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The Broad Ax
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County County, Utah
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Representative Dyer of St. Louis introduces a bill in the US House to severely punish lynchers, deeming mob members guilty of murder, compensating victims' families with county fines of $5,000-$10,000, and penalizing negligent officials with fines or imprisonment.
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Washington -(Special).-Lynching in the United States would be drastically punished under a bill which has been introduced in the House by Representative Dyer of St. Louis. The bill provides that each person in a mob committing a lynching shall be deemed guilty of murder. The family of the person lynched would be compensated by a fine imposed on the county in which the crime takes place, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Neglect by any officer of the peace to attempt to prevent a lynching makes him liable under the bill to fine of not less than $5,000 or five years' imprisonment or both. The same penalty applies to any official who without protest allows a person to be taken from his custody by a mob and lynched.
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Lynching in the United States would be drastically punished under a bill which has been introduced in the House by Representative Dyer of St. Louis. The bill provides that each person in a mob committing a lynching shall be deemed guilty of murder. The family of the person lynched would be compensated by a fine imposed on the county in which the crime takes place, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Neglect by any officer of the peace to attempt to prevent a lynching makes him liable under the bill to fine of not less than $5,000 or five years' imprisonment or both. The same penalty applies to any official who without protest allows a person to be taken from his custody by a mob and lynched.