| Source Type: | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Mobile: Daily Register |
| Place of publication: | Mobile |
| Date of publication: | 1884 |
| Transcript: | Mr. E. T. O’conner, Circuit Clerk of Green county, was in Selma yesterday and informed a Times man that Joe Robertson, the negro fiend who attempted to rape a young white lady near Clinton, last week, was caught and hung by a large crowd of citizens of both colors. Mr. O’Conner says that fully a hundred negroes, and perhaps a larger number of whites were present and witnessed the lynching without raising the least objection. The unfortunate young lady was a Miss Carpenter. The black wretch who attempted the outrage failed to accomplish his design. |
| Citation: | (1884, July 20). A Negro Hung. Mobile: Daily Register, pp. 06. |