Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1905 — Twice Escapes Lynching. [ARTICLE]

Twice Escapes Lynching.

St. Louis, May 5. —Peter Hubbard, a negro aged 22 years, was placed In the jail at Clayton, a suburb, after having escaped lynching twice In twen-ty-four hours for having, it was alleged, entered the room of Miss Myrtle Bennett by whose father he was employed.