Attempted Lynching

Case(s)
Source Type: Newspaper
Author: n.a.
Publisher: Richmond Planet
Place of publication: Richmond, VA
Date of publication: 7/6/1895
Transcript:

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25. – A special from Mobile, Ala., says: At Point Clear, Baldwin county, Tom Brown, a colored man, was arrested by two men on a charge of burglary. The man was taken in the direction of the jail, but was found hanging to a tree in a terribly mutilated condition. He revived when cut down, but cannot live. No arrests have been made.

Citation:

“Attempted Lynching.” Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA), July 06, 1895.