Negro Executed by Mob

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Source Type: Newspaper
Author: n.a.
Publisher: The Muscatine Journal
Place of publication: Muscatine, IA
Date of publication: 3/25/1907
Transcript:

NEGRO EXECUTED BY MOB. Husband of His Intended Victim Fires First Shot at Assailant. Florence. Ala.. March 25. The negro Cleveland Hardin who attempted to attack Mrs. Benjamin Rice near here Friday and who was driven off by Mrs. Rice’s shepherd dog was summarily executed yesterday by his Intended victim’s husband and some 200 or 300 sympathizers.

Citation:

“Negro Executed By Mob.” The Muscatine Journal (Muscatine, IA), March 25, 1907.