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A sheriff who was dragged from his house and lynched; the only evidence of his alleged crimes was in an account written by a lynch mob member to justify lynching; 130 years later Plummer was posthumously tried; the jury reached a split decision (six to six) and a mistrial was declared. [31] Clubfoot George: Nevada City: Madison: Montana Territory
A graph of lynchings in the US by victim race and year [1] The body of George Meadows, lynched near the Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, on January 15, 1889 Bodies of three African-American men lynched in Habersham County, Georgia, on May 17, 1892 Six African-American men lynched in Lee County, Georgia, on January 20, 1916 (retouched photo due to material deterioration) Lynching of ...
The lynch mob taking a battering ram to the doors of the jailhouse. At approximately 9:00 p.m., Rolph canceled a planned trip to the Western Governors' Conference in Boise, Idaho, [63] to prevent his chief political rival, Lieutenant Governor Frank Merriam, from calling out the National Guard to stop the lynchings.
The Victims of Southern Mob Violence (University of North Carolina Press, 2015). ISBN 978-1-4696-2087-9. Cameron, James. A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story, (Black Classics Press, 1982/reprint 1994). Carr, Cynthia, Our Town: A Heartland Lynching, A Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America, (Random House, 2007). Madison, James.
Sheriff Wright said that the mob was "unexpected," and that while he pleaded with the mob "to let the law take its course." [1] Deputy Sheriff Hugh Curtis stated the lynching took place in a "quickly, quietly and orderly" fashion. [39] The mob was also reported to be "highly organized" and was said to have executed the lynchings "in a jiffy."
The ground where 16-year-old Eugene Daniel was lynched in Chatham County can only be found using a GPS device and a kayak or a tall pair of wading boots. ... jail by a mob of 50 men on a Saturday ...
When she failed to return home, her parents went to the school. They found her partly undressed body in a pool of blood inside the school; a bloody footprint left by her killer was on the floor. [3] Because of his earlier conviction, Raymond Gunn was immediately suspected. A farmer reported he had seen a black man near the school.
Margaret Vinegar, 14, barely avoided being lynched in 1882 in Lawrence, then died in prison. The local NAACP is working to put up a historical marker for her.