Joseph Merrill (sheriff)

Joseph Merrill was a sheriff of Carroll County, Georgia at the turn of the 20th century who gained nationwide fame for stopping a lynching.[1] Articles about his bravery appeared in the New York Evening Post, the Atlanta Constitution, the Louisville Courier Journal, the Washington Star, and the Boston Herald.[2] He is also mentioned by Mark Twain in his 1901 essay The United States of Lyncherdom.[3]

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  1. ↑ The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: Volume LXII. New York: Macmillan & Co. Ldt. 1901. p. 631.
  2. ↑ "A Sheriff Who Did His Duty". Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of Press Throughout the World on All Important Current Topics. 30. Waverley Place, New York. 20 June 1901. p. 777.
  3. ↑ Twain, Mark; Justin Kaplan (2004). Great Short Works of Mark Twain. Harper Collins. pp. 193f2. ISBN 0060727861.
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