Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-10
GENERAL SOUTHERN NJ

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She was bitten by q mad dog sewers
days ago
Jackson. Miss, Aug. 6.-W. J. L.
gon, sanitary inspector OF Jackson, las
night shot and killed David l.. She;
ton. The men had quarreled earle
In the day. Shelton, 1t Is said. RI
turned to the attack with a stick. whe
Ligon pulled a revolver and shot hi
through the heart.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 6-Miss CaI
RE Jones, 20 years of age, daughter
Ex-Governor Thomas G. Jones. wa
run over and killed by a street ca
yesterday In front of her fathers resi
dence. The accident was witnesses
by the ex-governor.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 5.-A special fror
Leesburg, Ga. says: Ten persons wen
poisoned with ice cream last ThursdS
at the home Of Mrs. w. r. Bunkle,
w. r. Bunkley died yesterday frou
the effects, and Mrs. Bunkley ant
daughter are critically i'll. The guest
and others OF the family are recov
ering.
Smithville, Tenn, Aug. 3.-The FRS
lynching in the history of DeKal.
county was recorded yesterday, whel
Charley Davis, the man who wa
charged with assaulting Miss Kat
Hues last Sunday evening, was TAXI
from the court house by a mob O
about 20 people and hanged about
quarter Of mile from town.
Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 9Th
Knoxville Traction company made II
effort to run cars yesterday. This CO,
down the church congregations ant
made Knoxville a city of stay-at
homes. Chilhowie Park owned by tn,
Traction company, which usually Il,
crowded on Sunday, was deserted
there being no way to reach 1t.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 6.-Adjutant Gen
eral Robertson last night ordered Ma
jor Barker to put himself in com
msnd of three companies and repor
with them this morning to the sheriff
OF Cherokee county at the Fulton
county Jail in Atlanta. to accompany
Raymond Ross, a negro, to Canton
Ga, where he will be tried to-day FOL
an alleged assault on a white woman
New Orleans. Aug. 5.-The Picay
une's Carrollton. Miss. special says:
Your correspondent has just learned
that the armed mob which has beer
in the Taliaferro neighborhood foI
two days. looking for Sallie Layton
and others, some time last night killed
Will Price, the negro who worked foi
Mr.. Taliaferro and lived within zoe
yards of his residence.
Carrollton, Miss, Aug. 3.-The all
has been rife with rumors OF additional
lynchinss all day but these reports are
without foundation. A posse OF men
Is securing the country In al effort &c
apprehend several negroes suspected OF
completely in the murder OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Taiiaferro. The only persons
lynohed In connection with the murder
were the three McGray negroes.
Charleston. S. c.. Aug. 3.-Dr. Henry
3. Horlbeck. at the time OF his death
and for many years health officer OF
this port, died yesterday. His body. &C.
cording to his direction, will be Gre
mated, the third instance OF the kind
In the history OF South Carolina, the
nrst having been Henry Laurens. the
VI the continental congress
who died in 1892. the first cremation in
this country.
Jackson, Miss Aug. AFTER an ex.
citing chase and escape from a mob
bent on lynching the prisoners. Sheriff
Magee, OF Simpson county, arrived in
Jackson yesterday, having in custody
Sterling Johnson and Reuben Tezelle,
negroes who murdered a young white
man named Mangum. near Magee.
Miss. Tuesday night A mob sur.
rounded the jail Wednesday night and
endeavored to break down the gate.
Charlotte, N. c.. Aug. 5.-A special
from Shelby, N. c., says that Chief of
Police Jones of that place was shot
and instantly killed by Jim Lowery. a
negro employed at the South Carolina
and Georgia depot, yesterday morning.
Jones, with q warrant charging Low
cry with selling whisky without a II.
cense, went to serve 1t and was shot
through the heart Four bloodhounds
and over thousand people are on the
negroes trail.