Three Negroes Shot for One Crime

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Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: Osawatomie Graphic
Place of publication: Osawatomie, KS
Date of publication: 2/24/1894
Transcript:

Lewis Hendricks, the third negro implicated in the murder or Mrs. Jessie Rucker at Stanton on Thursday, was caught near Jemison last night and shot to death. Mrs. Rucker was waylaid by two negroes and murdered while going from her home to that of a neighbor. Bill George, colored, was arrested and confessed, implicating Abe Seddon. The latter denied his guilt, but both were lynched.

Citation:

“Three Negroes Shot for One Crime.” Osawatomie Graphic (Osawatomie, KS), February 24, 1894.