Date: 
Thursday, May 24, 1917 (all day)

NEGRO FIEND BURNED AT STAKE

Near Memphis in Presence of 7,000 People Body Cut in Pieces

Ell Persons, a Negro, was burned at the stake near Memphis on Tuesday morning. He was slowly roasted to death over a gasoline soaked log, and after death his body was dismembered...

Putnam County Herald, 5/24/1917
Putnam County Herald, 5/24/1917