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JUDGE LYNCH! (HARDCOVER)
“Judge Lynch Holds Court!” That was the banner headline in a Posey County, Indiana newspaper after seven African American men were murdered by a white mob during October, 1878. The paper described the ...
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JUDGE LYNCH! (SOFTCOVER)
“Judge Lynch Holds Court!” That was the banner headline in a Posey County, Indiana newspaper after seven African American men were murdered by a white mob during October, 1878. The paper described the ...
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AuthorHouse.com Press Release of 08/14/2008
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**EDITORS: For review copies or interview requests, contact:Promotional Services DepartmentTel: 888-728-8467Fax: 812-961-3133Email: pressreleases@authorhouse.com(When requesting a review copy, please provide a street address.) Judge Lynch!New Novel Based on Real-Life Accounts Exposes Secrets of Small Southern Indiana CommunityMT. VERNON, Ind. – During the autumn of 1878 a mob of white men murdered seven black men in the small southern Indiana community of Mt. Vernon in picturesque Posey County. More than 100 years later, Posey County’s Circuit Court Judge James M. Redwine was intrigued enough to uncover the mystery and secrecy surrounding the circumstances of those killings. The result is his new novel, Judge Lynch! (published by AuthorHouse).Thoroughly researched and meticulously documented, Redwine spent more than 17 years piecing together the details surrounding the murders in Posey County using court records, newspapers, microfilm, and family diaries and records to create a comprehensive account of the incidents. He was inspired by an 1882 book, History and Directory of Posey County, where the murders were mentioned in three brief paragraphs, and by the four hangman’s nooses still on display in the 1990s at the Posey County jail. “Much of this novel is rooted in fact,” Redwine writes. “But, because many in the white community of 1878 had good reason to avoid exposure and many in the black community were driven out, I have taken poetic license to tell the story and call for such atonement as may be possible.” Judge John Eagleson, a contemporary Posey County Circuit Court Judge, is the narrator for much of Judge Lynch!, which spans from 1795 to the present day. Much like Redwine himself, Judge Eagleson delves into old documents to uncover the events leading up to the murders and learn more about those involved. Jim Good, William Chambers, Jeff Hopkins, and Edward Warner, all black men, were charged with raping white prostitutes and subsequently dragged from the Posey County jail and lynched by a white mob on Oct. 12, 1878. Within the same week, John Harrison, Daniel Harrison Jr. and Daniel Harrison Sr. (also all black men) were killed: John was shot and his body stuffed into the hollow trunk of a tree on Oct. 10, the younger Daniel Harrison was thrown alive into the fire of a railroad steam engine on Oct. 9, and the elder Harrison was cut to pieces and thrown into the jailhouse privy on Oct. 12. All the murders were the work of a mob of white men. Uncover the painful history of an historic southern Indiana community in the pages of Judge Lynch!
Posted on 8/20/2008
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JUDGE LYNCH! (HARDCOVER)
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Mary Ann Burris (Posey County, Indiana Resident)
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JUDGE LYNCH! (HARDCOVER)
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Judy Etherton (Posey County, Indiana Resident)
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JUDGE LYNCH! (HARDCOVER)
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D. Neil Harris, Chancellor, 16th Judicial District of Mississippi
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JUDGE LYNCH! (HARDCOVER)
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Phyllis Hawley (Posey County, Indiana Resident)
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JUDGE LYNCH! (HARDCOVER)
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Jack E. Bauman (Mt. Vernon, Indiana Resident)
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