Lynching of Horace Maples
Horace Maples was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob of approximately 2,000 people in Huntsville, Alabama on September 7, 1904.[1] Maples had been accused of murder, and was being held in the jail when someone set fire to it. Maples escaped the jail, but was seized by the crowd and killed.[2] A grand jury returned indictments against some of the lynch mob, but these were overturned.[3]
Memorial
A memorial at the Madison County, Alabama Courthouse was established on September 7, 2020.[4]
References
- ^ "ALABAMA MOB HANGS NEGRO.; Burns Jail to Get at Him -- Vote Taken Before Hanging". The New York Times. September 8, 1904. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "LYNCHED BY A MOB Alabama Negro Taken From Jail and Hanged to Tree". The Press Democrat. No. 213. September 8, 1904. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Record, James (1978). A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume II (PDF). Huntsville, Alabama: James Record. pp. 115–116.
- ^ "Madison County memorial for 116th year Anniversary of Horace Maples lynching". WAFF 48. Retrieved 1 May 2021.