Lynching redux

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:11 AM -0400 7/28/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>In an earlier thread, there was some question as to whether vigilantes
>had to use hanging as the means of execution in order for said
>execution to count as a lynching.
>
>The NYT, in a recent article, referred to a vigilante killing as a
>lynching, even though the four victims had been shot to death. IIRC,
>the article described the occurrence as "the last mass lynching."
>
Oops, I noticed that too.  I was hoping you hadn't, Wilson,
especially after a couple of weeks went by, but I shoulda oughta've
known...

L