History: Frank Embree, in Fayette, Missouri. He was accused of raping a 14 year-old white girl. Embree maintained his innocence but pleaded after having been whipped over 100 times, said he would confess if they would in his words "hang me or shoot me instead of torturing me." July 23, 1899 [500 × 677].

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