Summary Justice

A Lynching in College Town

Screenplay by Doug Hunt & Joe Rufo

Materials

Maps Click image to to enlarge

  • Columbia Map (no date)
    Columbia Map (no date)
  • Columbia Map, 1915
    Columbia Map, 1915
  • Columbia Map, 1915(2)
    Columbia Map, 1915(2)
  • Downtown Columbia Map, 1915
    Downtown Columbia Map, 1915
  • Columbia Map, 1917
    Columbia Map, 1917
  • Annotated Columbia Map, 1920
    Annotated Columbia Map, 1920
  • Columbia Map, 1941
    Columbia Map, 1941
  • Annotated Columbia Map, 1941
    Annotated Columbia Map, 1941
  • Downtown Columbia, 1941
    Downtown Columbia, 1941
  • Jail to Stewart Bridge route
    Jail to Stewart Bridge route
  • Mizzou Campus, 1917
    Mizzou Campus, 1917
  • Mizzou Campus, 1924
    Mizzou Campus, 1924
  • Mizzou Campus, 1924(2)
    Mizzou Campus, 1924(2)
  • Annotated Mizzou Campus, 1924
    Annotated Mizzou Campus, 1924
  • Mizzou Campus Map, 2018
    Mizzou Campus Map, 2018

Clips Click image to view newspaper clipping

  • 4/4/23 KKK in Columbia Missourian
    4/4/23 KKK in Columbia Missourian
  • 4/4/23 McDonnell Next Mayor Tribune
    4/4/23 McDonnell Next Mayor Tribune
  • 4/9/18 Barkwell elected to City Council Tribune
    4/9/18 Barkwell elected to City Council Tribune
  • 4/14/23 Broadway Baptist Church Ad Missourian
    4/14/23 Broadway Baptist Church Ad Missourian
  • 4/18/23 Hupmobile Ad tribune
    4/18/23 Hupmobile Ad tribune
  • 4/21/23 Negro Attacks 14-Year-Old Girl Tribune
    4/21/23 Negro Attacks 14-Year-Old Girl Tribune
  • 4/21/23 Negro Attacks White Girl Missourian
    4/21/23 Negro Attacks White Girl Missourian
  • 4/23/23 Negro Brutally Attacks 14-Year-Old Girl Herald
    4/23/23 Negro Brutally Attacks 14-Year-Old Girl Herald
  • 4/23/23 Police Search for Assailant Missourian
    4/23/23 Police Search for Assailant Missourian
  • 4/23/23 Several Negroes Held Tribune
    4/23/23 Several Negroes Held Tribune
  • 4/24/23 Gertrude Teaching News Tribune
    4/24/23 Gertrude Teaching News Tribune
  • 4/24/23 No New Developments Tribune
    4/24/23 No New Developments Tribune
  • 4/26/23 Police Continue Search Herald
    4/26/23 Police Continue Search Herald
  • 4/26/23 Two More Negroes Held Tribune
    4/26/23 Two More Negroes Held Tribune
  • 4/27/23 Action in Negro Attack Missourian
    4/27/23 Action in Negro Attack Missourian
  • 4/27/23 Almestedt Identifies Negro Tribune
    4/27/23 Almestedt Identifies Negro Tribune
  • 4/28/23 Columbia's Proud Pre-Eminence Tribune
    4/28/23 Columbia's Proud Pre-Eminence Tribune
  • 4/28/23 Girl ID's Negro Tribune
    4/28/23 Girl ID's Negro Tribune
  • 4/28/23 Scott Arraigned Missourian
    4/28/23 Scott Arraigned Missourian
  • 4/30/23 Grand Jury To Probe(1) St Louis Globe Democrat
    4/30/23 Grand Jury To Probe(1) St Louis Globe Democrat
  • 4/30/23 Grand Jury To Probe(2) St Louis Globe Democrat
    4/30/23 Grand Jury To Probe(2) St Louis Globe Democrat
  • 4/30/23 Grand Jury to be Called(1) Kansas City Journal
    4/30/23 Grand Jury to be Called(1) Kansas City Journal
  • 4/30/23 Grand Jury To Be Called(2) Kansas City Journal
    4/30/23 Grand Jury To Be Called(2) Kansas City Journal
  • 4/30/23 James T Scott Hung(1) Tribune
    4/30/23 James T Scott Hung(1) Tribune
  • 4/30/23 James T Scott Hung(2) Tribune
    4/30/23 James T Scott Hung(2) Tribune
  • 4/30/23 Lynching Probe(1) St Louis Star Times
    4/30/23 Lynching Probe(1) St Louis Star Times
  • 4/30/23 Lynching Probe(2) St Louis Star Times
    4/30/23 Lynching Probe(2) St Louis Star Times
  • 4/30/23 Mob Law Rules(1) Missourian
    4/30/23 Mob Law Rules(1) Missourian
  • 4/30/23 Mob Law Rules(2) Missourian
    4/30/23 Mob Law Rules(2) Missourian
  • 4/30/23 Mob Lynches Negro(1) Herald
    4/30/23 Mob Lynches Negro(1) Herald
  • 4/30/23 Mob Lynches Negro(2) Herald
    4/30/23 Mob Lynches Negro(2) Herald
  • 4/30/23 Negro Hanged Early(1) Sunday Carthage Evening Press
    4/30/23 Negro Hanged Early(1) Sunday Carthage Evening Press
  • 4/30/23 Negro Hanged Early Sunday(2) Carthage Evening Press
    4/30/23 Negro Hanged Early Sunday(2) Carthage Evening Press
  • 4/30/23 State Hopes to Indict(1) St Louis Post Dispatch
    4/30/23 State Hopes to Indict(1) St Louis Post Dispatch
  • 4/30/23 State Hopes to Indict(2) St Louis Post Dispatch
    4/30/23 State Hopes to Indict(2) St Louis Post Dispatch
  • 4/30/23 Columbia Mob Lynched Negro Kirksville Express
    4/30/23 Columbia Mob Lynched Negro Kirksville Express
  • 4/30/23 Deaf to Cries of Innocence New London Day
    4/30/23 Deaf to Cries of Innocence New London Day
  • 4/30/29 I Did Not Do It St Louis Star Times
    4/30/29 I Did Not Do It St Louis Star Times
  • 4/30/23 Punish the Guilty Missourian
    4/30/23 Punish the Guilty Missourian
  • 4/30/23 Rush Columbia Probe Kansas City Star
    4/30/23 Rush Columbia Probe Kansas City Star
  • 8/4/22 Emancipation on Parade Missourian
    8/4/22 Emancipation on Parade Missourian
  • 8/19/22 Calkins Loses Lawsuit Missourian
    8/19/22 Calkins Loses Lawsuit Missourian
  • 8/21/26 Barkwell Gambling Charge Missourian
    8/21/26 Barkwell Gambling Charge Missourian
  • 12/20/20 Officials Take Office Missourian
    12/20/20 Officials Take Office Missourian
  • 12/30/24 Barkwell Betting Charge Tribune
    12/30/24 Barkwell Betting Charge Tribune
  • 2/17/25 Caston Leaves Columbia St Louis Argus
    2/17/25 Caston Leaves Columbia St Louis Argus
  • 1/22/21 Ten Divorces Granted Missourian
    1/22/21 Ten Divorces Granted Missourian
  • 1/31/21 Barkwell in Macabees Missourian
    1/31/21 Barkwell in Macabees Missourian
  • 7/6/23 Chief Rowland Says American Republic
    7/6/23 Chief Rowland Says American Republic
  • 7/6/23 Columbia Mob American Republic
    7/6/23 Columbia Mob American Republic
  • 7/6/23 Got Wrong Man Joplin Globe
    7/6/23 Got Wrong Man Joplin Globe
  • 7/6/23 Lynched the Wrong Man Constitution Tribune
    7/6/23 Lynched the Wrong Man Constitution Tribune
  • 7/6/23 State May Try St Louis Post Dispatch
    7/6/23 State May Try St Louis Post Dispatch
  • 7/7/23 Gantt to Sit on Bench Missourian
    7/7/23 Gantt to Sit on Bench Missourian
  • 7/7/23 Right Man Lynched Mexico Intelligencer
    7/7/23 Right Man Lynched Mexico Intelligencer
  • 7/7/23 State is Silent St Louis Globe Democrat
    7/7/23 State is Silent St Louis Globe Democrat
  • 7-9-23 Barkwell Case Called (1) Tribune
    7-9-23 Barkwell Case Called (1) Tribune
  • 7/9/23 Barkwell Case Called(2) Tribune
    7/9/23 Barkwell Case Called(2) Tribune
  • 7/9/23 Lynching Case Begun(1) Missourian
    7/9/23 Lynching Case Begun(1) Missourian
  • 7/9/23 Lynching Case Begun(2) Missourian
    7/9/23 Lynching Case Begun(2) Missourian
  • 7/9/23 Attempt to ID Watson Herald
    7/9/23 Attempt to ID Watson Herald
  • 7/9/23 Watson Will Face Scott's Charge Missourian
    7/9/23 Watson Will Face Scott's Charge Missourian
  • 7/10/23 Panel of 40(1) Tribune
    7/10/23 Panel of 40(1) Tribune
  • 7/10/23 Panel of 40(2) Tribune
    7/10/23 Panel of 40(2) Tribune
  • 7/10/23 Selection(1) Missourian
    7/10/23 Selection(1) Missourian
  • 7/10/23 Selection(2) Missourian
    7/10/23 Selection(2) Missourian
  • 7/11/23 Barkwell's Trial Began(1) Tribune
    7/11/23 Barkwell's Trial Began(1) Tribune
  • 7/11/23 Barkwell's Trial Began(2) Tribune
    7/11/23 Barkwell's Trial Began(2) Tribune
  • 7/11/23 Nutter IDs Barkwell(1) Missourian
    7/11/23 Nutter IDs Barkwell(1) Missourian
  • 7/11/23 Nutter ID's Barkwell(2) Missourian
    7/11/23 Nutter ID's Barkwell(2) Missourian
  • 7/12/23 Barkwell Acquitted St Louis Post Dispatch
    7/12/23 Barkwell Acquitted St Louis Post Dispatch
  • 7/12/23 Jury Declares(1) Tribune
    7/12/23 Jury Declares(1) Tribune
  • 7/12/23 Jury Declares(2) Tribune
    7/12/23 Jury Declares(2) Tribune
  • 7/12/23 Not Guilty(1) Missourian
    7/12/23 Not Guilty(1) Missourian
  • 7/12/23 Not Guilty(2) Missourian
    7/12/23 Not Guilty(2) Missourian
  • 7/12/23 Barkwell Found Not Guilty Herald
    7/12/23 Barkwell Found Not Guilty Herald
  • 7/12/23 Barkwell Freed Maryville Democrat
    7/12/23 Barkwell Freed Maryville Democrat
  • 7/13/23 Jady Scott Venue Change Tribune
    7/13/23 Jady Scott Venue Change Tribune
  • 7/16/23 The Verdict at Columbia Missourian
    7/16/23 The Verdict at Columbia Missourian
  • 7/23/23 Will Ask for Death Missourian
    7/23/23 Will Ask for Death Missourian
  • 6/13/22 Urban League Missourian
    6/13/22 Urban League Missourian
  • 6/18/23 Hulen Ready Herald
    6/18/23 Hulen Ready Herald
  • 6/19/19 Barkwell Ticket Herald
    6/19/19 Barkwell Ticket Herald
  • 5/1/23 Twenty Five Witnesses(1) Missourian
    5/1/23 Twenty Five Witnesses(1) Missourian
  • 5/1/23 Twenty Five Witnesses(2) Missourian
    5/1/23 Twenty Five Witnesses(2) Missourian
  • 5/1/23 What the World Thinks Missourian
    5/1/23 What the World Thinks Missourian
  • 5/2/23 First Arrest Made Missourian
    5/2/23 First Arrest Made Missourian
  • 5/3/23 Card of Thanks Missourian
    5/3/23 Card of Thanks Missourian
  • 5/3/23 Grand Jury is Investigating Herald
    5/3/23 Grand Jury is Investigating Herald
  • 5/3/23 Jail Cell Herald
    5/3/23 Jail Cell Herald
  • 5/3/23 KKK Warning to Hulen Herald
    5/3/23 KKK Warning to Hulen Herald
  • 5/3/23 Stewart Bridge Herald
    5/3/23 Stewart Bridge Herald
  • 5/3/23 Witnesses Heard Missourian
    5/3/23 Witnesses Heard Missourian
  • 5/4/23 Five Indicted(1) St Louis Argus
    5/4/23 Five Indicted(1) St Louis Argus
  • 5/4/23 Five Indicted(2) St Louis Argus
    5/4/23 Five Indicted(2) St Louis Argus
  • 5/4/23 Rowland Give Self Up Missourian
    5/4/23 Rowland Give Self Up Missourian
  • 5/4/23 What the World Thinks Missourian
    5/4/23 What the World Thinks Missourian
  • 5/5/23 No Lynching Arrests(1) Missourian
    5/5/23 No Lynching Arrests(1) Missourian
  • 5/5/23 No Lynching Arrests(2) Missourian
    5/5/23 No Lynching Arrests(2) Missourian
  • 5/6/23 Delay in Arrests(1) St Louis Post Dispatch
    5/6/23 Delay in Arrests(1) St Louis Post Dispatch
  • 5/6/23 Delay in Arrests(2) St Louis Post Dispatch
    5/6/23 Delay in Arrests(2) St Louis Post Dispatch
  • 5/7/23 Three Arrested Herald
    5/7/23 Three Arrested Herald
  • 5/7/23 Three Arrests Missourian
    5/7/23 Three Arrests Missourian
  • 5/7/23 Three Arrests Tribune
    5/7/23 Three Arrests Tribune
  • 5/12/23 Grand Jury Summoned Missourian
    5/12/23 Grand Jury Summoned Missourian
  • 5/12/23 Lynched Man Was War Hero Chicago Defender
    5/12/23 Lynched Man Was War Hero Chicago Defender
  • 5/18/23 Negroes Brought Back Missourian
    5/18/23 Negroes Brought Back Missourian
  • 5/18/23 What the World Thinks Missourian
    5/18/23 What the World Thinks Missourian
  • 11/26/09 Barkwell Poker Raid Herald
    11/26/09 Barkwell Poker Raid Herald
  • 10/9/18 Rowland Awarded Daily Times
    10/9/18 Rowland Awarded Daily Times
  • 10/9/18 Rowland Cited Tribune
    10/9/18 Rowland Cited Tribune
  • 9/14/48 Barkwell Death Notice Tribune
    9/14/48 Barkwell Death Notice Tribune
  • 9/14/48 Barkwell Death Missourian
    9/14/48 Barkwell Death Missourian
  • 9/27/20 Negro Files Suit for Divorce Missourian
    9/27/20 Negro Files Suit for Divorce Missourian

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