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Jody Bell, » negro, was discovered in the room of a young woman visiting family at Terry, Miss. Theyoung woman retired wearing several diamond rings, which had attracted the attention of the negro. The alarm was given and the negro lied. He was arrested at Byrnin, seven 1 miles north of Terry, tried, and bound over to the circuit court, placed in jail, and was to be taken to Jackson for safekeeping. Citizens from miles around the country rode in quietly to hold court, to be preaided over by Judge Lynch. The posse formed promptly at 9 p. m., took the negro to the Iron bridge one mile north of Terry, where he was hanged. He made a full confession. Later developments implicated another negro, a very desperate character, named Charlie Hollingsworth. He was also arrested and placed in jail. The mob meant to liang him at the same time and place with Bell, but this negro fought lils way through the small urmy of men, and although wuny shots were fired at him, he escuped in the darkness.
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The Weekly Corinthian
Corinth, Mississippi, US
Wed, Mar 27, 1901
Page 4
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