Monday, September 2, 2019

Editor Accuses Paper of Encouraging Mob Spirit, Sept. 2, 1919

From the editorial page of The Monroe Journal, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1919, John Beasley, editor

The Franklin Times, in speaking of the lynching of a negro near Louisburg last week, encouraged the mob spirit when it said: “While there is general regret that the law was not allowed to take its course, it is pretty generally agreed by both white and black that Tyler got no more than what he deserved.” No matter if Tyler had committed the foulest crime in history, he deserved the right of trial. Few lynchings ever had for their victims a man who did not deserve to die, but a disregard of the law means that the time will come when some innocent man will suffer.

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