Georgia Mob Lynches Strickland After Crawford Killing
In Palmetto Georgia on April 24 a mob found Lige Strickland a 60 year old minister hanging and mutilated his body while a crowd debated his guilt in the Alfred Crawford case. Wardens then moved to detain Albert Sewell as another lynching followed a wave of interracial violence across Georgia.
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Lige Strickland
Sam Hose
Alfred Crawford
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Wewman
Hose
Major Thomas
Thomas
Cranford
Thomas Place
Crown
Crawford
Fairburn
Albert Sewell
Sewell
Atlanta
Two Women Murdered Near Carber Mine Il
In Murphysboro Illinois on April 24 two women were found murdered in the Davie mine housing one mile from Carber No 6. Mrs Mary E Davie and Miss Millstead were in night attire with rooms looted and weapons used. No arrests yet and an inquest will be held.
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Ills
E. M. Davie
Carber Mine No
Mary E. Davie
Miss Millstead
Governor Appoints Dan Burns US Senator for California
California Governor says he has appointed Dan Burns to the United States Senate to succeed Stephen M. White and will issue Burns's commission once ready. He declines to discuss Quay or Stone and suggests Quay seating may trigger Burns's commission. Readingwarded in San Francisco on April 24.
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The
San Francisco Examiner
Gage
M. S. Quay
Pennsylvania
Stone
Quay
Kno Stone
California
Dan Burns
United States
Stephan M. White
Colonel Burns
Senate
D. M. Burns
Tangled Atlanta Race Terror Fueled By Arson and Lynching
In Palmetto and Atlanta historic violence erupts as incendiaries burn Palmetto, whites lynch four Black men in retaliation, and the city reels after the murder of Alfred Crawford and the assault on his wife, with Black suspect Sam Hose recently captured.
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Atlanta
Palmetto
Alfred Crawford
Sam Hose
Sick Bay Grows On Iowa as Half Crew Report Illness
In San Francisco on April 24 the battleship Iowa faces a rising sick list with nearly half its crew reported unwell and vocal dissatisfaction rising aboard.
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San Francisco
Scurred crew demands ship removal amid bay sewer stench
In a coastal rumor, most crewmen report malaria like symptoms and push to move the vessel away from Union Iron Works. The Iowa currently sits off the works and sailors blame bay sewer discharges for aboard sickness and foul air.
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Iowa
Union Iron Works
Train Crashes Into Burning Bridge. Two Die
Westbound Southern Pacific freight train crashes into a burning bridge east of Gila Bend. Conductor Dovey and Fireman Ney are burned to death, while Engineer Adams is badly injured and taken home to Tucsom by special train.
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Phoenix
A. T
Southern Pacific Railroad
Gila Bend
Dovey
Adams
Tucsom
Shooting in Eagle Pass leaves man near death
Eagle Pass Texas April 24 reports a man named William shot Saturday night by unknown parties. He is expected to live. No arrests have been made. The brief item notes Cassady and 9 o'clock as details, though unclear.
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Tex
William
Cassady
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