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25 CENTS PER MONTHrv.MACTMARYLANDLYNCH IN6Prem-rs ofNiegro Assaulter ofWhite Womanren.flanged#i# commonIANNAPOLIS JAILpoint ion ofher who wingSrOKMLD liY MOBn!..t Negro Was Drmjqed throughvI puniahingow childrenStreets to Scene of HisCrime and liancjed1ILLS.I rom a I reemDec. 21. Henry--llepreacn- . , ..., BbmIaI to the Star.the house 1, ANNAPOLIS. Md.urronev, In* f .. ’ , . . •limit ollns Ohambers, a negro whoe *lt;► ■ assaulted Mrs. John Held, of BrowM-ntity of 'mft V ho Uh(hov illc, loot Friday, mhn taken from jailhen thi-i morn tug and lynched hy a mobW t ) I) IV 011(1- Lof 00 masked nt**n. Davis confessedo of the fo , « , 'his crime previous to being strung optFIVEThe mob had litllo difficulty is get-A stranger npponnediling the priocner.jat the jail about 2 o'clock and knocked. 11 suid he had a prisoner he wished tofUVif \ Ideliver, and then departed, saying toi is theulm Harnibf ft vo f*«?rountonf thin imiHon willhaptor in atrdtr in theanti threeivOilM return with the man. Bhurtl?a ft lt;rwi i id a rrtol * appeared and aitaekodthe dmm with Htedgtd nnd picks aadbroke if open. The jailor* were coveredwith gtnw, and 0ftvie wae dragged fronthi* cell. --^|p| .Ho was tal on clir c tly through thenegro quarter of the city to tho sceneof the crime, where he was strung up to a tree, nnd about 50 bullets were fired into the hanging body.The police apparently made no effort to interfere arid the mob behaved iaiin orderly manner. The jail which weebroken open is within two block* of themansion of the governor of Maryland.».»***wore fiiov-
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Anniston Evening Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Fri, Dec 21, 1906
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Anne A.
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