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1.THEFACT2.THETRIALANDAPPEALS3.THELYNCHINGOFEDJOHNSON4.TRIALINTHESUPREMECOURTOFTHEUNITEDSTATESTHEFACTTheShipptrialhasitsrootsinarapethattookplaceonadarkJanuaryeveningin1906theSt.ElmodistrictofChattanooga.OnJanuary23,1906,Twenty-one-yearoldNevadaTaylor,onherwayhomefromherbookkeepingjobindowntownChattanooga,israpedbyablackman"withasoft,kindvoice"shortlyafter6:30p.m.inSt.ElmoCemetery.SheriffJosephShippdirectsasearchfortherapist,witnesses,andevidence.Thesearchturnsuponlyablackleatherstrapusedintherape.January24,1906Shippoffersa$50rewardtoanyoneprovidinginformationthatleadstothearrestandconvictionoftheSt.Elmorapist.Bythenextday,therewardfundgrowsto$375.theSt.ElmodistrictofChattanooga查塔努加圣埃尔莫区rapist强奸犯January25,1906WillHixon,awhitemanwhoworkedneartherapescene,tellsShippthathesawablackman"twirlingaleatherstraparoundhisfinger"shortlybeforetherape.HixonlatercallsShipptoreporthavingseenthesuspectwalkingtowardtown.Shippeventuallyfindsthesuspect,EdJohnson,ridingonanicetruckandarrestshim.ShippquestionsJohnsonforthreehours,butJohnsonclaimstoknownothingoftherape.Over1,500peoplegatherinthecourtyardinfrontofthejailwheretheyassumeJohnsonisbeingheld.Manyinthecrowdhavegunsorrope.Thelynchmobstormsthejail.TennesseeGovernorCoxorderstheNationalGuardtoprotectthejail,butitisheavilydamaged.Johnson,whohadbeenmovedtoNashvilleearlierinthedayoutofaconcernthathemightbelynched,isunharmed.Tennessee田纳西州Nashville纳什维尔jail监狱THETRIALANDAPPEALSFebruary6,1906Johnsonisreturnedunderaheavily-armedguardtoChattanoogaforthestartofhistrial.NevadaTaylortestifies,identifyingJohnsonasherattacker.WillHixontellsthejury,"ThisdefendanthereistheNegroIsaw"withastrapinhishand.JohnsontestifiesthathewasattheLastChanceSaloonatthetimeoftherape,aclaimsupportedbyanumberofsaloonpatrons.February7,1906Thedefensecalls17additionalwitnesses,thenrests.February8,1906Taylortestifiesforasecondtime.Askedbyajurorwhethershe"canstatepositivelythatthisistheNegro,"Tayloranswers,"Iwillnotswearthatheistheman,butIbelieveheistheNegrowhoassaultedme.