Arrested for Swinging

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Source Type: Newspaper
Author: n.a.
Publisher: The Eufaula Daily Times
Place of publication: Eufaula, AL
Date of publication: 6/28/1895
Transcript:

MOBILE, Ala., June 27. – The special sent out from Mobile that a negro, Tom Brown, was hanging to a tree near Point Clair, Baldwin county, in a teribly mutilated condition, and mortally injured, is exagerated. A negro named Tom Parker, was brought to jail at Daphne. He claimed that he had been hung up to extort a confession of robbery. He did not appear to be injured. Later swelling of the neck showed that there was some truth in his statement. The swelling subsided. No mutilation; no danger to the life of the negro. The sheriff has arrested two men, Maurice Staplton, and W. M. Swayne, whom Parker charges with stringing him up.

Citation:

“Arrested for Swinging.” The Eufaula Daily Times (Eufaula, AL), June 28, 1895.