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Witnesses said tlte mob went quietly to the courthouse luwn with the victim in their possession. A rope wus produced. * One member tos'swil theuoooc around « sturdy Ifmh of Nir tree white three other men hold the negro. Two others adjusted the noose uhout his neck and the victim .was banged. Thirty minutes later, witnesses said, McLeod was dead. His botlj was turned over to an undertaker.Details of Lynching ToldWitnesses «iilt;l the mob hejrau forming .1nat after (lark, hut no wont of the lynching got out until after the plan had been carried out, nround 0 p. in.Sheriff (Mrjirntur was reported to have arrived on the scene Inter anil led those who took down the body of .McLeod.Witnesses told the Times at .Shreveport details of the lynching. One of them said that the mob first used a telephone pole and then :» railroad rail to batter in the door of Hie jail.lie slid there were three negroes in the Jail, each in a seivirme cell, and that two of the negro prisoners pointed fingers nt McLcml.The eeU'duor was buttered down with slcilgc hammer.- and MeLomi was taken from UlB cohior.
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Greenville Daily Democrat Times
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Tue, Jul 10, 1934
Page 5
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Clipped by
Boyd C.
KY, USA 17 Aug 2018
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