MOB RULE IN AMERICA
NEGRO BURIED AT THE STAK-. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, August 25. Carter, a negro who was identified "as having attacked a woman at Purcell, Oklahoma, and then set fire to her home, was burned to death by a mob in a street of the town. Three hundred persons witnessed the burning. The sheriffs attempted to protect Carter, but the mob locked them in the courthouse, tied the negro to a stake, and poured oil on his body before lighting the fire.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 28 August 1911, Page 5
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86MOB RULE IN AMERICA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 58, 28 August 1911, Page 5
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