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A Tennessee [Lynching.Corinth, Miss., Nov. 19. — News comes from Savannah, Tenn., that Ned Stevens, the negro who killed Sheriff Farley several months ago, has been hung by a mob. He was tried last Friday, but the jury failed to agree on a verdict, and he was sent back to jail. At night a mob surrounded the jail and took Stevens out of town, hung him to a tree and riddled his body with bullets.
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Alton Democrat

Alton, Iowa, US

Sat, Nov 22, 1890

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