The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-18
An Indiana Mob After Negro
Murderers.
THEY STRING THEM UP
The Murder of a White Barber Is
Avenged According to the South
ern Code.


groes, Jim Henderson and Bud Row.
lands, who waylaid, brutally murder
ed and robbed Hollie Simons, white
barber, were taken from the Jail by
mob of 1000 frenzied citizens to-
night.
The negroes were arrested early n
the day, and although Rowland's
clothes had bloodstains on them, the
men declared they were innocent Of
the crime.
In the meantime Sheriff Clemens,
of Union county, KY, arrived with
trained bloodhound, in responce to
telegraphic summons. When the dog
was placed on the trail he followed il
until he reached the house where the
Rowlands lived, six blocks from the
scene Of the murder, and went bay
ing to the bed the negro had occupied.
This was enough for the excited
citizens. Within a few minutes
mob Of a thousand bowling, blood
thirsty citizens, with sledge hammers,
ropes and guns were running to the
Jail.
Sheriff Anderson and his two depu-
ties made a stand and attempted to
protect the prisoners. The officers
were seized by the leaders of the mob ,
who disarmed them. The sheriff was
then locked in room and placed un.
der guard, but he stoutly refused t.
give up the keys or tell where the
prisoners were hidden.
Failing to get the keys, the mob
made determined but unsuccessful.
attempt to break in the Jail door. By
this time the would-be lynchers were
in frenzie, and, procuring a tele
graph pole they used it as battering
ram, and broke in the side wall of
the jail
The door of Rowlands cell was
quickly broken in with sledges, and
he was dragged from the Jail TO the
east side of the court yard, where a
moose was put about his neck.
He was given time to make state
ment, in which he implicated Jim
Henderson and another negro. Row
lands begged piteously for mercy. but
the mob swiftly swung the confessed
bullets into his body.
Leaving the body of Eowlands
dangling from the limb of the tree
the mob rushed back to the jail and
attempted to burst open the cell oc
cuppied by Henderson, but before the
steel bars yielded to the blows o.
the sledges some one in tne Grove
fired upon the terrified negro az
he crouched in the corner of his
cell. A few moments and tic dool
of the cell was broken.
The negro, half dead, was dragged
at ropes end to the court hous,
yard and swung from the tree beside
the body of Rowlands.
Firing parting volley at the hot,ie!
the mob, eager for another victim
hurried away TO eaten the other negr,
implicated by R,wlandr in his confes
sion. He was found at hotel. wher,
he was a porte. He escaped, how
to the roof of the building aa1 tMan
ager De Bruter convinced the mol
that the porter had nothing 10 d., witt
the crime, proving an alibl for him
The mob then dispersed.
The negroes victim, Simons, va
waylaid and murdered in the niDs
brutal manner, one square from TIL
Main street of the city, as ne wa
going to his home from his barhe
shop at o'clock this morning. A
was customary with him, he carrie
the receipts of the day at his riac
of business with him.
The feeling against the negroes va
intensified by the fact that With
two weeks a dozen houses had bee
plundered, and Henderson anu Row
lands were suspected as being til
leaders in these robberies. Tie mo
announced that in the case of all fl
ture robberies the guilty person
would be run down and lynched. Man
negroes have left the city tCnigh
and others are keeping off the stree
Eight other negroes were arrested a
suspects but proved an alibi. TIL
mob was orderly, but deternines
There was no demonstration, eXceI