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The Gazette
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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In Bartow, Georgia, a month-long reign of terror by nightriders has killed at least three Black men (Ernest Bell, Will Walker, one unidentified), with two more reported murdered, six severely beaten, and 14 homes burned. Two others are held in jail in Louisville, GA, at risk of lynching.
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Nightriders Inaugurate a Reign of Terror—Bodies Found in a Well and in a Field Brutally Murdered.
Atlanta, Ga.—At least three "Negroes" have been killed near Bartow, this state, two others are reported murdered, six beaten severely, and the homes of fourteen burned to the ground, in a reign of landlord terror which, carefully suppressed by all newspapers there, has been raging for a month and is going on at the present time. At least two others are held in jail at Louisville, Ga., and are in momentary danger of being lynched. The dead are Ernest Bell, Will Walker and one unidentified. The body of Bell was found in a well, where he had been thrown after his body was mutilated. The body of one, unidentified, was found in a fallow field with numerous bullets in the head and with the throat cut. Walker died in an Augusta hospital after being fatally injured by a Bartow policeman. According to a coroner's jury, the other two men were killed by parties unknown.
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Bartow, Georgia
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Raging For A Month And Is Going On At The Present Time
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at least three killed (ernest bell, will walker, one unidentified), two others reported murdered, six beaten severely, fourteen homes burned; two held in jail at louisville, ga., in danger of lynching; other two killed by parties unknown per coroner's jury.
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Nightriders have inaugurated a reign of terror near Bartow, killing at least three "Negroes", reporting two more murdered, beating six severely, and burning fourteen homes; suppressed by local newspapers. Bodies: Bell mutilated and thrown in well; unidentified with bullets in head and throat cut in field; Walker fatally injured by policeman, died in Augusta hospital.