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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | The Topeka Daily Herald |
| Place of publication: | Topeka, KS |
| Date of publication: | 4/22/1904 |
| Transcript: | Mobile, April 22. – A special from Minette says Sheriff E. Armstrong returned from the scene of the murder of Dr. Cole, at Little River, to report to the Governor the lynching of Reuben Sims, a negro, by the citizens of Monroe county, at North Baldwin. Sims confessed, after being whipped three times, and was hanged to a limb and riddled with bullets. |
| Citation: | “Mobile Negro Lynched; Confessed to Murder After Being Whipped Three Times.” The Topeka Daily Herald (Topeka, KS), April 22, 1904. |