RAYMOND BUSHROD DEATH, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK

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SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News - VOL.XXXIV-NO.145 - September 17, 1897 
LYNCHED THE NEGRO 
For the Atavistic Crime Raymond Bushrod Is Hanged By a Kentucky Mob 

HAMESVILLE, Ky.   Raymond Bushrod, a  negro, who assaulted 14-year-old Maggie Roberts, was
lynched Sunday morning by a mob of about 800 people.  The lynching occurred in the Court House
Square and the body was left handing to the limb of a shade tree. There was no attempt to
disguise on the part of the lynchers, not a mask being seen in the crowd.  Bushrod was from
Rockport, Ind. During the entire time of the lynching not less than 200 women were on the hill
overlooking the public square and when his form was seen dangling from the tree they cheered
shrilly. All through the day Bushrod gave evidence of anguish. He was told and fully realized
that his time was close at hand. He gave some evidence of sorrow.  In the March to the place of
lynching there was hard work to prevent his being killed by the infuriated men. He was twice
knocked down and was unconcious when strung up.
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