An Alabama man has been
lynched, reported the Shenandoah Evening Herald On This Day in 1892. George
Adams assaulted two white women near Rivington ,
Alabama . A posse caught him. On
the way back to the jail, the officers were overtaken and Adams
was lynched.
He – Admas that is – had gone to a farmhouse where the two women were home alone. He demanded money. They refused and he beat them “into insensibility.”
He – Admas that is – had gone to a farmhouse where the two women were home alone. He demanded money. They refused and he beat them “into insensibility.”
Source:
The evening
herald. (Shenandoah , Pa. ),
04 March 1892. Chronicling America :
Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87078000/1892-03-04/ed-1/seq-3/>
On
This Day is a prompt I started this month to further explore historical events.
©
Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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