LYNCH LAW IN STATES
NEGRO TAKEN FROM HOSPITAL. SPECTATORS CHEER EXECUTION. 'United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) VANCOUVER, Dec. 5. A negro named Williams killed Daniel Elliott, a prominent business man at Salisbury, Maryland, on Friday morning and was himself wounded and taken to hospital. From the hospital he was taken by citizens and lynched in the centre of the town in the presence of 2000 cheering spectators.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 7 December 1931, Page 5
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68LYNCH LAW IN STATES Hawera Star, Volume LI, 7 December 1931, Page 5
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