12 Dec 1856
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1856
Page
1
In Manchester Adams County a Black man named Bil attacked Mrs Morris while she slept in her home. He choked her into unconsciousness and attempted rape before fleeing. A mob found him and hanged him. he had prior rape charges. Mrs Morris is severely injured with a fractured jaw and may not survive.
Reports from TH and the Chicago Journal describe a major blaze in Sterling, Whiteside County, destroying an entire block of business buildings around one o’clock on Monday morning. Other items include a fatal burn of a Buffalo Prairie girl, a mad dog roaming St Charles streets, a carpenter’s fall in Chicago, and a train strike near Sterling.
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