In a message dated 8/11/2003 9:00:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, GAMUSCOG-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Does anyone know about the old street car lines that would have ran in > Columbus in the early 1900's? In 1912 a lynching took place on the Wynnton > switch of the columbus street car line. I would love to know where that was so > that I can take a present day picture of the site for my story. > <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/georgia/page4.html">Just Plain Interesting</A> [form this site] ....The bailiff's refused to give up T Z and were attacked by members of this mob. A fight broke out at the court house but T Z was taken by the mob to the corner of 10th street and 2nd Avenue. One of the streetcars were stopped at gun point and the car was ordere to go to the city limits. At that time the city limits would have been 10th Avenue, near the R C plant. Passengers other than the mob were orderd off. The street car then continued towards Wynn's hill. The hill was too steep for the steetcar. The switch was located at the base of Wynns hill, where Bradley drive is today. This is the road that runs in front of the Library. This is where the street car stopped and the mob and T Z got off. The street car was then told to go. T Z was shot there at the Wynnton Switch. There were between 25 and 50 holes in his body. He was left there in a small ditch . Word of the lyching spread like crazy and many people came out to see the body.... The site has a picture of the grave of the TZ.