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The Democratic Press
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio
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In Stewart County, Georgia, Mrs. C.C. Chambliss, 18, was murdered by three negroes who shot her during a robbery attempt. The perpetrators, Jerry Snead, Stephen Abram, and William Booth, were captured, tried by a crowd, and hanged on the spot by about 300 whites and blacks.
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A Young Wife Shot Down in Cold Blood—The Murderers Tried and Executed on the Spot.
[By Telegraph to the National Republican.]
COLUMBUS, GA., May 28.—Last Friday morning, before daybreak, Mrs. C.C. Chambliss, of Stewart County, was murdered by three negroes of the neighborhood. They fired fences and drew her husband away from the house. The negroes then proceeded to the house to rob it, and were met by Mrs. Chambliss, a beautiful woman aged eighteen years, armed with a gun. One of the negroes, Jerry Snead, took the gun from her and lodged the contents in her head, causing her death instantly. The negroes then burned the corn-crib and fled. They were pursued and captured. Jerry admitted the deed, and implicated his companions, Stephen Abram and William Booth. They were brought to Chambliss' house that afternoon, and it was unanimously decided by about three hundred whites and blacks present that they should be hanged. A gallows was erected, and the murderers were hanged with trace-chains. The colored participants in the lynching threw the lifeless bodies into an old field to rot, and it was with great difficulty that the whites could persuade them to permit a burial. The culprits met their fate jeeringly and sneeringly, glorying in their deed and taunting their executioners. A cotton rope was first used on Stephen Abram, but it broke, and he asked the crowd to get a stronger one. No other rope could be found, and trace-chains were used.
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Stewart County, Georgia
Event Date
Last Friday Morning
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mrs. c.c. chambliss killed instantly by gunshot to the head; jerry snead, stephen abram, and william booth hanged with trace-chains; bodies initially thrown into field but burial permitted after persuasion.
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Three negroes fired fences to draw Mr. Chambliss away, then approached the house to rob it. Mrs. Chambliss confronted them with a gun, but Jerry Snead took it and shot her in the head. They burned the corn-crib and fled, but were pursued and captured. Jerry confessed and implicated the others. Brought back to the house, a crowd of about 300 whites and blacks decided to hang them. A gallows was built, and they were executed with trace-chains. The negroes jeered and taunted during the process; a rope broke on Stephen Abram before using chains.