Negro Rapist Lynched

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Source Type: Newspaper
Author: n.a.
Publisher: The Evening Times
Place of publication: Clay Center, KS
Date of publication: 11/26/1886
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Transcript:

Negro Rapist Lynched. Montgomery, Ala., November 25. John Davis, a negro rapist, was lynched at Randolph, Ala., last night. Davis was the perpetrator of three outrages. His last outrage was committed near Randolph, on the 21st instant, on the person of Mrs. Curpton, a white lady. The victim had gone out short distance from her residence and was gathering up fire wood. She and a little boy, while picking up wood, were suddenly sprang upon by two negroes from behind some bushes. One of the negroes drew pistol, cocked it, and placing it to her head said: “If you scream I will kill you,” telling the boy the same thing. Davis was captured about nine o’clock last night. A mob of about fifty men overpowered the guard and took the prisoner out and hanged him to the ceiling of a derrick.

Citation:

“Negro Rapist Lynched.” The Evening Times (Clay Center, KS), November 26, 1886.