The extraordinary story of Isaac Jenkins – an innocent man beaten, lynched, and shot – yet SURVIVES!
Nov 22nd, 2011 by bachmann
Isaac Jenkins, a husband and father of three children, was arrested on July 13th, 1893 by an officer in Nansemond County, Virginia, and charged with selling whiskey without a license. Before he could be formally charged and placed in jail, a lynch mob arrived on the seen. The mob dragged Isaac Jenkins away where he was viciously beaten, lynched, shot twice, and left for dead. Remarkably, after the mob dispersed the rope gave way and Jenkins found himself on the ground, alive but severely injured, with abrasions to the neck, head wounds, and, of course, the two bullets in his body. He somehow staggered 13 miles into Norfolk, but was soon discovered and placed in jail with additional charges. Newspaper editor and social activist, John Mitchell Jr., took up Jenkins cause and found him legal representation. Although he was acquitted in February 1894, it still took a Governor’s pardon to release Jenkins form jail on May 24, 1894.
- Description:
- Lynched in Nansemond :not guilty, beaten hanged, and shot yet lives : Isaac Jenkins’ simple narrative, charged with selling whiskey unlawfully : the only case on record. Richmond, Va ; Planet Print, [1893?].
- Persistent Link:
- http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:5156127
- Repository:
- Widener Library
- Institution:
- Harvard University
