Negro Gunn Burned to Death By Mob on Top of Victim's Schoolhouse, St. Joseph Gazette, 1931

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Negro Gunn Burned to Death By Mob on Top of Victim's Schoolhouse, St. Joseph Gazette, 1931

Entry/Object ID

AM1993.1.57

Scope and Content

Negro Gunn Burned to Death By Mob on Top of Victim's Schoolhouse, St. Joseph Gazette, 1931 --Raymond Gunn Taken by Force by infuriated Mob This Morning While Being Escorted by Deputy Sheriff to Courthouse for Arraignment for Murder of Miss Velma Colter --National Guard Mobilized But Fails to Take Action --Large Throng Present Around County Jail in Maryville Before Daybreak Today and by 8 0clock More Than 1,500 Men Milling About--Group of fifty on Foot Throws Rope Around Slayer and Starts for School House, Several Hundred Others Following in Motor Cars. --Photo of Gunn as he looked in St. Joseph Jail --Photo of Garrett School --Photo of interior of Garrett School --Photo of Velma Colter.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

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Serial

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Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Lynchings

Search Terms

St. Joseph Gazette, Maryville, Missouri Lynching

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 2, 2018

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Velma Colter

Person or Organization

Raymond Gunn