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Burning Human Beings Alive
A decade's roll of Americans burned alive by mobs — Ed Coy, Henry Smith, Sam Hose, a postmaster and his infant child, two men later proven innocent — each witnessed by thousands and reported without shame in the local press.
The decade's roll of burnings, 1891-1899Henry Smith at Paris, TexasSam Hose at Palmetto, GeorgiaPostmaster Baker and his infant child at Lake City