RECORD OF LYNCHINGS
from January to June, 1903

It may be interesting to many people to know just how far mob violence has gone and at what a rapid pace it is going. The Striker has kept a fairly good record of the number of men who have lost their lives at the hands of a mob since January 1, 1903. Up to July 1, 1903, there have been 48 men laid to rest in the silent tomb by lawless men. The South alone has furnished 44.

The compliation by states is given as follows:

STATE	NUMBER OF LYNCHINGS
Arkansas	3
Delaware	1
Florida	5
Georgia	9
Illinois	2
Mississippi	11
Missouri	4
Montana	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	4
West Virginia	1
Wyoming	1

JANUARY

DATE	NAME	NOTE	LOCATION
January 10, 1903	John Hollins	colored, attempted criminal assault	Drew, Mississippi
January 14, 1903	Ransom O'Neil	murder	Angelton, Texas
January 14, 1903	Charles Tunstall	colored, attempted criminal assault	Angelton, Texas
January 19, 1903	Unknown Negro	unknown offense	Cofield, Point, Louisana
January 21, 1903	Andy Clark	colored, murder	Leeper, Missouri
January 26	Joseph Thomas	colored, murder	Luling, West Virginia
January 30	Edward Mitchell	murder	Madison, West Virginia

DATE	NAME	NOTE	LOCATION
February 7, 1903	Lee Hall	colored, murder	Wrightville, Georgia
February 19, 1903	Cornelius Lee	colored, murderous assault	Plaquemine, Louisana
February 24, 1903	William Fambro	colored, insulting whites	Griffin, Georgia
February 24, 1903	Frank Brown	colored, murder	McDade, Georgia

DATE	NAME	NOTE	LOCATION
March 9, 1903	Henry Thomas	colored, criminal assault	Parish, Alabama
March 30, 1903	Frank Robertson	colored, arson	Bradley, Arkansas

DATE	NAME	NOTE	LOCATION
April 6, 1903	John Turner	attempted criminal assault	Warren, Arkansas
April 15, 1903	Thomas Gilyard	colored	Joplin, Missouri
April 23, 1903	Alex Thompson	colored, murderous assault	Gurgon, Arkansas
April 23, 1903	Andrew Rainey	colored, arson	Bainbridge, Georgia
April 26, 1903	Unknown Negro	attempted criminal assault	Thebes, Illinois
April 26, 1903	Hensley Johnson	attempted criminal assault	Carthage, Texas

DATE	NAME	NOTE	LOCATION
May 3, 1903	D. M. Malone	prejudice	Carruthersville, Missouri
May 3, 1903	W. J. Moreyhan	prejudice	Carruthersville, Missouri
May 3, 1903	Robert Bryant	colored, murder	Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 19, 1903	Washington Jarvis	colored, murder	Madison, Florida
May 20, 1903	Amos Randal	murder	Mulberry county, Florida
May 20, 1903	Daniel Kennedy	murder	Mulberry county, Florida
May 20, 1903	Henry Gordon	colored, murder	Mulberry county, Florida
May 21, 1903	Mrs. Hart	colored, murderous assault	Corinth, Mississippi
May 23	William Hopkins	colored, criminal assault	Near Bainbridge, Georgia
May 27, 1903	Unknown Negro	criminal assault	Kemp, Texas
May 27, 1903	W. C. Clifton	murder	Newcastle, Wyoming
May 28, 1903	Unknown Negro	arson	Near Woodville, Mississippi

JUNE

DATE	NAME	NOTE	LOCATION
June 1, 1903	Benjamin Gorman	colored, murder	Webster County, Georgia
June 4, 1903	Robert Deanis	colored, attempted criminal assault	Greenville, Mississippi
June 6, 1903	David F. wyatt	colored, murder	Belleville, Illinois
June 8, 1903	"Dago" Peaver	colored, murder	Fort Valley, Georgia
June 8, 1903	Four Negroes	complicity in murder	Smith County, Mississippi
June 8, 1903	Negro woman	complicity in murder	Smith County, Mississippi
June 11, 1903	Frank Dupree	colored, murder	Forest Hill, Louisiana
June 19, 1903	John Brown	murder	Bad Lands, Montana
June 22, 1903	George White	colored, criminal assault and murder	Wilmington, Delaware
June 23, 1903	George Kinkead	colored, murderous assault	Cleveland, Mississippi
June 24, 1903	Case Jones	colored, criminal assault and murder	Elk Valley, Tennessee
June 26, 1903	Garfield McCoy	murder	Albany, Georgia
June 26, 1903	Wiley Anderson	murder	Albany, Georgia
June 26, 1903	George McKinney	murder	Albany, Georgia

Source: Wichita Searchlight, Wichita, Kansas, July 25, 1903, page 1, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)

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