Bowen was found in the bedroom of a young white woman in the Lebanon community, about six miles south of Aberdeen and about nine miles from his place of employment, the farm of Charles Keith[1] while other reports say Charles Moore.[2][3] After being discovered about 3:00 AM, Bowen fled[4] but was hunted down by a posse in a field two to three miles away from the young woman's house, turning him over to a justice of the peace.
Lynching
He was then taken quietly from his captors and hung.[5] The entire neighborhood was alleged to have taken Bowen from the custody of others and hanged him on the public road near where the alleged assault occurred.[4][6]
Other county lynchings
In 1914, Mayho Miller, an 18-year-old
African-American boy, was lynched by a mob after an alleged assault.[7]
Bowen was found in the bedroom of a young white woman in the Lebanon community, about six miles south of Aberdeen and about nine miles from his place of employment, the farm of Charles Keith[1] while other reports say Charles Moore.[2][3] After being discovered about 3:00 AM, Bowen fled[4] but was hunted down by a posse in a field two to three miles away from the young woman's house, turning him over to a justice of the peace.
Lynching
He was then taken quietly from his captors and hung.[5] The entire neighborhood was alleged to have taken Bowen from the custody of others and hanged him on the public road near where the alleged assault occurred.[4][6]
Other county lynchings
In 1914, Mayho Miller, an 18-year-old
African-American boy, was lynched by a mob after an alleged assault.[7]