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LYNCHED.Mississippi 3iob HunK*lt; a Colored Mbt-tk*ri*r at Crystal Sprix»?cw.Crystal Springs, iiliss., J uue 2b.—The negro, John Moses, who murdered an old man named Strong near this place a few lt;lnys ago and who has been confined in the local jail with a strong guard since Thursday. confessed to the killing Friday morning, and shortly after the guard was overpowered by a mob of 200 or 300 men, mostly farmers, and Moses taken from the jail and, with a rope around his neck, was dragged through the streets to a tree near the railway and hanged, lie was dead or nearly so when they reached the place of hanging.Two requests for troops to protect the prisoner had been wired to Jackson, but owing to the absence of both the governor and lieutenant governor from the capitoi the troops cduici not be moved until Friday morning, when itwas too late.After hanging Moses to the tree, some of the mob made a move to shoot him. The leader declared it should not be done, as jxistice hud triumphed and that' i i%1 UO kWVj « •« 1The mob,, then started on a search for a negro preacher who had sworn that the murderer had spent the day on which anong was killed at his house and that he knew he (Moses) was not the guilty person. He swore to a deliberate lie, and the mob cntight him ant! gave him r.n minieredui whipping for false swearing.
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Marble Rock Weekly
Marble Rock, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1897
Page 2
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