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Five AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES
Nease Gillepsie, John Gillepsie, Jack Dillingham,
Henry Lee, and George Irwin

Salisbury, North Carolina
Aug. 6, 1906

The men were accused of killing the Lyerly Family. They were wrested from the local authorities one night while awaiting trial. The New York Times reported that the men were tortured with knives before being hanged and then bullets were pumped into the bodies.

 
     
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