| Source Type: | Newspaper |
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| Publisher: | New York Times |
| Place of publication: | New York City, NY |
| Date of publication: | 20 July 1884 |
| Transcript: | TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 19. – Henry Burk, (colored,) who attempted to outrage a little white girl, was captured last night in the garret of an old house and placed in jail. A mob at midnight took him from the jail and hanged him to a tree in the street. They then fired five bullets into the body. |
| Citation: | Lynched and Shot. (1884, July 20). New York Times. |