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Lynch mob burns man in Mississippi swamp
Willie Minnifield, a Negro, was tied to a stake and burned to death by a mob near Yazoo City after being accused of attacking a white woman, Mrs. Russell of Myrtleville, with an axe. A posse had captured Minnifield and another unnamed man, who escaped. the other man reportedly confessed while outside the victim’s home. A separate ad section promotes Tyler Commercial College with cotton classing courses and funding details.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Willie Minnifield
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William Russell
Myrtleville
Minnifield