Lynched by a Girl.
NEGRO APPEALS IN VAIN TO JUS EXECUTION RK.
NEW YORK", .June 27. A thrilling scene occurred u l Europa. Mississippi, to-day. when Starling Ihibhain, u young nrg[-o. was lynched for recently attacking three white girls near tiie town. " Early this morning the niol) broke into tlie gaol, seized the negro, a nrl led him to the public square.
.Mary Wilson, one of the .young, women attacked, w. t s brought forward and immediately identified her assailant. Heedless of Dunham's shrieks for mercy, the girl placed the noose of the rope round his neck. Dunham was then placed' 0 n horseback, the rope was passed round the limb of a tree, and a dozen men hauled at it, while the girl calmly led the horse away, leaviag tile body dangling in the air.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 192, 18 August 1904, Page 4
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136Lynched by a Girl. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 192, 18 August 1904, Page 4
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