Yeah--that was me that sent out the news last year on the Ralston lynching. MaryCarol was good enough to put up the data on the Weakley Website. I located a long, graphic article in the Dresden paper about the 1915 Mallie Wilson lynching--complete with photograph. The other four happened when newspapers were being published, but evidently no issues survived to have been microfilmed. Richard. [email protected] + 731-881-7094 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry L Coats Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query Richard there was another lynching in Ralston around 1878-80 when my GGG Uncle George Thomas was sheriff. Someone sent me information on a lynching that occurred when two men were dragged off a NC&St.L train when it stopped in Ralston for a water stop. I did a quick search upstairs in my research folders for my book but did not find it. I will try to find it later. Are there not newspapers from the 1890s to cover the first 4 lynches? Terry L. Coats www.ncstldepots.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Saunders <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:47 am Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query Recently I stumbled across mention of several lynchings in Weakley County: Loeb Landers in Dresden on 1 Aug 1892 Alex Bell in Mt Pelia on 5 Oct 1892 L. C. Dumas (no location given) on 8 Jun 1893 James Harr (no location given) on 21 Jun 1893 Samuel Clay in Martin on 12 June 1896 Mallie Wilson in Dresden on 4 Sep 1915 Five of the six are listed among the lynchings and executions in Crane's Tennessee's Troubled History (Earle-Shields,1979) but no citations are given. Newspapers exist that would cover only the last incident. Has anyone else encountered data or references to these (or any others)? ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** Richard Saunders, Curator Special Collections/Univ. Archives Univ. of Tennessee at Martin 731-881-7094 10 Wayne Fisher Drive fax 731-881-7074 Martin, Tenn. 38238 [email protected] ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** P Please consider the environment before printing this email-live green. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Mallie Wilson lynching was in Greenfield on the railroad tracks south of town. Joe Stout -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Saunders Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query Yeah--that was me that sent out the news last year on the Ralston lynching. MaryCarol was good enough to put up the data on the Weakley Website. I located a long, graphic article in the Dresden paper about the 1915 Mallie Wilson lynching--complete with photograph. The other four happened when newspapers were being published, but evidently no issues survived to have been microfilmed. Richard. [email protected] + 731-881-7094 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry L Coats Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query Richard there was another lynching in Ralston around 1878-80 when my GGG Uncle George Thomas was sheriff. Someone sent me information on a lynching that occurred when two men were dragged off a NC&St.L train when it stopped in Ralston for a water stop. I did a quick search upstairs in my research folders for my book but did not find it. I will try to find it later. Are there not newspapers from the 1890s to cover the first 4 lynches? Terry L. Coats www.ncstldepots.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Saunders <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:47 am Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query Recently I stumbled across mention of several lynchings in Weakley County: Loeb Landers in Dresden on 1 Aug 1892 Alex Bell in Mt Pelia on 5 Oct 1892 L. C. Dumas (no location given) on 8 Jun 1893 James Harr (no location given) on 21 Jun 1893 Samuel Clay in Martin on 12 June 1896 Mallie Wilson in Dresden on 4 Sep 1915 Five of the six are listed among the lynchings and executions in Crane's Tennessee's Troubled History (Earle-Shields,1979) but no citations are given. Newspapers exist that would cover only the last incident. Has anyone else encountered data or references to these (or any others)? ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** Richard Saunders, Curator Special Collections/Univ. Archives Univ. of Tennessee at Martin 731-881-7094 10 Wayne Fisher Drive fax 731-881-7074 Martin, Tenn. 38238 [email protected] ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** P Please consider the environment before printing this email-live green. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My dad once told us that he had seen the body hanging where a man had been lynched. He was born October 1900 and lived in Greenfield until about age 14 or 15 (we think) when they moved to Arkansas. This must have been the one you described. Martha Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Saunders" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query > Yeah--that was me that sent out the news last year on the Ralston > lynching. MaryCarol was good enough to put up the data on the Weakley > Website. > > I located a long, graphic article in the Dresden paper about the 1915 > Mallie Wilson lynching--complete with photograph. The other four > happened when newspapers were being published, but evidently no issues > survived to have been microfilmed. > > Richard. > [email protected] + 731-881-7094 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry L Coats > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query > > Richard there was another lynching in Ralston around 1878-80 when my GGG > Uncle George Thomas was sheriff. Someone sent me information on a > lynching that occurred when two men were dragged off a NC&St.L train > when it stopped in Ralston for a water stop. > > > I did a quick search upstairs in my research folders for my book but did > not find it. I will try to find it later. > > > Are there not newspapers from the 1890s to cover the first 4 lynches? > > > Terry L. Coats > www.ncstldepots.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Saunders <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:47 am > Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Lynching query > > > Recently I stumbled across mention of several lynchings in Weakley > County: > > > > Loeb Landers in Dresden on 1 Aug 1892 > > Alex Bell in Mt Pelia on 5 Oct 1892 > > L. C. Dumas (no location given) on 8 Jun 1893 > > James Harr (no location given) on 21 Jun 1893 > > Samuel Clay in Martin on 12 June 1896 > > Mallie Wilson in Dresden on 4 Sep 1915 > > > > Five of the six are listed among the lynchings and executions in Crane's > Tennessee's Troubled History (Earle-Shields,1979) but no citations are > given. Newspapers exist that would cover only the last incident. Has > anyone else encountered data or references to these (or any others)? > > > > > > ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** > > Richard Saunders, Curator > > Special Collections/Univ. Archives > > Univ. of Tennessee at Martin 731-881-7094 > > 10 Wayne Fisher Drive fax 731-881-7074 > > Martin, Tenn. 38238 [email protected] > > > > ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***** > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email-live green. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message