Five Dead in Lynching Bee
Title
Five Dead in Lynching Bee
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
TI00253c
Date
1918 November 18
Description
Newspaper clipping about a mob that attempted to break into a jail in Winston Salem, N.C. in order to lynch a prisoner.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 230/06/41 file #158260 box #1276 NARA ID #83
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Relation
TI00253
TI00253d
Language
English
Text
FIVE DEAD IN LYNCHING BEE
Promiscuous Firing Ends Fatally As Crowd Storms Southern Jail
Winston-Salem, N. C., Nov. 18. —
Rachel Levi, 17, and Robert Young, fireman, and three negroes are known to be dead this morning, and ten men are seriously injured following the storming of the jail here late yesterday in an effort to obtain and lynch a negro prisoner accused of attacking a woman and shooting two men. The casualties maw be even greater as it is believed a number have been hurt who were taken away before the authorities obtained names.
Several thousand men, determined to break down the jail doors and take the negro, gathered at the front of the jail. The negro is accused of shooting JE Childress and Sheriff Flynt and attacking Mrs. Childress Saturday night. Unable to force an entrance to the jail the crowd finally broke up into small groups and scattered in different parts of the city. Shooting was heard in different parts of the town all through the night.
The governor has been appealed to for aid.
Promiscuous Firing Ends Fatally As Crowd Storms Southern Jail
Winston-Salem, N. C., Nov. 18. —
Rachel Levi, 17, and Robert Young, fireman, and three negroes are known to be dead this morning, and ten men are seriously injured following the storming of the jail here late yesterday in an effort to obtain and lynch a negro prisoner accused of attacking a woman and shooting two men. The casualties maw be even greater as it is believed a number have been hurt who were taken away before the authorities obtained names.
Several thousand men, determined to break down the jail doors and take the negro, gathered at the front of the jail. The negro is accused of shooting JE Childress and Sheriff Flynt and attacking Mrs. Childress Saturday night. Unable to force an entrance to the jail the crowd finally broke up into small groups and scattered in different parts of the city. Shooting was heard in different parts of the town all through the night.
The governor has been appealed to for aid.
Original Format
Newspaper Article
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Five Dead in Lynching Bee,” 1918 November 18, TI00253c, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.