Woman’s Assailant Lynched

Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: Rock Island Argus
Place of publication: Rock Island, Illinois
Date of publication: 1907
Transcript:

Columbus, Miss., Aug. 29 – John Gibson, a negro, was lynched at noon yesterday near Carrollton, Ala., for an attack on Mrs. Ed Winbourne at her home near that town. After he had been hanged the mob literally shot his body to pieces, which fell in bits on the ground.

Citation:

Woman’s Assailant Lynched. 1907 August. Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois. pg 1