charles L. Robinson, Norman McKinney, Unknown Negro (rape, LA), John Hollis, Ransom O'Neal, Charles Tunstall, Unknown Negro (LA), Andy Clark, Joseph Thomas, Edward Mitchell, 2 Unknown Negroes (murder, AL), C. A. Sobrilofski, Emmet Kris, Nat Forbes, Menzel Lapour, Holly Epps, Sidney Brown, Clement Simpson, Holden Dick, Vincent Olivas, Ebenezer Fowler, James Roland, Samuel Williams, John Stapleton, Thomas Peddy, Daniel Carrahan, C. E. Abbe, Daniel Sutton,Patrick Woods, A Negro named "Bill", Cornelius Murphy, —Smith, Isaac Bromfield, Samuel —, Brothers Hawes, — Hamilton, — Lundberry, Lewis Simpson, Richard Woods, William Cornish, James Walthrop, Oscar Coger, William Kelly, Sr., William Kelly, Jr., Kit Kelly, Unknown Negro (unknown cause, MS), —Baggott, William Bolo, "Red" Paige, Unknown Man (for saloonkeeping, TX), George King, Unknown Man (murder, AL), Henry Burney, "Nosey" Smith, Highwayman (ID), Santos Talizar, — Clark, James McKnight, Fritz Anschlag, Jack Blount, Matthew Blount, Patterson Sprintt, David Dunce, Benjamin Edwards, — Arthur, — Potts, Alfred Shafford, Dean Reynolds, George Meadows, Two Men and Two Women (robbery and murder, TN), Henry Thomas, Samuel Wakefield, William Brewington, Unknown Negro (accessory to murder, AR), Henry Holmes, John Stanley, Unknown Negro race hatred, GA), Henry Ward, Mexican Desperado (N. M.), William Black, William Slate, George Smith, Walter Younts, Charles Beall, — Sharp, Unknown White Man (MS), Unknown Indian (murder, WA), Olli Thixton, L. U. Descharner, Calvin Foster, — Mix, Nathan Andrews, Henry Hinson, Henry Corbin, Augustus Lehman, Henry Hinton, — Johnson, Mrs. Baker, Robert Hepler, Lee Gibson, Joseph Shields, Four Horsethieves (MT),  Henry Duncan, Albert Roberts, Unknown Negro (murder, NC), Paul Scroggs, Henry Allen, Benjamin Lafarque, Edward Moorman, Richard Moorman, James Williams, Robert Landry, "Chicken" George, Richard Davis, William Fisher, Patrick Wells, Thomas Carr, Henry Smith, Alfred Davis, Joshua Mitchell, Judas Miller, Samuel Smith, Sherman Wagoner, Roscoe Parker, Charles Willis, John Buchner, Unknpwn Negro (suspected incendiarism, LA), M. G. Gamble, Unknown Negro (rape, MO), Thomas Blair, Barrett Scott, Three Horsethieves (OK), John F. Bergeron,Spencer Costello, George Coldhand, Thomas Boyd, George Witherell, Andrew Brown, Frank Simpson, Harrison Fuller, George H. Smith, A. L. Smart, Patrick Morris, Mrs. Patrick Morris, Harry Jordan, Thomas Foley, "Wild Horse", Marina, Unknown Man (highwayman, OK), Unknown Negro (assault, GA), John Massengle, Alexander Jones, Sidney Grist, Lawrence Brown, Unknown Negro (arson, SC), Simon Cooper, Anthony Henderson, Two Negroes (murder and robbery, MS), Unknown Negro (highway robbery, LA), Augustus William, Augustus Johnson, Archibald Joiner, Peter Henderson, William White, Charles Forsythe, Pierce Taylor, Eugene Washington, George Brannan, James Jackson, Unknown Negro (theft, AR), James jones, David Hunter, James Watts, Samuel Cole, Marshal Chadwick, — Deval, — Huntley, Two Negroes (murder, AR), John McGeesey, Palmer Simpson, Mary Pearson, Marsal McGregor, Henry Jones, George Call, John Shaw, W. W. Watts, Henry Giveney, Roger Giveney, Rufus Salte-, Anderson Gause, George Smith, Edward Smith, Thomas Reynolds, James Mays, John Yellow Wolf, Two Negroes (murder, LA), Robert Alexander, "Butch" Riley, Elmore Moseley, "Jumbo" Clark, "Gen" Lee, Lewis Radford, Louis Allwhite, White Jetton, Unknown Negro (unkown cause, MS), Benjamin Harris, Unknown Negro (attempted rape, MS), Ernest Baker, Unknown Negro (attempted rape, AL), James Cullen, Henry Bell, Unnamed Negro (murder, MS), Thomas Coley, Isaac Webb, Unnamed Negro (for giving a poor entertainment, NC), Cleveland Franklin, Walter Cole, Two Unnamed Negroes (murder, MS), Unnamed Negro (rape, SC), Arthur Davis, "Pink" Willis, — Hilliard, Douglas Robertson, Samuel Davenport, Samuel Turner, Neeley Giles, John Moore, Eugene Hemming, John Crutchfield, Belle Hathaway, John Chandler, Albert Hamilton, — Carson, Unnamed Negro (rape, OK), Henry Monson, Richard Stanley, Unnamed Negro (murder, MS). 

February:

Andy Blount, Richard Cullen,Charley Pittman, Jack Long, Robert Mitchell, Eli Pigot, Charles Scott, John Kelly, Cuthbert Harris, Jerry Brown, Sam McDowell, John Johnson, Spencer Brown, Sam Blow, Will Lavender, Scott Bishop, George Hurst, Andrew Pikkarien, James Luckey, Negro named Smeal, Theodore Burton, — Deering, Wanner Matthews, William Wright, Samuel Williams, George Carter, Thomas Jackson, Frederick King, Isham Fed, Henry Fed, Peter Berryman, Thomas Vital, George Ward, John Knox, Johnson Miller, Lee Hale, Frank Brown, William Fambro, Cornelius Lee, R. T. Garret, Unknown Man (theft, VA), John Perry, John Wilson, George Robinson, — James, Joseph Burns, A Negro Boy (self-defense, MS), "Bud" Crosby, John Lee Eberhardt, John A. Smythe, Joel J. Wilson, Cicero R. Jellerson, Perry Jackson, Benjamin Hawkins, Thomas Morris, James Gazziers, —Raivey and brother, Calvin Pierce, Arthur Jackson, Babe Ellison, Jose Trujello Gallegos, Coly Thompson, Andy Williams, Warren Wilson, Unknown Negro (rape, GA), James Richards, Unknown Negro (rape, LA), Alonzo Hally, John McCelvy, Isaac Price, William Reaws, Thomas Forsyth, James Rosemond, George Haggerman, Unknown Negro (rape, MS), Haywood Handy, Charles Stein, Two Negroes (murder, TX), Asa Brown, W. L. Smith, John Puckett, D. H. Smith, Wesley Thomas, — Perkins, Ernest Bitner, Eli Ladd, George Corvett, William Larkin, R. F. Emerson, Jocob Staples, Rebecca Bruckley, Robert Pope and his son, Brown Washington, Green Jackson, Jesus Salceda, William Brown, French Haynie, Thomas Robin, Michael Kelly, — Champion, John Bull, Wesley King, Henry Jackson, Oliver Reilly, Scott Bishop, Thomas Rowland,  Allen West, Jasper C. Williams and two others, Mrs., Martin, Henry Beavers, Hamp Briscoe and son, Mrs. Briscoe, William Lavender, Two Negroes (incendiarism, AL), John Kelly, Culbert Harris, Riley Webb, Walter Austin, Edward Coy, George Harris, Richard Cullen, John Robinson, Jerry Brown, Spencer Branch, John Johnson, Samuel Ellerson, Ireno L. Gonzalez, William Butler, Frank Harrel, William Felder, Negro (rape, TN), Andy Blount, Richard Torman, John Hughes, Richard Mays, Thomas Whitson, Wilson Whitson, Joseph Hayne, Henry Bruce, Charles Plunkett, Robert Plunkett, — Collins, Jesse Dillingham, Henry McCreeg, Unknown Tramp (rape, TN), Robert Collins, Lewis Hendricks, William George, Abram Seddon, Daniel Slaughter, Thomas Douglas, Anderson Carter, Bud Montgomery, George Tracy, Henry Blake, Joseph Leeds, Grant Atterbury, Fount Martin, Robert Wilson, Younger Lewis, Foster Crawford, Paul Frances, Gilbert Frances, Melville Kennedy, Robert Morton, Henry Lurten, Joseph Robinson, Unknown Negro (rape, SC), Two Negroes (arson, TN), Charles Brown, John Belin, Unknown Negro (murder, WV), — Ward, M. F. Tanner, Whit Dillard, John Kellogg, F. B. Baker, Dora Baker, Richard Allen, Thomas Holmes, Charles Martin, George Bivins, William Holt, George Fort, James Sweeney, William Burts, Enless Whittaker, Thomas Brown, T. Williams, Bell Dooley, Louis Wright, Oliver Bibb, Woodford Hughes, Luther Holbert and wife, Three Unknown Negroes (murder, MS), Glenco Bays, Carlos Munoz, Willison Johnson, Henry Henderson, Unknown Man (robbery, NV), James Calton, Bunkie Richardson, Pedigrie, Wiltze Page, Charles Pitman, Robert Mitchell, John Long, Eli Pigatt, Unnamed Negro (rape, GA), Thomas Gilbert, Unnamed Negro (conspiracy to do violence, GA), Clem Scott, Unnamed Negro (attempted rape, AL), Roby Baskin, Jacob Wader, Rolley Wyatt, Three White Men (rape, GA), Unnamed Negro (rape, TX), Daniel L-mpkin, Charles Powell, George Saunders, Mary Jackson, Mann Hamilton, Unnamed Negro (rape, TN), Walter Greer, David Neal, Green Boman, Unnamed Negro (murder, AL), Andrew Williams, Willis Webb, — Anderson, Robert Perry.

March:

Dewey Smith, John Moody, Johnson Miller, Sherman Harris, Lewis Gordon, Fred Moore, Indian and girl, Jim Cross/Cosby, Bob Sarver, Will Davis, Anderson Ellis, Will Clark, Wade Ellis, Jim Ellis, Thomas Clayton, Bud Davis, Unknown Negro, Herald Correspondent, Henry Sanders, Antonio Lorenzo, Stanislaus Vittari, Francesco Ranchetti, Joe Welby, Pietro Giacabino, Antonio Zapetto, Manuel Polietz, Pietro Monasterio, Antonio Scaffedi, Joseph P. Macheca, Antonio Marchesi, Antonio Bagnetto, Frank Romero, Jim Caruso, Rocco Gerachi, Charles T. Rahini, Thomas Jones, Eliza Taylor, Andy Beard, Peter Klein, Ronce Gwynne, John Bailey, William Carr, Charles Humphries, Richard Smith, Will McMullen, Curry Robertson, John Henry, two Negroes (interfering with mob, GA), two Jenkin brothers, David Poe, Tom Ranston, John Campbell, Jerry Bell, Charles Hollingsworth, Robert Moseley, Charles Young, John Maynard, George Ritter, Hubert Waller, Ike Pizer, John Bright, Negro Girl (poison, LA), Mrs. W. E. Holton, Sam Martin, Benjamin Grewel, William Frazier, Lewis Rice, Bill Zeigler, W. H. Wallace, Lewis Harris, Will Edwards, Three Negroes (rioting, TN), Allen Brooks, Simon Simpson, Frank Griffins, Dennis Cobb, George Rouse, John Mullins, Joseph Little, Weakly Ridley, Tobe Williams, Robert Sarver, Arnold Howard, Frank Young, Charles Shelton, John Redmond, Henry Redmond, Walter Landers, C. D. Owens, J. McGrue, William Phoebus,Arthur McNell, John Moody, William Davis, Sherman Harris, John Henderson, Ballie Crutchfield, Isaac Fitzgerald, Unknown Negro (murder, GA), Terry Bell, Geroge Shurley, Henry Thomas, Frank Robertson, Abraham Thompson, — Mungall, V. A. Witcher, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Archer, Martin Archer, John Archer, Handy Woodward, A Negro Boy (assault & robbery, KY), T. O. Polk, John Gillespie, Allen Wright, Heelp Wade, Alexander North, Henry Shaw, Three Negroes (murder, FL), Frederick Villarose, Weakley Ridley, Tobe Williams, Spencer Evens, William Johnson, William Anderson, Cornelius Alexander, Charles Campbell, Augustus Campbell, Negro (rape, TX), Lee Staton, Ambrose Young, Charles Latham, Frank Freeman, Rich McGowen, Frank Bonham, Eliza Taylor, Thomas Jones, Arthur Jackson, Frank Strong, Jacob Doss, Thomas Sharp, Thomas Mack, Terry Mack, Alexander Crawford, William Jackson, "One-Eared" Dodge, William Hardy, Two Negro Boys (MS), — Duncan, William Thomas, Thomas Roof, William A. Parker, John H. Skinner, Eli Nary, Two Cattlemen (unknown cause, I. T.), Jeff Curry, Unknown Negro (murder, TN), Thoedore Callaway, Three Indians (murder, MT), Three Horsethieves (No Man's Land), J. E. Robinson, Magruder Fletcher, B. S. Sprague, — Gannon, — Babcock, — Remus, A. W. Wassen, Burke Martin, A. J. Stratton, Henry Williams, Benjamin Grewell, Robert Moseley, Samuel Martin, J. Stratton, Unknown Negro (murder, TX), Simmons Simpsons, Frank Griffin, Unknown Negro (rape, I. T.), Unknown Negro (unknown offense, WV), Louis Hodge, Scott Bradford, Henry Sanders, Nograde Bela, Thomas Huntley, Elrod Hudson, Jefferson Densmore, — Jones, Amos Miller, Unknown Negro (robbery, TN), Unknown Negro (rape, AL), John Rice, Richard Center, Calvin McDonnell, Thomas Moss, William Stuart, Unknown Negro (assault, AL), Lewis Gordon, Ella —, John F. Bright, Lee Heplin, Joseph Dye, Jack Tillman, Dennis Cobb, Joseph Lytle, Abner Anthony, Thomas Hill, Jesse Jones, William Frazier, Len Tye, Sylvester Rhodes, Lamson Gregory, Unknown Colored Woman (unknown offense, AR), John Rodgers, Richard Puryea, Oliver Jackson, — Saybrick, Charles Robertson, Isaac Manion, Two Horsethieves (I. T.), Amor Gibson, Mrs. W. E. Holton, Daniel Dawson, Robert Holma, Joseph Holman, Harriet Talley, Unknown Negro (alleged insults, MS), Robert Betat, Budd Love, William Murphy, Isaac Pizer, Louis Senegal, William Whaley, Mrs. William Whaley, Unknown Negro (burglary, TX), Otia Smith, Jack Green, Henry Edwards, Sam Jones, Wash Melton, Unknown Negro (theft, KY), William Clement, James Gilmore, James Miley, Otis Miller, Andy Beard, John Smith, John Merritt, J. W. Hollingshead, Indian Doctor offense unknown, NC), Girl (offense unknown, NC), Frederick Moore, William Jones, Louis P. Johnson, J. Bamret, Unknown Man (murder, WY), William Harris, Andrew Pigge, Unknown Negro (robbery, AR), Alexander Anderson, John Collar, John Calloway, James Allen, Allen Thames, Budd Ca--on, Henry Bingham, Tip Hutson, Edward Brown, John Bigby, General Duckett, Benjamin Jones, Joseph Jones, Moses Jones, Edward Goodwin, Joseph King, Unknown Negro (murder, AR), Willis Boyd, C. C. Reed, Minor Wilson, Henry Sanderson, James Crosby, George Ratliffe, Thomas Clayton, Unknown Negro (murder, FL), John Balley, Charles Humphries, George Ritter, Lewis Rice, Walter Cotton, Brandt O'Grady, Lewis Harris, William Edward, Horace McCoy, Nathan Bird and son, John Woodward, Elijah Drake, James Stewart, William Ziegler, Washington H. Wallace, James Walker, Oliver Wright, Charles Woodward, Richard Young, Richard Dixon, Unknown Negro (unknown offense,CA), Unknown  Negro (murder, MS), Fayette Sawyer, Burke Harris, John Maynard, James Smith, Charles Smith, Mack Baldwin, Abe Bailey, Garrett Flood, Killis Johnston, Perry Carter, Henry Griffin, Walker Griffin, Randall Flood, William Baldwin, William Madison, Aaron Hinton, Unknown Negro (murder, MS), Ronce Gwynne, Edward Plowmey, William plowmey, Julius Stevens, William Carr, Edward Johnson, "Cotton", Flint Williams, Henry Gardner, Two Colored Women (murderous assault, AR), Cleveland Harding, Unknown Negro (attempted rape, AL), James Williams, Curry Robertson, John Henry, David Poe, Thomas Ranston, Two Jenkins Brothers, John Campbell, Jackson Presler, Unnamed Negro (attempted rape, TX), Two Unnamed Negroes (attempted rape, TX), Joseph Fowler, Anderson Ellis, William Ramsey, Joseph Brown, Joseph Gordon, Unnamed Negro (attempted rape and murder, GA), Holland Brooks, Wade Ellis, Samuel Ellis, Unnamed Negro (murder, FL), Ely Denton, Robert Austin, Charles Richards, "Judge" Jones, Alfred Dublin, Richard Dublin, Peter Rivers, Homer Burke, Sanford Lewis, Frederick W. Whisonant, Joseph Bronson, Two Unnamed Negroes (murder, GA), John Gregson,    

April:

Unknown Negro (killed Policeman Leslie), Joseph Simpson, two Negroes (shooting, FL), John Burr, Albert Temple, Walter Clayton, Dock Bishop, Frank Latham, Allen Brooks, William Richard Long, Harrison, Dave Tillus, Green and Ingraham, Charles Morgan, Kiz Redd, Alexander Williams, May Hearn, Jesus Fuen, Four Horsethieves (I. T.), Sam Lewis, William Boles, Alf Bran, Horace Montgomery, Ed, William Hardin, Ann Cowan, Robert Mattlock, Caesar Sheffield, Frank and Tubal Taylor, Richard Read, John Peters, John Rattler, Zeb Calley, Martha Greene, Alice Green and Mary Deane, John Hughly, Ed Ames, Dave Harris, John Peterson, John Thomas, Negro (murder, TX), George Graham, Mindee Chowggoe, Fayette Rhone,Will Gates, Lewis Thomas, Aaron Thomas, Jim Thomas, Benny Thomas, Will Williams, 3 unknown men (CA), Negro (shooting policeman, KS), Charles Gunson, Indian (murder, AZ), Joseph Smith, Henry Ivy, Simeon Arcoff, 2 unknown men (MO), Oscar M. Garrett, George Betts, James Browning, William Courts, Bradford Courts, Timothy Cromley, Frank Fisher, Henry Brown, Ben Wheeler, John Wesley, Billy Smith, George Mack, — Ward, 3 Sylvester brothers, Jim Harris,Kennedy Gordon, Wyatt Mallory, William Groulsby, John Turner, Tom Gilyard, Andrew Rainey, Alexander Thompson, Unknown 17-year-old Negro (assault, IL), Hensley Johnson, — Christian, Willis Moorman, Weaver Brothers, Unknown Man (TX), J. P. Kemble, George E. Graham, Juan Telles, Mendy Jones, Robert Miller, Two Negroes (cutting levees, MS), Frank Elliott, George Lee, — Garrison, — Gibbs, Henry Kilburn, William Strong, Charles Michand, A Japanese Man (murder, UT), John Henderson, Mulligan, Clarke, Samuel T. Wilson, Scott Hill, Brownlow Hill, William Williams, Felix Constant, — McDonald, Bud Farris, — Ward, James H. Bell, Frank Taylor, Tibel Taylor, Elijah Sublette, George Mack, John McKenzie, Giles Goode, Daniel Roberts, Moses Lipscomb, Bailey Dowdie, Pint Thompson, Bud Williamson, John Thomas, Joseph Arnold, — Hite, J. Howe, John Mollar, Isaac Kirk, Puss Kirk, Hardy Posy, William Thompson, Martin Roland, John Wolfenberger, Daniel Beeler, George Driggs, Hector Junior, Unknown Negro (rape, LA), Scott Bailey, Unknown Man (murder, OK), Unknown Negro (murder, TX), Unknown Negro (rape, TX), William Williams, Samuel Moody, Stephen Jacobs, Simeon Garrett, Jerry Teel, Unknown Negro (rape, TX), Anasticio Hugo, William Field, Zachariah Graham, Martin Mayberry, Thomas Punnill, William Boles, John Rose, John Edwards, Alexander Foote, Roxie Elliot, William Skaggs, Charles Curtis, A. J. Hunt, — Randall, William Taylor, John Mullens, Unknown Negro (unknown cause, OH), Charles Stuart, Two Negroes (rape, GA), Four Negroes (murder, LA), Isaac Brandon, William West, Jerry Williams, George Davis, William Williams, Albert Roberts, Freeman, Negro (murder, TX), David Sims, Tramp (robbery and murder, LA), Henry Griggard, Eph Grizzard, Flannegan Thornton, Daniel Abrams, Thomas Tarpley, Holland English, Two Negroes (alleged murder, AL), Daniel Ahren, Edward Cash, Alfred Bren, Jack Crews, William Lewis, Seymour Newlin, Henry Montgomery, "Dutch John", Henry Worley, Thomas Black, John Williams, Tony Johnson, Jefferson Luggle, Samuel Slaugate, Thomas Claxton, David Hawkins, Robert Evarts, Seven Horse Thieves (OK), James Robinson, Benjamin White, Thell Claxton, Comp Claxton, Scott Harvey, Jerry McCly, Reddy Nilson, William Rawles, Newton Walters, Nelson Calhoun, Dean Powell, Frederick Chamberlain, Manuel Dunegan, Unknown Negro (Unknown Offense, TN), George Ray, Thomas Gibson, George Jones, Harvey Mayberry, Reddick Adams, Samuel Covington, York Douglas, John Jones, Starling Savage, Jefferson Gardner, John Van Brunt, Robert Chambers, Thomas Price, William Hillis, Victor Hillis, C. H. Givens, — Haines, Unknown Negro (unknown offense, MS), William Brayden, "Panamint Tom",  Jesse Evans, Joseph McCoy, Hal Wright, Russell Wright, Robert Brown, William Gates, Lewid Thomas, Aaron Thomas, James Thomas, Benjamin Thomas, William Williams, William Bell, William Mercer, Carlos Guillen, Columbus Lewis, Paris Smith, Forest Jameson, Moses Anderson, W. H. Hardin, A. M. Larne, Samuel Hose, Elijah Strickland, Charles Williams, Mitchell Daniel, Unknown Negro (arson, VA), Moses York, Henry McAffee, John Peters, John Hughly, Edward Ante-, Walter Allen, George Franklin, William Reynolds, James Carter, Thomas Blanchard, Unknown Negro (murder, LA), Harry Young, Ernest Dewley,  — Petrie, Rueben Sims, Thomas Searcy, Richard Craighead, John Garrett, Harry Duncan, James Copeland, William Allen, Negro (rape, Groesbech, TX), Negro (rape, Oakwoods, TX), William Brown, Charles Strauss, Frederick Kilbourne, Eben Calhoun, John Burr, Walter Clayton, Albert Fields, Jasper Douglas, Joseph Simpson, David Alexander, Benjamin Brame, John Smith, Horace Montgomery, J. B. Miller, D. B. Burrell, Jesse West, Joseph Allen, — Thomas, James Hodges, Creole Mos-, P-e Hill, Matthew Chase, — Carroll, Frank Pride, Laura Mitchell, Frank Bates, Albert Royal, Charles Jackson, Thomas O'Neill, Alexander Coleman, Thomas Miles, Samuel Arline, Harry hoffner, Unnamed Negro (unnamed offense, LA), Henry Etheridge, J. C. Collins.

May:

W. W. Pattinson, Jacob Mcdowell, Elmo Harvard, John Williams, George Rose, Joseph E. Jenkins, Eugene Azar, Aidy Neal, Henry Pope, Jake Dodson, Felton Brigmen, Grant Johnson, Charles Dickerson, Unknown Negro (assault, AL), Ham Patterson,William McKinley, Lewis McKinley, Jordan, George Hughes, Unknown Negro (mistaken identity, AL), Edward Mays, Dock Mays, Robert Dawson, Henry Johnson, J. L. Chandler, William Williams, Dr. Herman, Lee Key, Milt Calvert, William Campbell, Frederick Rochelle, Frank Reeves, Calvin Hall, Frank Hall, James Hall, Martin Hall, B. D. Yantis, William Lee, Mollie Smith, Mandy Franks, Scipio Atkinson, Hardy Grady, William Willis, Jim Redmond, Jim Taylor. Mary Turner and unborn child, Hayes Turner, Will Head, Will Thompson, Eugene Rice, Sydney Johnson, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, 3 unidentified negroes (murder, GA), Amos Randall, Dan Kennedy, Harry Golden, D. M. Malone,W. J. Moynehan, Robert Bryant, Will Morris, Washington Jarvis, Moses Hart, William Hopkins, Unknown Negro (TX), W. C. Clifton, Unknown Negro (theft, MS), Wesley Williams, Albert Smith, — Chambers, Frank Lyles, Daniel Mann, Louis Mann, William Bryson, Albert Guess, John Mitchell, Joe Williamson, Calvin Kimblern, James Cobb, John Calhoun, Henry Brown, Benjamin Wheeler, John Wesley, William Smith, Jake Dodson, Charles Dickerson, Ham Patterson, Miles Petty, French Taggart, Michael Lee, — Washington, —Chaves, Mark Moore, George Metcalf, William Maloney, Unknown Horsethief (OR), William Sullivan, Laura Nelson, L. D. Nelson, Jeff Matson, Denny Brown, James Walters, Berry Washington, Jim Smith, — Ward, — Jordan, Chinaman (alleged rape, AR), H. W. Terry, Albert Guess, Jerry Taylor, Wes Hicks, "Powhattan Pete", Two Indians (horsethieves, OR), Three Sylvester Brothers, Richard Goodwin, Grate Blanton, Benjamin Hart, Andrew McGehee, J. B. Walker, Andrew Springer, George Morton, James Harris, John Wright, David Sale, Thomas Frazier, Thomas Reney, — Morley, David Southall, — Chitwood, Dandy hook, Two Horsethieves (I. T.), The Brothers Corber, Tut Danford, Unknown Negro (alleged rape, TX), Unknown Negro (burglary, LA), Joseph Thornton, A. M. Neely, James Mitchell, Noah Dickson, Frank Pekwek, Albert Martin, John T. Newell, George Babcock, Unknown Negro (rape, MS), John Major, Willie Leapheart, Edward Bennett, E. L. Criswell, Phillip William, Grant Anderson, John E. Starling, Robert Weaver, Theodore Wiedenmuller, Monroe Waters, John Barrentine, Wesley Lee, Monroe Walker, Mrs. Lee, Asbury Green, — Jurden, Frank Lupesky, James Jennins, John Wilcox, Dennis Hampton, William Anderson, John Anderson, Green Wells, Monroe Sheppard, Tump Hampton, Negro rape, MS), Lyman Purdie, Charles Miller, George Hoes, Negro (murder, SC), Luther Mills, Henry James, "Red" Smith, Negro (murder, SC), Berry Rowden, James Rowden, William Cantor, Three Negroes (suspected robbery, GA), James Taylor, Charles Everett, Serborn Smith, Charles Stewart, Negro (murder, LA), Arthur Burrows, Negro (murder, LA), James Williams, Negro (murder, FL), James Smith, David Shaw, Hech Willis, Three men named McArthur, James Collins, John Demean, Samuel Giliard, Antonio Martinez, Antonio J. Barcelos, Victoriano Argon, A. B. Crain, "Doc" Henderson, James Stewart, Hayward Banks, Israel Holloway, Negro (rape, FL), John Terrell, Louis Trenck, William Sullivan, Ephraim Muchler, Unknown Negro (murder, GA), Hole in the Saddle, Celilio L---oro, John Wallace, Amos Hicks, Negro (writing letter to white woman, TX), George Rose, Nin Young, Coat Williams, Samuel Wood, Henry Scott, Negro (rape, GA), William Brooks, Two Indians (rape, OK), Henry Smith, William James, J. T. Burgis, Thomas Brownlee, Andy Hames, John Calvin, William Dunn, John Howeston, Samuel Echols, Simeon Crowley, John Brooks, Jerido Shivers, Wm. Connell, Claude Thompson, Unknown Negro (rape, MS), John Halls, William Royce, John Crocker, Jacob Henson, Three Negroes (suspicion of rape), James Freeman, Nelson Weatheroff, William Denby, Charles Jones, Mason Harris, Edden W. Williams, Harry Wilson, — Murray, Unknown Negro (murder, KY), William Hardee, Joseph Dazzele, Unknown Negro (rape, LA), Mollie Smith, Amanda Franks, James Nance, David Cotton, Henry Williams, Sabe Stewart, Charles Jackson, Ahvote, Captain Lewis, William White, John White, Presley Oates, Peter Zajelach, John Mitchell, Jack Coffman, William Jones, James Cooper, Dennis Burrell, Joseph Mitchell, Garfield King, Richard Oliver, Joseph Kiser, Thomas Johnson, Willis Dees, Two Negroes (murder, NC), Walter Holland, Thomas Linton, James Humphrey and 2 sons, Henry Ratcliff, George Gordon, Marshall Jones, Henry Darley, Unknown Negro (no offense, MS), Unknown Negro (rape, AL), William Lee, William Willis, Two Negroes (murder, FL), Henry Harris, Samuel Hinson, Unknown Negro (robbery, AR), John Sims, James Underwood, Nichols Deblano, Horace Muller, Dudley Morgan, Abraham Witherup, Caines Hall, Frank Piper, John Cumming, Unknown Negro (rape, GA), — Whitehead, Unknown Negro (unknown offense, FL), Unknown Negro (murder, MS), — Pettigrew, Robert Shaw, Samuel Sims, George Whitney, William Wommock, Frank Jordan, John Irvin, Thomas Jackson, George Younger, Unknown Man (murder, I. T.), J. V. Johnson, R. T. Rogers, Silas Ealy, Charles Harris, Unknown Negro (rape, SC), Five Negroes (race riot, GA), Unnamed Negro (rape, FL), Albert Aiken, Lovett Davis, Thomas Burnett, Joseph Blakely, "Dock" McLane, Unnamed Negro (rape, SC), Jesse Matson, Charles Wilson, Unnamed Negro (murderous assault, MO), Ernest Allums, Unnamed Negro (attempted rape, MS), G. W. Edd, Daniel Davis, Jacob Samuels, Samuel Owensby.   


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

May 31, 1901: Calvin Hall, Frank Hall, James Hall, Martin Hall and B. D. Yantis

Today we learn about five men lynched in California through the pages of The Leavenworth Times (Leavenworth, Kansas) dated June 1, 1901:

FIVE LYNCHED BY A CALIFORNIA MOB

OFFICERS OVERPOWERED AND COMPELLED TO HELP.

CALVIN HALL AND HIS THREE HALF BREED SONS SWUNG TO A BRIDGE—MOB DID WORK QUICKLY AND DISPERSED IN FIVE MINUTES—LARGE AMOUNT OF OTHER STOLEN PROPERTY FOUND IN THEIR HOUSES.

Alturas, Calif., May 31.—Calvin Hall and his three sons, Frank Hall, Jim Hall and Martin Hall and Dan Yantis, who had been stealing horses for years, were arrested yesterday and guarded by three officers. A mob of forty masked men took them at one o'clock this morning and hanged them to a bridge near Lookout.

The officers were overpowered and compelled to help. The mob dispersed within five minutes. The bodies were still hanging at 10 a. m. Sheriff Street and District Attorney Bonner and Reporter Doan have gone to the scene of the hanging.

Lookout, the scene of the lynching, is in the Hot Springs valley on Pitt river, twenty-five miles from Alturas, the county seat of Modoc county. There is no telegraphic communication with the valley and news of the lynching was brought to Alturas by courier. Particulars are of necessity very meagre.

The residents of Hot Springs valley are nearly all cattle raisers in Modoc county.

Bieber, Calif., May 31.—Incomplete details have been received here of the lynching of five men at Lookout, Modoc county, early this morning. The lynched were Calvin Hall, 72 years of age, his three half breed sons, Frank, James and Martin, aged respectively 26, 19 and 16, and B. D. Yantis, aged 27.

As reported here the men lynched had been suspected of petty stealing for some time. Last Saturday they were arrested for stealing barb wire, harness and some hay forks. A search warrant was issued and the forks were found in the house of Hall and Yantis, who were taken into custody and brought to Lookout, where they were being held awaiting the examining trial. Sunday, and for several days following, other searches were instituted and halters, dishes and table linen was found hidden on the premises of the suspected parties.

The charge against the elder Hall was petty larceny for stealing hay forks hence he was allowed to go on his own recognizance. His trial was to have taken place this morning. The charges against the others were burglary and their examinations set for June 3. They were held in custody as they were unable to furnish bail in the sum of $300. Pending their examination they were body guarded in Lookout hotel by Constable Carpenter, assisted by R. Nichols, J. W. Brown and S. Geyette. The two former stood guard till midnight and the two latter took their places after midnight. Calvin Hall was stopping at the hotel so as to be near his sons.

This morning about 2 o'clock a mob, variously estimated from thirty to fifty people, suddenly made their appearance at the hotel and pointing their guns at the two officers commanded them to observe silence while they secured the prisoners, placed ropes around their necks and dragged them toward the bridge which crosses Pitt river. They compelled the two guards to accompany them. Frank Hall, it is reported made such strong resistance that the mob hanged him before it got to the main bridge, under a small bridge crossing a deep slough.

The others were taken to the main bridge and Calvin Hall, the father, was hanged on the north side and Yantis and the other Hall boys were hanged on the south side of the bridge. As soon as the lynching was discovered word was telegraphed to the district attorney and sheriff at Alturas and they, together with the coroner are now on the way to the scene of the tragedy to hold an inquest.

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