NEGROES LYNCHED.
MOB LAW IN AMERICA.
By Telegraph—Press Association—CodjtlsM (Rec. December 1, 5.8 p.m.) New York, November SO. Three negroes attacked the deputysheriif at Shreveport, Louisiana, and beat him until he was ■unconscious. The negroes escaped to tlie woods, but were recaptured, and were being takento gaol when a mob overpowered the guards and hanged the negroes to trees in. a neighbouring swamp. SEIZED IN COUET. ■ (Eec. December 1, 5.5 p.m.) New York, November 80. A negro at Cerdele, Georgia, was alleged to hare shot and wounded two white women, and then assaulted one. He was arrested, and about to be tried, when a mob assembled in the courthouse, overpowered the guards, and dragged the negro screaming outside, where they hanged him to a tree.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1612, 2 December 1912, Page 5
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125NEGROES LYNCHED. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1612, 2 December 1912, Page 5
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