Frustrated Lynch Mob

The determined men of a Shelbyville, Tennessee, mob were cheated of a lynching when National Guardsmen stoutly resisted their attempts to lay hands on an African American charged with the assault of a 14-year-old white girl. In the center, wearing a long overcoat, is G.L. Gibson, father of the assault victim. The mustached-man beside him, also brandishing a revolver, is his brother, the girl's uncle. Infuriated at the escape from punishment of E.K. Harris, the suspect, who was spirited away from town by troops during the height if the trouble, and by the death of two men and the wounding of many others during the melee with the troops, the mob set fire to the Shelbyville Courthouse.
The determined men of a Shelbyville, Tennessee, mob were cheated of a lynching when National Guardsmen stoutly resisted their attempts to lay hands on an African American charged with the assault of a 14-year-old white girl. In the center, wearing a long overcoat, is G.L. Gibson, father of the assault victim. The mustached-man beside him, also brandishing a revolver, is his brother, the girl's uncle. Infuriated at the escape from punishment of E.K. Harris, the suspect, who was spirited away from town by troops during the height if the trouble, and by the death of two men and the wounding of many others during the melee with the troops, the mob set fire to the Shelbyville Courthouse.
Frustrated Lynch Mob
PURCHASE A LICENCE
How can I use this image?
475.00 €
EUR
Please note: images depicting historical events may contain themes, or have descriptions, that do not reflect current understanding. They are provided in a historical context. Learn more.

DETAILS

Restrictions:
Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses.
Credit:
Bettmann / Contributor
Editorial #:
515589032
Collection:
Bettmann
Date created:
21 December, 1934
Upload date:
Licence type:
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Bettmann
Object name:
u288901acme.jpg
Max file size:
4089 x 3078 px (34.62 x 26.06 cm) - 300 dpi - 6 MB