LYNCHING " BLACK BRUTES"
■»' UPHELD BY CAROLINA GOVERNOR By Telegraph.— l'ress AsiocUtion.— Copyrl|lit. NEW YORK, 4th December. Mr. Blease, Governor of South Caroliht», in spsakihg at the Governors' Convention at Richmond, Virginia, defended lynching when *' black brutes " attacked white women. It was only necessary to ' get the right man and then those concerned neither needed' nor should th«y receive a trial. Mr. Blease said he would never order the State militia to shoot lynchers. Other Governors attacked Mr. Blcase's attitude.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1912, Page 7
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