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liverlng a message from the woman’s husband, who is serving a sentence in the Oxford jail, Patton refund to leave the woman’s home. When she secured a pistol and attempted tofrighten him away, he grappled with her and disarmed her. Then, forcing her head backward with one hand, i he drew a razor across her throat, cutting a deep gash.The woman died a few moments after the negro released her. Patton fled, but was later captured, after exchanging shots with a posse, during which he was badly wounded. A mob began to form shortly after he was brought to jail, and despite the pleadings of the county officials, who prom-ised a speedy trial, the mob shortly after midnight battered down the doors of the jail and, securing Patton, hanged him to a telephone pole.
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Palestine Daily Herald
Palestine, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 09, 1908
Page 6
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