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