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injii wunin micMsisjMrriMOB OF 5.000 MEN STORMS POLICE STATION AND TAKES AWAY PRISONERS.HOLD THEIR OWN COUgTThree Negroes “Acquitted.’' Three Others Lynched as Guilty of Attack ng Girl—Not a Single Shot Fired by Mob.Duluth. Minn. Three negroes were lynched here by a mob estimated at 5.000 persons, which overpowered the 1 police, took possession of police head- f quarter.* and seized tin* negroes, who t were held in connection with an at-j i tack on a young white girl. i 'A mock trial was held by the mob j ' in the police station and the three negroes were found guilty and three [ r others, also hold in connection with ] t the assault, were “acquitted’' and j » turned back to the police.Not a shot was fired in the attack 1 on the police station, the members of t the mob using bricks and other »is-sih s. and in the Huai stages of the ' 1 igi:i (.earns of water from fire hose taken Irom the police themselves.The first negro lynched was taken ? about two blocks from the police station to the corner of First street and ' Second avenue, east, where a rfjpe ■ was thrown lt;vor a telephone pole.As the negro was yanked into the ! nir He rope broke and he tumbled to ' the ground lie was held until an- t oilier rop-* was procured and the ex • ru ion proceeded without further interruption.!i wa- rlt;-ported that, three or four •nand luiomobiles, loaded with in.mb of the mob. had started at in Ini -!i( loward Virginia, Minn.,ifour other negroeshul be- p .irre-ued in connection with the saiiie crime.The ; . roes were roustabouts with a (in- ih.-.t appeared lore :nd thev :old v. lit.* girl was attacked on• in io grounds. The circus went o Yiri nia and it was said eight ne-\vctaken into custody there, but oti'v four held One report was ?hai ih- Virginia authorities and John Murphy. Duluth's chief ot police, had started back to Duluth with these four suspects before tln^mob trouble broke out here, butit wcity.The negroes hanged wore Isaac Me-(]hie. Kliner Jackson and Nate Green, all about 22 years old: They werelynched in the order named at 11:30 pm., 11:38 p.m. and 11:45 pm. All professed their innocence.
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Water Valley North Mississippi Herald
Water Valley, Mississippi, US
Fri, Jun 25, 1920
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