When was it published?

June 18, 1850 in Hillsdale Whig Standard

Domestic News June 18, 1850

Hillsdale Whig Standard

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Crime, Execution, Slave Related

Q: What keywords are associated?

Lynching, St Louis, Slave Testimony, Wrongful Execution, Assault

Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan

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What is this article about?

Near St. Louis, a negro nurse under torture confessed to murdering Mrs. Allen and implicated another negro, leading to both being lynched. It later emerged Mrs. Allen is recovering from the assault, and the implicated person was white, highlighting illegal use of slave testimony for non-fatal incident executions.

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Worse and Worse.—We noticed a paragraph several days since, which stated that while under the torture, a negro nurse had confessed to the murder of a Mrs. Allen, near St. Louis, and implicated a negro in the outrage. Both were lynched immediately, and hung. It now appears that Mrs. Allen is not dead, but likely to recover; and that the person implicated by the slave nurse was a white man. So that, contrary to law, the testimony of a slave while under torture, was received, and made the basis of two executions for an assault which has not proved fatal.
[St. Louis Eve. Jour.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Execution Slave Related

What keywords are associated?

Lynching St Louis Slave Testimony Wrongful Execution Assault

What entities or persons were involved?

Mrs. Allen

Where did it happen?

Near St. Louis

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Near St. Louis

Key Persons

Mrs. Allen

Outcome

two individuals (negro nurse and implicated person) lynched and hanged; mrs. allen recovering from non-fatal assault.

Event Details

A negro nurse, under torture, confessed to the murder of Mrs. Allen and implicated another negro in the outrage, leading to both being immediately lynched. Subsequent information revealed Mrs. Allen is alive and recovering, and the implicated person was actually a white man. The executions were based on illegal slave testimony under torture for a non-fatal assault.