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Show Life Sentence for Lynchers. Former J ustice of the Peace Wilke-son Wilke-son of Palestine, Tex., the alleged leader of the mob that lynched the three Humphreys in Henderson county coun-ty in 1899, and John F. Haddis, J A Johns and Sam Hall, the remaining defendants, Tuesday plead guilty to murder in the first degree and each received a life sentence in the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Four others had previously been convicted and given life sentence.- The case is a notable one, as very few lynchers are brought to Justice. Jus-tice. J |