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The Star of Zion, a publication from Charlotte, N. C., encourages the black community to support the Planet just as they did when the paper first began publishing articles on lynch-law.

A group of Italians attack the black people of Spring Valley, Illinois because they are competing for similar jobs.

Excitement in the community” stirs when guards heavily protect a prisoner who faces threats of lynching.

A bond broker, Oliver Hazard, is arrested on suspicion of bond forgery.

A robber tries to steal from a blind black man, who catches him and has him arrested.

A mob of two hundred men lynch one black man and force three others to leave the county after a white family is murdered.

Two tramps in Philadelphia take up residence in a wealthy family’s closed home, and when they depart steal hundreds of dollars worth of clothing and leave behind damaged property.

A group of three white men whip another white man's black tenant, leading to a lethal fight at the county courthouse.

The Planet argues that three black women should not be convicted of a crime where there is no evidence proving them guilty and an alibi saying that they were not involved.

Three women who were wrongfully accused of murder gains the support of the community as their innocence becomes more evident.