Ogden Daily Standard | 1898-06-23 | Page 1 | Hanged by a Mob

flanged by a mob nashville tenn june 23 A dispatch to the banner from double springe springs tenn states that charles washington colored who recently assaulted mrs ward near mine lick putnam county was lynched at mine lick today he lie was captured near dayton and lodged la 1 jail at cookeville Coo keville but was taken from prison by the mob and anti banged hanged the negro eald said he bad had escaped from the jersey penitentiary after serving one short term lie he confessed big his guilt the lynching was wilu witnessed eseed by people