LYNCHING OF NEGRO.
o OUTRAGE IN CAROLINA. SHOT IN A CHURCHYARD. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Heed. 10 D.m.) NEW YOHK. Aug. 21. A negro was lynched by a mob at Elliott, North Carolina, on the allegation that he had assaulted a farmer's wife. The mob first shot him and then tied his body to a tree in the local churchyard. The mob defied the sheriffs who endeavoured to rescue the negro.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17246, 23 August 1919, Page 9
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