1929-02-22 "Jury Probing Lynching Case Finds Nothing" in The Tampa Times
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1929-02-22 "Jury Probing Lynching Case Finds Nothing" in The Tampa Times
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An article in The Tampa Times, published in Tampa, Florida on February 22, 1929 "Jury Probing Lynching Case Finds Nothing: Evidence Lacking in Hernando County Hanging". Eighteen-year-old African-American man, Buster Adams was taken from the Hillsborough County, Florida jail in Tampa, to protect him from threatened mob violence after he was charged with attacking a thirteen-year-old white girl. Two men impersonating sheriff dupties with a suposed letter from the county sherrif took him from custody, murdered him, and buried his body buried him beneath a tree near Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida. This article reports that a jury found insufficient evidence to indict anyone responsible.
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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1929.02.22_Allen_The_Tampa_Times
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The Tampa Times, “1929-02-22 "Jury Probing Lynching Case Finds Nothing" in The Tampa Times,” Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, accessed May 29, 2023, https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/40500.