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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Publisher: | St. Louis Globe Democrat |
| Place of publication: | St. Louis, MO |
| Date of publication: | 6/6/1895 |
| Source URL: | View Source |
| Transcript: | Alabama henco Lynched. Special Dispatch to th Globe-Democrat, BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. June 5.– Near Strassburg, fifty miles south of here, the body of Jim Powell, a negro, was found hanging to a tree today. Monday night Powell entered the residence of John Bussey, a farmer near there, and assaulted a young daughter of the farmer. The father, hearing the girl’s screams, went to her assistance, but the negro escaped. Pursuit was given the negro by a posse and he was captured near Calera, fifteen miles away, and was taken before the girl and identified. |
| Citation: | “Alabama Negro Lynched.” St. Louis Globe Democrat (St. Louis, MO), June 06, 1895. |
Alabama Negro Lynched
