Attack on John Shillady: Difference between revisions

|isbn=9781585445448}}</ref>{{rp|140}} He was attacked and badly beaten by a mob in [[Austin, Texas]], on August 22, 1919. The attack occurred in broad daylight in downtown Austin, and the perpetrators bragged publicly about it. Shillady's neverinjuries recoveredleft completely,long-lasting physical and died the followingemotional yeareffects.

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Shillady arrived by train late on August 20. The next day, after meeting with various officials, he was confronted by a mob of 8 to 10 white men, including county judge David Pickle, constable Charles Hamby, and Ben Pierce. They served him with a subpoena, and hauled him to a secret "court of inquiry",<ref name=Naacp/>{{rp|8}}<ref name=Red/>{{rp|165}} "for discovering the object of his visit."<ref name=Statesman/> The judge was M. M. Johnson.<ref name=Statesman/> "The proceedings were dignified by such questions as: 'If you're a "[[nigger]]" lover why don't you go and stay in a "nigger" hotel?', and similar questions concerning the witness and his family."<ref name=Naacp/>{{rp|9–10}} "Effort was made to show that the National Association was attempting to violate the laws of Texas by…favoring equal and unsegregated accomodationsaccommodations on railroad cars."<ref name=Naacp/>{{rp|8}} While Shillady "read into the record" information about the Association and the [[National Conference on Lynching]],<ref name=Naacp/>{{rp|9}} this record has never been found. Pickens berated him and demanded that he leave Texas immediately, which he refused to do.

==The lynchingattack==

The next day, he noted he was being shadowed.<ref name=Naacp/>{{rp|9}} At 10 AM, outside the [[DriscollDriskill Hotel]] where he was staying, the group confronted him again. When Shillady said "You don't see my point of view," constable Hanly "struck him squarely in the right eye and said 'I'll fix you so you can't see'".<ref name=Statesman/>. (Hanly's hand was subsequently bandaged; some reports say it was Pickle who punched him.<ref name=Statesman/>) The others joined in, and he was "severely beaten";<ref>{{cite news

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Shillady never completely recovered. In addition to the physical injuries, he was "emotionally crushed".<ref name=Red/>{{rp|263}} "Broken in spirit", the year afterwards he resigned his NAACP post;.<ref name=Tuttle>{{cite articlemagazine

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|year=1972}}</ref>{{rp|333}} he entered a hospital and died shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web

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