Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — INDEMNITY FOR LYNCHING. [ARTICLE]

INDEMNITY FOR LYNCHING.

Relatives of Italians Slain at Tallulah s, Will Be Recompensed. Italy will be paid an indemnity for the lynching of three of the five at Tallulah, La., and the State Department will lay down the principle, once for all, that an alien does not become a fullfledged citizen of the United States until naturalisation papers have been formally issued to him. » Of course the State Department will pursue the regular legal course for ascertaining the facts in connection with the lynching.