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rrdita*irWtJIIU UIJ.Persons who paid a fee for seats 'down'stairs were given to- understand that they.;cqnId empty- theirguns it;the - negro, , while galleryticket holdei^ were limited to- one shot,: : When the house was; filled the ; negro'was dragged up onto the' stage his pleas . for inei;ey fallingdear on aU earis. The mob had set!' *. . ' * . ' ’ , * • . * • J ' • • ■ * #.the stage just as though for a the-- atrical perfoiiimiice., #' • * ' K * * * .*•The negro was tied firmly at the :] front of the stage, his body • sus- ^ : pended froiii the. proscenium arch, and the fobtliglits-were turned onoaPshFy to the utmost-,(so that the swinging u ’ ixKiy stckkl: out black against the q scenery..T y; c
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Messenger
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Thu, May 04, 1911
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