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| Picture No | 11108623 |
| Date | March 1884 |
| Description | Cincinnati Courthouse riots of 1884 |
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Cincinnati Courthouse riots, were caused by public outrage over the decision of a jury to return a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder. A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attempted to find and lynch the perpetrator. Terrible conflicts that lasted a couple of days, between the populace and the military, with the killing of fifty persons and wounding of two hundred, besides the burning of the Court-house and a valuable law library.
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| Source | Illustration in 'The Illustrated London News', 26 April 1884, page 409 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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