1915 Election Mob Duty
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Description:
Photograph of the South Carolina Militia standing guard with rifles at Court House Square. The Daniel Blake's Tenements (4 Courthouse Square) are visible in the background. Bennett captured the scene from Broad Street.
On October 15th a ballet recount for the mayoral election between T.T. Hyde and John P. Grace was underway when a riot broke out between both party supporters resulting in Sidney Cohen, a reporter for the News & Courier, being accidentally shot through the lung and killed. In the aftermath, Governor Richard Manning sent in the South Carolina Militia to guard against further violence.
- Title: 1915 Election Mob Duty
- Photographer: Bennett, John, 1865-1956
- Date: October 1915
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Political Campaigns & Elections
- Object Id: MK 5946
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