1889 Apr. 3, Martin Rollins (African American)

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Rollins (aka Martin Roland) died at the hands of a mob of men who took him from jail by force, conveyed him to Little Cedar Creek one mile East of Lebanon and there hung him and shot him until he was dead. Depositions from eyewitnesses describe events as they unfolded, often in graphic detail, although no persons are identified by deponents.

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