Virginia Lynching Marks First Since Years
In Brunswick county Virginia a mob of about 2000 hanged one of two Black men charged with killing Tingley Elmore the To bacco postmaster and storekeeper. The other suspect Will Elmore remains jailed after pleading for his life. The lynching followed the suspect’s confession and the discovery of Elmore’s pistol and gold watch. The victim’s identity was not learned.
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Richmond
Virginia
Brunswick County
Tingley Elmore
Tobacco
Will Elmore
Lawrenceville
Elmore
Negro Sullivan to Higher Court in August
Acting Judge C A York presided in municipal court to ease jail congestion. Johnny Wilson, a negro, got 60 days on county roads for larceny of a silk shirt. Arthur and William Hall were found not guilty of affray. James Sullivan’s bad check case of about 2400 was sent to the higher court with a probable clause. Sullivan jailed in Greensboro to await mid August trial. William Murdock was found not guilty of larceny.
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C. A. York
Johnny Wilson
Arthur
William Hall
James Sullivan
Sullivan
Greensboro
William Murdock
Railway wage talk underway between unions and executives
New York, Aug. 3. Headed by four big railway brotherhoods and the Switchmen's Union of North America, a conference with a committee of railway executives considered wage reductions and working conditions. The meeting aimed to decide on possible further wage cuts and elimination of time and a half overtime. Brotherhood leaders will report back for a membership referendum on the 12 percent wage cut urged by the labor board on July 1.
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New York
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Association of
Railway Executives
Brotherhood
United States Labor Board
Missionary Reports Red Fighting Near Saratov on Volga
Seventh Day Adventist missionary Daniel Isaac and his wife describe ongoing irregular fighting between Red troops and anti Bolshevik peasants along the Volga near Saratov. He cites large bands led by Antonov Makhno Vakulin and others, with villages threatened by starvation and opposition to Bolshevik grain seizures.
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Riga
Volga
Saratov
Daniel Isaac
Parker S. D
Harrington, Kan
Russia
Isaac
Antonov
Makhno
Vakulin
Mr. Isaac
Warenburg
Antonoffi
Moscow
Robber hanged himself after failed theft in Vienna
In Vienna on August 2 Rudolph Twrdik attempted to force his employer's safe finding only about 20 crowns. He then hanged himself, leaving a note saying the disappointment after the hard job was more than he could stand.
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Vienna
Rudolph Twrdik
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