Friday, February 5, 2021

Passengers View Lynched Man From Train Windows -- February 5, 2021

 

Chicago Whip, 12-February-1921

The Chicago Whip was an African-American owned weekly newspaper. 


PASSENGERS VIEW
LYNCHED MAN FROM
TRAIN WINDOWS

VICKSBURG Miss., Feb. 9.-— Passengers on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad early Friday morning were regaled by the sight of an unidentified colored man, whose dead body was seen dangling front a tree on the side of the railroad track. No details are known about the lynching. Several autos were seen in the neighborhood during the night. It is thought they brought the victim from a distance.

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