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9 NEGROES LYNCHEDMOB WORKS AWFtL VKN-UKANCK KOIl Ml'KDEU OF WH1TK MKN—ALL W’lKT TO-l»AV.Houston. Tex.. Juno 23.—Reports from Hemphill. the seen** oT Sunday night’s lynching in which five negroes were hanged to one limb of a dogwood tree and th sixth shot to death while trying lo escape from the mob. are that all is quiet today and no further trouble is anticipated unless the negroes undertake to retaliate.Houston. Tex.. June 22 - Nine negroes mot death last night at the hands of a mob in the vicinity of (lemphJII, in Sabine county. Today both races secured arms and the tension Is such tonight that arace clash appears imminent.The dead:jerry Kvans. aged 22.Will Johnson, aged 24.Mob e Spell in an. aged 24.Cleveland Williams. ag*sl 27.William Manual, aged 2f.Frank Williams, aged 2 2.Two unknown men.WIIMam McCoy.Killed in Negro Church.The lynching* followed the killing of two white men by nogro«*s. Two weeks ago Hugh Dean andseveral other white men visited a negro church and school where a dance was In progress, presumably In quest of liquor.During the evening Dean waskilled and six negroes were heldfor the killing. At the preliminary examination the evidence tendedt II ill m. I lint * t. ..Ink .... # -n____ I£chrACJ1}((Jr. he I daj clicbeS«lKCV1dlscoilfrogettwiI
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Bluefield Daily Leader
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1908
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