Vocabulary – Woolfolk Murders
Noun
The act of murdering a large number of people (four or more) typically at the same time.
Slaughtered
Verb
The brutal killing of a person or large numbers of people
Suspicion
Noun
A belief or feeling that something is wrong without specific evidence to support it
Evidence
Noun
The objects or information used to prove or suggest the guilt of somebody accused of a crime
Agitated
Adjective
Anxious, nervous, disturbed
Lynching
Noun
Putting someone to death without a trial. Usually by hanging
Appeals
Noun
the hearing by a superior court of part or the whole of a previously tried case, a request for such a hearing, or the right to have such a hearing
Convicted
Verb
Declared guilty of a crime
August 6, 1887: Woolfolk Murders
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