John Diggs was violently lynched in 1880 and Sydney Randolph similarly murdered in 1896. Mobs usually alleged crimes for which they lynched blacks. Burke is lynched by a mob and Hare blinded. Nevile is almost lynched by the townsfolk before being rescued by Crisparkle. In 1891, eleven Italians were lynched by a mob of thousands in New Orleans. However, Saturninus and his followers were lynched by the mob. An effigy of Robeson was lynched in the town. Whites sometimes lynched blacks for financial gain, and sometimes to establish political or economic dominance. Certain he would be lynched, Williams fled and eventually found refuge in Cuba. For almost a century, African Americans were lynched with regularity and impunity. He was nearly lynched on the spot, but was taken to the Dodgeville jail. Some newspapers mistakenly reported that he was lynched. General James W. Throckmorton intervened and saved all but five who had already been lynched. Native Americans and Asian Americans were also lynched. After Michael Donald was lynched in 1981 in Alabama, the FBI investigated his death.