Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — Lynching of 25 Negroes Threatened. [ARTICLE]

Lynching of 25 Negroes Threatened.

The sheriff of Covington county, Ala., telegraphed to Governor Jenks that he fears the twenty-five negroes concerned in the Opp riot may be lynched. The governor notified company L, first regiment, at Greenville, to hold itself in readiness to proceed to Andalusia. All the negroes implicated in the rioting have been arrested. Marshal Atkinson, who was wounded, is in a serious condition, but William Fitzsimmons, who was shot through the knees, is recover’ng.