Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1909 — WANT LYNCHING EXPLAINED [ARTICLE]

WANT LYNCHING EXPLAINED

State Department Investigating Hanging of Negro Citizen. Washington, April 20.—An investigation will be made of the lynching of William Wright, a negro and an American citizen, at Livingston, Guatemala. ( In a quarrel Wright struck a native on the head with a lantern, Inflicting minor injuries, and a mob attacked Wright, beating him on the head with a pistol, pounding him in the chest with an axe. cutting him with a machete and finally hanging him. The state department is determined that, If the facts are found to be as reported, to lnslßt that Guatemala punish the murderers and remove the responsible offlolals.