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Richmond Dixon

Clark County, Ohio

Richmond Dixon, a Black man, was held in the jail in Springfield, Ohio. A mob took him from the jail and killed him. A 1905 newspaper's list of that year's lynchings records his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A list of the year's lynchings says a mob took Richmond Dixon from the Springfield, Ohio jail and killed him.

Reported by: a list of the year's lynchings.

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