Note 59:6 — Chapter III · LYNCHING FROM THE END OF CARPET-BAG RULE TO THE PRESENT TIME
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Joliet, Ill., Sept. 10 (1917), Riot in State Prison. Rioters numbered about fifty. Had become angered at impositions of restrictions. “Among the privileges previously enjoyed by the convicts was an almost unlimited correspondence with sentimental women.”—Washington (D. C.) Star, Sept. 10, 1917.