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There were 63 persons lync hed in 1921. Of these, sixty-two were in the South and one in the North. This Is two more than the number, sixty-one for the year 1920. Of those lynched fifty-nine were negroes, four whites, j Two of those put to death were charg ed with rape or attempted rape. Four | of the vietimes were burned to death. Three were put to death and then theii bodies were buVned. The charges against those burned were: Murder 2 ; rape and murder, 2. ' '. N • vThe offense charged against the whites were: Murder. 3; rape, 1. Oneof the women put to death was charged with assisting a man to escape who had killed an officeT of the law. The other was charged with inciting racial troubles. The offenses charged against the negro men were: murder, 11;attempted murder, 3; rape, 15; attempted rape, 3; killing men in altercation, 4; no special charge, 3; wounding men, 4; furnishing ammunition to man resisting arrest, 2; leaders in raceAclash, 2; charge to reported, 3; assisting man to escape who had killed an officer of the law, 1; making improper remarks to woman, 1; writing note to woman. 1; attacking man and woman,tThe. states in which Iyaehir*gs oc-curred and the number in each statevw 'are as-follows: Alabama, 2; Arkansas, 6; Florida, 5: Georgia. 11; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana, 5; Mississippi, 14; Missouri, 1; North Carolina, 4; South Carolina, 5; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 7;, Virginia. 1.
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Lyons Progress
Lyons, Georgia, US
Thu, Jan 05, 1922
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