Killing of Shadrack Thompson in Virginia in 1932
Incident
Shadrack Thompson (1893-1932), a laborer, died, likely via lynching in Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. For two months, Thompson had been sought for allegedly attacking Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Baxley, a white couple, in their home. A farmhand named Noah Kenney found Thompson’s body hanging from a tree. A mob gathered and set the body on fire; on the scene was deputy sheriff W.W. Pearson. The coroner, Dr. George H. Davis, ruled the hanging a suicide. Virginia’s attorney C.W. Carter concurred. News reports noted that there was evidence of brutality, including a bullet hole to the head and mutilation of the body.
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- Advocacy Group: 2021-03224-HORTON Ralph (1401820366)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03226-MELKER Robert (1401820561)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03339-THOMPSON Shadrack (1403257832)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03339-THOMPSON Shadrack (1403257832)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02745-TUCKER Frank (1376704786)
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00564-HOOPER AKA FRANKS Coleman (1045427942)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03339-THOMPSON Shadrack (1403257832)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03339-THOMPSON Shadrack (1403257832)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03339-THOMPSON Shadrack (1403257832)
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