Lynching Bill is Passed

Indiana Legislators pass an anti-lynching law that states “the office of sheriff shall be vacated whenever a prisoner in his charge is lynched.”

Senator Barlow’s anti-lynching bill was passed in the Indiana Legislators Wednesday. It provides that the office of sheriff shall be vacated whenever a prisoner in his charge is lynched, and the sheriff must show to the satisfaction of the Governor that he faithfully did his duty before he is restored to office. This bill passed by a vote of 51 to 87.

“Lynching Bill is Passed,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/257.