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Party of Noble men take him from Cleveland County Jail early Sunday morning and hang him. Brutal crime expiated. No clue to the executioners, who act in a quiet and deliberate manner Body taken to Chico, Texas, for burial. The Norman Transcript May 13, 1915 From Monday’s Daily. Dr. B.E. Ward, who killed his wife . . . → Read More: Lynching of Dr. B.E. Ward
Amer Green Falls a Victim to Their Wrath at Delphi. Chicago Tribune October 22, 1887 Author unknown. Delphi, Ind. Oct 21. – (Special) – At about midnight tonight those of our citizens who happened to be on the streets were startled by the appearance of a large body of men making their way into the . . . → Read More: An Indiana Lynching Party The New York Times October 18, 1875 Author unknown. In Louisiana, the other day, there was a case of Lynch law which was somewhat peculiar. A woman in the family of one Mr. Saunders administered to him a solution of arsenic in a cup of water, with the intention of poisoning him. Saunders did . . . → Read More: Judge Lynch’s Prejudice The Nation Vol. 103, No. 2669, August 24, 1916. pgs. 173-4 By Herbert L. Stewart. Any one who has been present while the pros and cons of lynching were discussed by the occupants of a railway car, or by the loungers in a hotel smoke room, must have got an insight, if not into lynch . . . → Read More: The Casuistry of Lynch Law |
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