Ashley McLaughlin
The Story of Fred Coker, Horace Duncan, and Will Allen – 1906 Lynching
Current Setting Just as there is with every town, Springfield has both great and unsavory aspects of its history. On Saturday, April 14, 1906, three innocent men, Fred Coker, Horace Duncan, and Will Allen were brutally murdered and hanged in Springfield’s public square. This is the same public square that the History Museum on the…
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