MOB VIOLENCE.
■■ _ o NEGRO HANGED IN ALABAMA. By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyrieat (Eeo. December 8, 5.5 p.m.) New York, December 7. At Butler, Alabama, a negro named Curtis, who confessed to the murder of a planter, was lodged in gaol. A mob stormed the gaol and hanged Curtis at the 6cene of the crime.
The Convention, of State Governors, held in Virginia, has repudiated the views of Mr. C. L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina, who advocated lynch law for negro assaults on women." Mr. Blease defied the convention, and an angry scene took place, but he adhered to his opinions. The Governors pledged themselves to stamp out mob violence in every State. Mr. Blease has received numerous threatening letters.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1618, 9 December 1912, Page 7
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118MOB VIOLENCE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1618, 9 December 1912, Page 7
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