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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | St. Joseph News-Press |
| Place of publication: | St. Louis, MO |
| Date of publication: | 3/25/1907 |
| Transcript: | RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Negro Who Attacked White Woman Is Captured and After Confession Is Lynched by Mob of 300 Men. FLORENCE, Ala.. March 25. Cleveland Harding, a negro, who attacked Mrs. Ben F. Rice near here Friday, was lynched by 300 citizens, including his intended victim’s husband. Tied to a tree, the negro was riddled with bullets, the first shot being fired by Rice. Following this every man in the crowd emptied his revolver at the prisoner The negro was captured and taken before Mrs. Rice, who fainted at sight of him. Upon recovering, she fully identified her assailant, and on being asked what should be done with him, told the negro’s captors to do as they thought best. Beyond confessing his guilt the negro had nothing to say and seemed indifferent to his fate.. |
| Citation: | “Riddled With Bullets.” St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, MO), March 25, 1907. |
Riddled With Bullets
