Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
California lynching - kidnapping
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 · November 27, 1933
Lynching Of A Murderer. The body of Thomas Thurmond, alleged kidnaper and slayer of Brooke Hart, shown after a mob which dragged him from the county jail, completed its work, San Jose, California, November 27, 1933. He was beaten and hanged from a tree in the St James city park, 100 yards from the jail, while his alleged accomplice, John Holmes, was strung up a few minutes later.
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