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The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
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In Tifton, Georgia, two Black men were beaten to death by Marshal W. W. Beard and others after arrest for suspected theft of an overcoat. A third survived. A coroner's jury ruled it willful murder, and a warrant was issued for Beard's arrest, though he could not be found.
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Horrible Killing of Two Georgia Negroes For an Uncertain Theft.
Tifton, Ga., Jan. 31.—Two negroes were so badly whipped near here Sunday that they died. Saturday night an overcoat was missed from a hotel, and Sunday morning three unknown negroes who had come in the previous day were arrested. As no evidence could be obtained against them Marshal Beard and several men took them into the wood to make them confess.
The marshal is said to have beaten one until he was tired, and then made the victim beat the other two. As the negroes still denied the theft, the beating was kept up nearly all day, until one of the negroes died and a few hours later another one died. They are also said to have been mutilated. The third negro is still alive. A coroner's jury returned a verdict today that the deceased "came to their deaths at the hands of W. W. Beard, the marshal, and others, and that the same was willful murder." A warrant was at once issued for Beard's arrest, but he can not be found.
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Tifton, Ga.
Event Date
Saturday Night And Sunday, Prior To Jan. 31
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two negroes died from beating and mutilation; third negro alive. coroner's jury verdict: willful murder by w. w. beard and others. warrant issued for beard's arrest, but he cannot be found.
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Saturday night, an overcoat was missed from a hotel in Tifton, Ga. Sunday morning, three unknown negroes who arrived the previous day were arrested. Lacking evidence, Marshal Beard and several men took them to the woods to force confessions. Beard beat one until tired, then made the victim beat the other two. Denials continued, so beating persisted nearly all day, resulting in one death and another hours later. They were mutilated. Third survived.