Women reading story of San Jose lynching

Women reading story of San Jose lynching

The local press was well aware that a mob planned to lynch two men accused of kidnapping and murdering Brooke Hart, the popular son of a San Jose department store owner. “2 Hart Kidnap Killers Hanged: Scores Injured” is the banner headline of the front page Call-Bulletin story these women are reading. The smaller headline reads: “Rolph Pardons San Jose Vigilantes,” referring to California governor James Rolph. Courtesy of Courtesy of the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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