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%A NEGRO GAMBLER’S FATE.Taken from tlie Officer* by a Mob andLynched.' * ^♦Nashville, Tenn., Den. 19.—A special to The American from Knoxville, Tefin., says; Two tragedies are reported from the line of fcbe new railroad to Cumberland Gap. An unknown negro gambler was driven from Dunovantfs works by the laborers He returned shortly with a dozen desperadoes at bis heels, all armed with Winchester rifles. They fired several shots at Capt. S. D. Dun-ovant, a prominent contractor, none of which took effect. The crowd was then dispersed. A posse arrested fcho leader of the mob at Cumberland Gap, and started toward Tazewell with him. On the road they were, surrounded by a mob of 200, who took tbe negro and swung him to the nearest tree.Near the same place two negroes, half brothers, named Fred and and Henry Safc-terlee, quurreled over a woman. Henry stabbed Fred through the bowels, killing him instantly.
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Rochester Republican
Rochester, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 20, 1888
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