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Neville

died October 10, 1868 · Wisconsin

Neville, a man, was held in a jail in Wisconsin in October 1868. On Saturday, October 10, 1868, a mob took him from the jail and killed him, according to The Hancock Jeffersonian, which reported the lynching on October 16. The mob acted on the day of the funeral of Mrs. Anna Wallace, a young married woman who had been killed near Richland Center.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Hancock Jeffersonian reports that a mob took Neville from a jail in Wisconsin and lynched him.

Reported by: The Hancock Jeffersonian (reporters).

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