At this intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. or (Ninth St.) and the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hwy. (Central Ave.) John Evans was lynched. Nov. 12, 1914.
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His name appears on this comprehensive listing of lynchings.
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The Annotated Bibliography of Lynching, found on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=tOpP_gZ3kJEC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=%22john+evans%22+lynched+st+petersburg&source=bl&ots=0VcRrHjsY4&sig=-JCRiS66nmlsSkJqFjxIzyAPQ3A&hl=en&ei=HvubSrz4KeOK8QbD05ysBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#v=onepage&q=%22john%20evans%22%20lynched%20st%20petersburg&f=false) lists the following:
1488. Wilson, Jon L. "Days of Fear: A Lynching in St Petersburg." Tampa Bay History, Vol 5, No 2 (Fall/Winter 1983):4-26. Hanging of john Evans, black suspect in murder and possible rape cases, 1914.
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A link (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19900212&id=9MwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZnUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7111,3035493) to a 1990 St Petersburg times article microfilm that discusses the event.
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