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Domestic News
October 1, 1851
Washington Telegraph
Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
In Ulster County, NY, on the 23rd ult., a negro man assaulted a woman who testified against him for theft, breaking her jaw and endangering her life. Enraged crowd attempted to lynch him at the courthouse but was stopped, leaving him insensible.
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MOBBING A NEGRO.
At the Courthouse in Ulster county, N. Y., a great popular excitement took place on the 23d ult. A negro man who had been arraigned for theft on the testimony of a woman, met her in the street, and with a bludgeon beat her so violently that her jaw was broken, and other injuries inflicted of such a nature that her life was despaired of. The negro was secured for trial and put in irons, but the people were so enraged, that one of them having prepared a noose, it was thrown over his neck while he was in the Courthouse, and he was suddenly dragged down stairs, and would have been strangled, if some person had not had the presence of mind to cut the rope, when he was taken up insensible.
At the Courthouse in Ulster county, N. Y., a great popular excitement took place on the 23d ult. A negro man who had been arraigned for theft on the testimony of a woman, met her in the street, and with a bludgeon beat her so violently that her jaw was broken, and other injuries inflicted of such a nature that her life was despaired of. The negro was secured for trial and put in irons, but the people were so enraged, that one of them having prepared a noose, it was thrown over his neck while he was in the Courthouse, and he was suddenly dragged down stairs, and would have been strangled, if some person had not had the presence of mind to cut the rope, when he was taken up insensible.
What sub-type of article is it?
Riot Or Protest
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Mobbing
Negro
Ulster County
Assault
Lynching Attempt
What entities or persons were involved?
Negro Man
Woman
Where did it happen?
Courthouse In Ulster County, N. Y.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Courthouse In Ulster County, N. Y.
Event Date
23d Ult.
Key Persons
Negro Man
Woman
Outcome
woman's jaw broken, life despaired of; negro man nearly strangled, taken up insensible.
Event Details
A negro man arraigned for theft assaulted the female witness in the street with a bludgeon. Secured and ironed for trial, he faced enraged crowd at courthouse who noosed and dragged him downstairs; rope cut, preventing strangling.