March 18, 1895: Harriet Talley

Today's lynching was gleaned from the pages of the Fort Scott Weekly Monitor (Fort Scott, Kansas) dated March 23, 1895:

A NEGRO WOMAN LYNCHED.

Tennesseeans [sic] Hang Harriet Talley for Setting Fire to a House.

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn., March 20.—Harriet Talley, colored, was hanged night before last by a mob near Petersburg. She was suspected of burning the dwelling of Mr. Marshall, near here, a few months ago.

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March, 1895: Unknown Negro

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) reports a Mississippi lynching in its March 31, 1895 edition:

A NEGRO was lynched at Jackson, Miss., for trying to steal a ride in a wagon containing a white picnic party. The whites  of Mississippi are getting quite as particular as they were before the war. the negroes will have to take to the woods and the fields and leave public roads to the white people if they want to live in that State.

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March 15, 1895: Mrs. W. E. Holton

Today we learn about a woman lynched in Nebraska through the pages of The Cheney Sentinel (Cheney, Kansas) dated March 21, 1895:

A NEBRASKA CRIME.

A Woman Lynched by Unknown Parties—A Mystery for Officers to Solve.

BUTTE, Neb., March 19.—Some time Friday Mrs. W. E. Holton, a respectable woman residing alone on a ranch in an isolated part of Keya Paha county, was assaulted and lynched. The crime is credited to the vigilantes of the district, who believed her in league with cattle rustlers. Some think rustlers committed the crime in revenge for evidence against them furnished by the woman.

Persons passing the ranch Saturday found the body and reported the matter yesterday. the coroner found $60 on the woman's person, which is regarded as certain evidence that the crime was not committed by tramps as at first supposed. Her struggle for life had been a hard one. The bedding and clothing of the woman were torn and scattered about the building. Her shoes had evidently been removed, probably by herself, preparatory to going to bed, when surprised by the lynchers. The woman had evidently been assaulted before she was strung up and everything points toward a premeditated plan for the consummation of the dastardly deed.

No warrants have yet been made, but a meeting of the best citizens of the neighborhood was held yesterday and it was decided prompt measures should be taken, and it is expected that another and possibly several hangings will take place before long. Several persons are under suspicion and these parties will be taken and compelled to confess.

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August 29, 1895: Unknown Negro

Today we learn about a man lynched for miscegenation in Mississippi through the pages of The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N. C.) dated August 31, 1895:

A Negro Lynched.

JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 30.—News reached this city last night of the hanging of a negro by a number of indignant citizens of Simpson county. The story as it reaches here is as follows:

John Mulligan, a prosperous farmer in Simpson county, had a handsome daughter 14 years of age, whom he compelled to work in a field with negroes. the daughter became enciente some months ago and charged a neighbor's son with being the cause of her trouble. Last Sunday a child was born to the girl. It was black, and she then confessed that she had been intimate with one of the negro farm hands, who, on learning of the birth of the child, took to the swamps. He was pursued by a crowd of indignant citizens and captured. They took him to a tree and hanged him and then riddled his body with bullets. The body was left dangling to the tree for twenty-four hours, until it was cut down by Sheriff McInnis.

According to another article the lynching occurred in the Strong river swamp. Thank you for joining me and as always, I hope I leave you with something to ponder.

May 30, 1893: Isaac Lincoln

Join me today is learning about a lynching that occurred in South Carolina. We learn about the lynching through the pages of The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N. C.) dated June 2, 1893:

Another Negro Lynched in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S. C., June 1.—A special to the Columbia Register from Fort Madison, S. C., says that a negro named Isaac Lincoln was lynched there on May 30th for insulting a white woman. Lincoln is a blacksmith about fifty of age, and came from Ohio.

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November 26, 1896: Alfredo Daniels

Today we learn about a lynching in Florida through the pages of the Richmond Planet (Richmond, Virginia) dated December 5, 1896:

ANOTHER OUTRAGE.

A Probable Innocent Man Lynched.

GAINESVILLE, FLA., November 26.—Alfredo Daniels was lynched near here this morning. Daniels was suspected of being a member of a band of barn burners that has been at work in this vicinity recently, and was arrested at his home near here. This morning Deputy Sheriff Rives started to Gainesville with Daniels, but had not proceeded far when he was met by a mob of masked men, who demanded the prisoner. Rives demurred, but when the masked men threatened to shoot, surrendered Daniels.

The mob told Daniels he could have five minutes in which to pray. Daniels denounced the masked men as murderers, and said they would be punished for killing an innocent man. While Daniels was still cursing the mob he was swung to a limb and riddled with bullets. There was practically no evidence against Daniels.

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March 21, 1898: John Calloway

Today we have a lynching that occurred in Northern Alabama, in fact very close to the area where I used to volunteer at a museum. This lynching is brought to us through the pages of The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kansas) dated March 23, 1898:

LYNCHERS GROWING BOLDER.

Atlanta, Ga., March 22.—John Calloway, a negro, was lynched near round Mountain, in Northern Alabama, last night. He had been paying attention to a young white girl named Stout for several months. The young woman's father became cognizant of the affair yesterday and the lynching followed.

I am including a mention of the lynching found in the March 25th edition of The Interior Journal (Stanford, Kentucky) because I appreciate the brevity and reality of it:

John Calloway, a Negro, was lynched in Northern Alabama because he paid court to a white girl, who did not object to his attentions.

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