Historic Lynching Occurred Outside St. John's Burying Grounds During 1863 Draft Riots
Christina Rae Stanton details a violent event during the 1863 draft riots where a white mob severely beat and hanged a man named William Jones on a lamppost outside St. John's Burying Grounds.
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“He was out walking to buy a loaf of bread, and the mob severely beat him and hung him right on a lamppost right there at St. John's Baring Grounds, which is just awful.”
Christina Rae Stanton
Heard on The Atlas Obscura Podcast — “10,000 Dead Bodies Beneath a NYC Park”, published Thursday, October 29, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.