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LYNCHING OF THREE IN CALIFORNIA STOKES PARALYZES SANTA ROSA
In Santa Rosa a mob hangs three men from a tree near a cemetery after summarily abducting them from a local jail. Sheriff James Cooney and others witness the brutal killings as armed masked men drive in, and a cavalcade disperses, leaving the town shocked by the vigilante action and the swift executions.
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