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Andrew Dudley

14 years old · died August 4, 1904 · Nelson County, Virginia

Andrew Dudley was a boy about 14 years old. On August 4, 1904, he was being taken by train to jail in Nelson County, Virginia, in the custody of a constable, according to a Richmond press dispatch. The dispatch reports that a mob seized him near Afton, carried him into the woods, and that he was presumed to have been lynched.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Richmond, Va. dispatch reports that a mob seized him from a constable taking him to jail by train, near Afton, and presumed he was lynched.

Reported by: Richmond, Va. dispatch (press report) (reporters).

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