> Did you read the whole article?

No, about 1/3 to 1/2.

I agree that racism was a huge part, I doubt they would have lynched a white person.

But despite that, them stopping after hearing a declaration that the black person was innocent just amazes me, it doesn't fit into my understanding of lynching which I always associated with just simple hate, i.e. "grab any handy black person and kill them".