LYNCHERS FOILED
CLASH IN TENNESSEE.
TWO KILLED; SEVEN INJURED. \
COURTHOUSE BURNED
United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrigni
NEW YORK, Dec. 19
Extraordinary resistance on the part of the authorities at Shelbyville, Tennessee, against efforts by the townspeople to lynch a young negro, who was being tried oh a charge of assaulting a 14-year-old schoolgirl, resulted ’in two members of the mob being killed and seven others being seriously wounded by the machine gun apd rifle fire of national guardsmen. Disguising the prisoner in a guardsman’s uniform, his face hidden under a gas mask,, the troops then spirited him from the Court and fought a successful rearguard action with the mob.
The \barrago of stones and repeated rushes by the mob were not sufficient against the troopers’ bayonets. 'Later the mob set Are to the Court building.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19341221.2.86
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19456, 21 December 1934, Page 8
Word Count
135LYNCHERS FOILED Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19456, 21 December 1934, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.