I don't know anything about Monett in that time frame, but I know Pierce City had problems: they're close enough together perhaps that's what your grandfather referred to? I can't put a year to it off the top of my head, but there was a lynching in Pierce City that got sufficient press that Mark Twain commented on it ( and he wasn't living anywhere near Missouri at the time).....something in my peripheral memory (which has as many holes in it as a sieve) says that the Pierce City lynching was the *last* Missouri lynching. Megan "Piglet" Zurawicz, ListPig piglet@rootsweb.com listmaster@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Obie01@aol.com [mailto:Obie01@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 9:30 AM To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Newspaper help 1906 Hi Judy, I emailed the newspaper in Monett and asked about racial riots in 1906. The assistant editor denied Monett ever having racial trouble and said the only problem was with the railroad.However,my grandfather said they were sent to put down racial riots in Monett and were not allowed off the train. He was in Springfield the day after the lynching's. A volunteer at the Springfield Library sent me copies of all the newspaper articles about the lynching in Springfield. The first story covers the entire front page of the paper and there were many follow ups, including the investigation and arrest of the leaders.It was horrifying to read and exactly as my grandfather told it.The reporter went into great detail. Another family researcher, who visited Monett four years ago ,and met the editor of the Monett newspaper, told me editorials had been written about the 1906 incidents in Monett ,in recent newspapers.However, the assistant editor said no articles had been written at anytime in the present.Are the Monett newspapers on microfilm? Dobie in Texas