Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — NEGRO LYNCHED FOR CRIME [ARTICLE]

NEGRO LYNCHED FOR CRIME

Two Thousand Persons Witness or Participate in Killing. Amery, Miss., Sept. 2.—Nick Thompson, a negro, was lynched here for assaulting a 17-y ear-old white-girl. Two thousand or more persons witnessed or participated in the lynching. A half dozen other negroes, arrested on suspicion, were released.