man, last Monday night, The negroes had been removed to
Norfolk jail earlier for safekeeping, The mob forced the
dorrs of the jail & were met by Dep. Sh, Huebert and half
a score of officers of whom the cell keys were demanded &
refused. The crowd was forced back by the police with
drawn weapons & the fire department called out to disperse
the crowd. Under orders of Mayor Reed the police arrested
3 white men and half a score of negroes as ringleaders.
Warrents have been issued for half a hundred moreeesee"
NEWS, Galveston, TX, Aug. 16, 1908 (1/5.)
WORKSHEET PREPARED = VIRGINIA - Nw - BOUND.
man, last Monday night. The negroes had been removed to
Norfolk jail earlier for safekeeping. The mob forced the
dorrs of ‘the jail & were met by Dep. Sh, Huebert and half
a score of officers of whom the cell keys were demanded &
refused. The crowd was forced back by the police with
drawn weapons & the fire department called out to disperse
the crowd. Under orders of Mayor Reed the police arrested
3 white men and half a score of negroes as ringleaders.
Warrents have been issued for half a hundred moreeesee"
NEWS, Galveston, TX, Aug. 16, 1908 (1/5.)
WORKSHEET PREPARED - VIRGINIA - Nw - BOUND.
man, last Monday night, The negroes had been removed to
Norfolk jail earlier for safekeeping, The mob forced the
dorrs of the jail & were met by Dep. Sh, Huebert and half
a score of officers of whom the cell keys were demanded &
refused, The crowd was forced back by the police with
érawn weapons & the fire department called out to disperse
the crowd, Under orders of Mayor Reed the police arrested
B isnt nen andthe elt eotelet hegroes as ringleaders
Verrents have been issued for half a huhdred mores.
NEWS, Galveston, TX, Auge 16, 1908 (1/5.)
= Nw - BOUND.
ety psy ates Ma bene to
SMITH, Henry LO- [3-{F0 a
Black, 22eyears-old, electrocuted Virginia State
Prison (Norfolk County) on October 13, 1908,
"October 13, 1908-The first execution under the new
statute of Virginia, which substitutes electrocution
for hanging, took place in the penitentigry here
early today. The man to suffer the penalty was
Henry Smith, a negro convicted of rape on an aged
lady of Portsmouth and robbery, No details of the
execution were given out by the penitentiary but
officials say that there was no hitch, the law pro=
hibiting the publishing of details,"
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Bimmingham, Alae, 10-13-1908
"Norfolk, 8-15-1908 = A mob of more than 300 men attacked
Portsmouth jail at 1 o'clock this morning bent on lynching
Wm. King and Henry Smith, negroes, who were held on the
charge of raping Mrs. Katherine Powell, an aged white wo=
SMITH; Henry (0 -[9-[90F
Black, 22eyears-old, electrocuted Virginia State
Prison (Norfolk County) on October 13, 1908,
"October 13, 1908-The first execution under the new
statute of Virginia, which substitutes electrocution
for hanging, took place in the penitentiary here
early today. The man to suffer the penalty was
Henry Smith, a negro convicted of rape on an aged
lady of Portsmouth and robbery. No details of the
execution were given out by the penitentiary but
officials say that there was no hitch, the law pro=
hibiting the publishing of details,"
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Bimmingham, Alae, 10-13-1908
"Norfolk, 8-15-1908 = A mob of more than 300 men attacked
Portsmouth jail at 1 o'clock this morning bent on lynching
Wm, King and Henry Smith, negroes, who were held on the
charge of raping Mrs. Katherine Powell, an aged white wo-
SMITH, Henry A Be UZ A 1G
"October 13, 1908-The first execution under the net
statute of Virginia, which substitutes electrocution
for hanging, took place in the penitentiary here
early today, The man to suffer the penalty was
Henry Smith, a negro convicted of rape on an aged
lady of Portsmouth and robbery, No details of the
execution were given out by the penitentiary but
officials say that there was no hitch, the law pro-
pe the publishing of details,
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Bimmingham, Alas) 10-13-1908
Norfolk, 8-15-1908 - 4 mob of nore than 300 nen attacked
tin, King and Henry Smith, negroes, vho vere held on the
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