Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-12-04
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS

Evergreen. Ala. Dec. 1.-Wunarn III
lie. q prominent farmer living near here,
yesterday took q negro named Cock
King to . swamp. tied him to q tree
and shot him to death. Intimacy with.
Ellis daughter is said to be the cause.
Waycross. Ga. Nov. 26-Jerry John
son. = negro, was lynched last even
Ing by . mob near Screven- He was
in charge OF officers and was bosnr
taken TO jail at Jessup. The negro's
body was perforated with bullets- He
was charged with stealing a muls-
Savannah. Nov. 2s.-An unknown
negro was killed by 1yncherp near
Blacksheart yesterday afternoon, hin
body being literally riddled by bullets.
The negro outraged Miss Rebie Davis.
the 17-year-old daughter OF Ell Davis.
q farmer living seven miles north e
Blaoksheart. while she was. alone In
her home.
Galveston. Tex. Nov. 2s.-Seth Car
ter shot and killed his sweetheart. Al
bsrta Brackley, and then fred one ahot
at himself. which missed. He then
threw the revolver away and cut his
throat with q razor. After this he
walked from the scene OF the traxedy
to the police station, almost 4 mile.
not regarded as dangerous.
Atlanta, Nov. 97.-Qeneral J. A. Con
zaies LanuEa. the famous Cuban
criminal lawyer. who has been con-
nned In a penal colony In North Africa
for over q year. has been released He
Is now on his way to Atlanta and win
Join his family some time next week
General Lanuza was convicted OF trea-
son against the Spanish government in
Havana and sent to prison in Africa
Danville. Va. Dec. 1-InformatIon
was received here last night OF an ac-
cident on the Atlantic ana DanvfIls
railroad. In which Engineer James Luz
ter and Fireman Frank b. Smith lost
their lives The engine attached to 4
passenger train left the track near
ellis Station, about IS miles east Of
here. and rolled TO the bottom OF an
embankment, carrying two cars with
1t. Spreading rails is given as the cause
of the disaster. 40
Knoxville. Tenn. Nov. z7.-The Jury
| at Sevierville, in the case against Pleas
/ wynne and Catlett Typton. charged
with the murder OF william wha1ey
and wife In that county last December
brought In a verdict convictinE wynns
and acQuitting Typton. The crime was
1
ton. There are also cases against Rob
srt Catlett and Robert Wade, who arr
charged with having fnstigated the
crime and paid Wynne and Typton FOL
it's commission
Wilmington, N. c.. Nov. 30.-The re-
port that Nathan Willis, colored, the
murderer OF young white man, named
| Stephens. was lynched by burning, wa,
not correct. Willis Is safely lodged IN
the Horny county jail at Conway. S. c
| Several Of the party OF men who wer,
with the officers when they arrested
willis were eager to execute summar,
punishment upon him, and the feelins
| OF the community where the crime wa,
committed was intense. 1t was thi,
probably that gave rise to ths lynch
ing rumor.
Winchester. KY. Nov. 9e.-Two Lives
were lost ana thousands OF dollar.
worth OF property destroyed in a rail
road accident that occurred severa
miles south OF here Saturday afternoon
As a heavy freight train bound nortl
on the Kentucy Central branch Of TIN
Louisville and Nashville road was pass
ing over a wooden trestls. spanning
deep ravine. the structure gave way
precipitating % coal laden cars TO tn
rocks 65 feet below. The engine an,
tender passed over safely. A numbe
OF bridge carpenters were at work a
the bottom OF the trestle when Il fell
Most OF them made their escape. Jane
Harris and Warren Burch. however
were instantly killed.