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1933: Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes lynched in St. James Park

November 26th, 2013 Headsman

This still-notorious lynching — America’s seminal lynching for the broadcast media era — has been portrayed several times on the silver screen.

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Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Arts and Literature,Borderline "Executions",California,Common Criminals,Crime,Hanged,History,Kidnapping,Lynching,Public Executions,USA

Tags: 1930s, 1933, brooke hart, cinema, john holmes, newsreel, november 26, san jose, st. james park, thomas thurmond

2 thoughts on “1933: Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes lynched in St. James Park”

Meaghan says:

26 November, 2013 at 6:06 pm

JCF, I highly recommend you read the book about the case: “Swift Justice” by Harry Farrell.

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JCF says:

26 November, 2013 at 4:26 am

I’m a native Northern Californian, and I’ve never heard of this case before! Utterly disgraceful. The governor should have been hung…in effigy.

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