Talk:Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith

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Not the last lynchings in the US[edit]

See: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/us/history-of-lynchings-in-the-south-documents-nearly-4000-names.html

Age?[edit]

Does anyone have the ages/dates of birth of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.69.86 (talk) 10:12, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shipp was 19 and Smith was 18, according to a story on the BBC Newshour programme, January 4, 2015 ([1]). The BBC story doesn't question the idea that the three were the ones who had held up Claude Deeter and Mary Ball at gunpoint. I wonder how strong the evidence was when Cameron was convicted. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 16:18, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NPR Article[edit]

This NPR article might be a useful source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129025516 Tweisbach (talk) 13:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Prosecutions?[edit]

In Beitler's famous photograph of the incident, at least a dozen faces in the lynch mob are clearly visible. Were any of these people ever identified and prosecuted? Shouldn't this be mentioned somewhere in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 21:09, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You mean like it was done in the case of the Sharpeville Six? --41.146.43.7 (talk) 01:02, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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