The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-12-27
GEORGIA MOB
Kills Seven Negroes Ten Miles
From Quitman, Co.
>,rlon. Augusta. Ga. Kills One Ne',ro'
Wounds Another. Then Kills Inc TOWN.
Mar.,,al mnd shoots Others OF the
POSSE Iynchimg Is Probable

oi1rNAx. Ca, Dec. e4.-Ihc posse in
pursuit of Waverly Pike. the murderer
~ loo Ison, saturday night and early
sunday morning killed three Negroes,
and reliable information is tina; the to-
tal number Of victims is seven.
The Negroes known TO have been
,.;licd are sam Taylor, Eli Fraser,
Harry sher1ard. Taylor was Pixies
s,cnfather. and the other Negroes his
close pals. all of whom were supposed
70 know of Pixies whereabouts. If
these NEGROES knew they refused to
tell. and the penalty Of not telling was
death.
pixies wife was seen to slip into his
house at { O'Clock Sunday morning:
She was supposed to know where the
murderer was and every effort was
made to make her divulgc. The mob
has her securely held and may succeed
in making her tell. The NEGROES
killed were all snot down on tins SIDE
of the Ocopilco creek, about ten miles
above Quitman me report is that q
second posse. which was securing the
woods north OF the Ocopilco nave
killed four otter Negroes.
This wholesale killing is terrible,
but the people of that community
claim 70 have had terrible provocatlon.
Hardly three weeks ago Tip Mauldin,
a respectable white man. was MUIR
dcrcd on the public road in the same
neighborhood by two Negroes. ana
the murderer, arc NOW in jail. When
lsom. the best citizen in the comlnun-
itv. was cowardly murdered by one OF
this same gang, the pcntup food OF rage
and vengeance was turned loose.
The record of Sunday night and
Monday remains TO be seen. Erooks
county is aroused. The wholesale kill
inc OF negroes not directly connected
with Isoms murder is severely con-
dcmned, and it is hoped that the avcng-
ing mob will do no more of this mad
work
AUGUSTA. Ga, Dec. 24.-Iabcz Wig
gins. negro. waylaid Walter Will
Jams, also colorcd, on the South Caro-
lima side Of the river. several miles
from Augusta Saturday night. killing
him. and. it is said, attempted to kill
another negro. The murderer He'd to
Augusta.
NEGROES living in the vicinity Of the
crime learned that he had come TO this
city and was at the home of his sister.
They followed him here and asked as
sistance at police headquarters TO make
the arrest Detective Joe Murphy WAS
detailed for the work with instruc-
tons to call Tor further help from the
police precinct in which Virgins Sis
tcr's house was located. Officers Wrenn
and Strin@er accompanied him.
Wiggins was told by his sister of the
approach of the officers, and as they
entered the house the murderer opened
fire upon them. shooting Murray twice
in the face and Strmgcr in the eye.
Stringer may recover; Murray is dead.
The Negro then fed, followed by
Wrenn.
The pistol shots attracted people III
the ncighhorhood to the street. and
among these was John Davis, white
Davis was shot in the breast by a bull
let from the murderer pistol. and died
in half an hour. Wrenn pursued the
fugitive to the river bank. where the
Negro hid behind clump of trees.
Holding II pistol alott in his right hand,
he told the officer that he surrendered,
and TO come take him. The officer adj
yQnccd, and the Negro shot him in the
leg with long-barreled pistol he had
concealed in his left hand.
Others joined in the chase but the
murderer reloaded his weapons and
made desperate fight. He was di-
recting his steps toward the bridge,
hoping to escape into South Carolina.
Just as he approached it, however, ono
shot hit him and ranged around in
tlicting only Il flesh wound. His wcap-
ons, however were empty, and then he
surrendered. The presence of a num-
Der OF policemen on the scene when ne
was captured was the only thing that
saved his life.
The only thing that saves the MUIR
dcr2r ne sunday HlEHu Is luc ldcC
that the legislature that has Just adj
journcd passed q law empowering the
judge 10 call a special session of the
superior court in criminal cases for
immediate trial There was great eX-
element in the city all day and mob
of several hundred gathered in front Of
the Jail. They only murmured their
discomfort, though, and no attempt
was made to raid the jail, which was
guarded by police and deputies.
Another Cashier Goes Wrong.
NEW YORK. Dec 24.--lIarold G. Butt,
26 years of age, cashier for Hammer
slough Bros, clothicrs at Cos Broad
way, was a prisoner i'll the Tombs
court, Sunday, charged with cmbez-