Negro Lynched In Alabama

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Source Type: Newspaper
Author: n.a.
Publisher: Portage Daily Register
Place of publication: Portage, WI
Date of publication: 3/25/1907
Transcript:

Negro Lynched In Alabama. Florence, Ala., March 25. The negro, Cleveland Harding, who attempted to assault Mrs. Ben F. Rice near here Friday and who was driven off by Mrs. Rice’s shepherd dog, was summarily executed today his intended victim’s husband and some 200 or 300 sympathizers. Tied to a tree with his arms up the negro was riddled with bullets, the first shot being fired by Rice.

Citation:

“Negro Lynched in Alabama.” Portage Daily Register (Portage, WI), March 25, 1907.