Lynching of Ben Gay: August 7, 1896
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City: Sulphur Bluff
County: Hopkins County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Arson
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"Mount Vernon: A Supposed Negro Barn Burner Lynched by a Mob"
Source: Times Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) | Date: August 8, 1896.
"Negro Lynched for Arson"
Source: Times-Democrat (New Orleans, Louisiana) | Date: August 8, 1896