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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | The Atlanta Constitution |
| Place of publication: | Atlanta, GA |
| Date of publication: | 6/27/1895 |
| Transcript: | Mobile, Ala., June 26. – The special sent out from Mobile that a negro, Tom Brown, was found hanging to a tree near Point Clear, Baldwin county, in a teribly mutilated condition, and mortally injured, is exaggerated. A negro named Tom Parker was brought to jail in Daphne. He claimed that he had been hung up to extort a confession of robbery. He did not appear to be injured. Later swelling of the neck showed that there was some truth in his statement. The swelling subsided. No mutilation; no danger to the life of the negro. The sheriff has arrested two men – Maurice Stapleton and W. M. Swayne – whom Parker charges with stringing him up. |
| Citation: | “Swung Him Up |