Pe aa NE IE ee i Ge a ar ne TS Ses ae ee
proof... On the night—before-the funeral, they..demandad_.
that the ownerof the,.farm require.Jack to touch the two -
corpses in the beliefthat .if he was. guilty,. bilood.would
rune. To.satisfy.their superstibhon, the landowner .re-
quired the boy to’perform this ritual and, even though
blood did not ran, it so unnerved the lad that he con-
fessed. Convicted of the crime, he was sentenced to be
hanged privately and this was done on ye la che
Negroes in the area objected strenuously to the private
hangine as they wanted a public execution, Jack's age
is not given in the local papers, but he was probably
under 16-years-of-age. His own father refused to go to
See him or have anything to do with him after his trial
though his mother stood by him until the ex@8cution and
made numerous threate of arson if the sehtence was.
carried oute Source: A LaGrange newspaper of the times
a 7 Se ae Be ea
proof. On the night-before-the funeral, they.demandad.
that the owner-of the..farm require..Jack to touch the two |
corpses .in the belief that if he.was_ guilty, bilood would
run... To_satisfy.their superstibmhon, the Jandower -re-
quired the boy to’perform this ritual and, even though
blood did not ren, it so umerved the lad that he con=
fessede Convicted of the crime, he was sentenced to be
hanged privately and this was done on , 1877. The
Negroes in the area objected stremouS y to the private
hanging as they wanted a public execution. Jack's age
is not given in the local papers » but he was probably
under 16-years-of-age. His own father refused to go to
see him or have anything to do with him after his trial
though his mother stood by him until the mx@cution and
made numerous threate of arson if the sehtence was.
carried oute Source: A LaGrange newspaper of the times
P On the night-before-thé funeral, they re
that the ower of the farm require.Jack to touch the two
corpses in the belief that if he was guilty, bilood would
run, To-satisfy.their superstition, the landowmer re-
quired the boy to’perform this ritual and, even though
blood did not ran, it so unnerved the lad that he con-
fessed. Convicted of the crime, he was sentenced to be
hanged privately and this was done on, 71877. The
Negroes in the area objected stremovély £0 the private
hangine as they wanted a public execution, Jack's age
is not given in the local papers, but he was probably
under 16-years-of~age. His own father refused to go to
see him or have anything to do with him after his trial
though his mother stood by him until the mxScution and
nade mmerous threate of arson if the sehtence was
carried out. Source: A LaGrange newspaper of the times
peer
THOMASSON, Jack. Tuly 6, 1877 Keng p.Casar
- Thomasson, a young Negro boy, lived with his ténant father
_and mother on a farm near Long Crane, Troup Co. 3 Ga, Be-
cause he had "misbehaved himself" at some neighboring te-
nants in’the past, he was forbidden to go there. On Dec,
13, 1876, while the older members of the other family were
picking cotton, Jack went to the house and was told to
leave by 8-year~old Rebecca Miller who also s track him on
the hand with a poker, He picked up the BXX& child's
father's shotgun and shot her in the head. He then Cube |
the throat of her ® 2 year-old sis ter Melvina and went
out_and sat_on.a fence to watch the commotion when Che as
bodies were discovered. Jack was suspected immediately
| by the other Negroes on the farm,m& but there was no ~
ET
Yo We pa ,
THOMASSON, Jack. uly 6, 1677 Many 1. Corm
Thomasson, a young Negro boy, lived with his ténant ‘father
and mother on a farm near Long Crane, Troup Co,, Ga, Be-
cause he had "misbehaved himself" at some neighboring te-
nants in’the past, he was forbidden to go there. On Dec,
13, 1876, while the older members of the other family were
picking cotton, Jack went to the house and was told to
leave by 8-year-old Rebecca Miller who also s truck him on
the hand with a poker, He picked up the §XX& child's
father's shotgun and shot her in the head. He then cut :
the throat of her ® 2 -year-old sis ter Melvina and went
out and sat ona fence to watch the commotion when the
bodies were discovered. Jack was suspected immediately
by the other Negroes on the farm,m& but there was no
| Thonasson, a young Negro boy, lived With his tenant ‘father
and mother on a farm near Long Crane, Troup Co., Ga, Be=
the commotion when the
bodies were discovered. Jack was suspected immediately
by the other Negroes on the farm,m& but there was no
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0