Lynching of Joseph Vermillion
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lynching-of-joseph-vermillion-234-7821501
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Lynching of Joseph Vermillion
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Joseph Vermilion was a 27-year-old white man lynched December 3, 1889 for the crime of arson in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Vermillion had been jailed in Upper Marlboro for a series of arsons involving barns filled with tobacco and houses in Prince George's County. At 2:30am, a band of masked men broke into the jail, overpowered the jailkeeper, and left with Vermillion. Vermillion was dragged to the "iron bridge just between the town and the railroad depot" and hanged. His body was left hanging fr
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Murder case in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Joseph_Vermillion
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2023-12-16T11:09:16Z
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