Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — Negro Suspocts Discharged. [ARTICLE]

Negro Suspocts Discharged.

Joseph Robertson and "Bull” Holland, the negroes who came near being lynched at Kansas City by a mob of 2,000 people, on the supposition that they had assaulted Miss Grace Davis, a 20-year-old white girl, and attacked her escort, Vernon Newton, have been turned loose for lack of evidence. Justice of the Peace Ross In discharging the men said that little credence could be given the statements of Miss Davis and Newton. On the stand both of them admitted having made misstatements regarding the affair.