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Negro porter lynched after La Junta assault case
A Santa Fe porter accused of assaulting an elderly woman in La Junta was seized by a mob and hanged from an electric pole after a dawn pursuit across Rocky Ford country. Mayor Sabin and officials urged calm and due process while the crowd demanded immediate punishment amid tense racial tensions in the town.
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James I Orman
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