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HOW IT, FEELS TO BE KNGHBD%Isaac Jenkins Was Strung Up to a Tree and Shot Nine Times and Lives to * Te of It.New Brunswick, N .1., July 29.— Isaac0klei kin«, c dored, of Richmond, Va., wa* the star attraction at a gathering in Ebenez r Baptist Church, New Bruns* wick, this evening, where many color I persona paid ten cents each for tho privilege of hearing him tell how it feel* to be lynched.In 1893 Jenkins lived to Nansemond County, Va. He was wrongly accused ' I of burning the buildings of a farmer.^ A mob captured him, strung him up to a tree aud ridded him with bullets. He• Iwas hit niue timea, and fainted.• I| After the men had goueJenkina partly I revived, aud bis writhiuga broke the rope. He made his way to a farm house, whcro his injuries were dressed by a friend. After recovering he made hi* escape from that section. Jenkins ha* a letter vouching *for the truth of bis story.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jul 30, 1899
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