Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1888 — THE SOUTHERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

A Ponchatoula (La.) special says: “On last Sunday night a negro forced an entrance into the residence of Mr. Albert Tunnage and assaulted Miss Tannage. The negro was arrested and held here until last evening, when officers took him in charge to convey him to the parish jail at Amite City. As they were about to board the train a squad of thirty men appeared on the scene and took the negro from the officers. This morning his body was found hanging to a tree.”