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Three Negroes Lynched
at Duluth,
Three uiegroes, attaches of the
Robinson circus which exhibited in
Duluth last week, were taken
from their cells and hanged to a
telephone pole in the heart of the
city by infuriated citizens of Du
luth Monday night, June 14th. for
assaulting an 18 year old white
g$r! of that city. Every negro
connected with the show was arhour
rested and examined and dozen
were held for the crime, some of
the negroes were taken at Virginia
and were kept there as it was
feared more lyncliings would re
sult if they were brought back to
DuJuth.
The crime for which the three
negroes paid the death penalty
was one of the most revolting in
annals of the state, ttw follow
ing account of which appears in
the Duluth News Tribune of June
16th: Last night's "lynching was
prompted by this:
A frail, 18-year-old West Pu
luth girl was assarted by six .neSchulte
groes, employed of the John Rob
inson shows at 9 o'clock Monday
and eight men were arrested.
Three are in Virginia,, three t*t
Duluth police headquarters while
three are dead.
