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.

Original Format

Newspaper Article

Files

T100253c.pdf

Citation

Unknown, “Five Dead in Lynching Bee,” 1918 November 18, TI00253c, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.