The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-22
PIERCE CITY BRUTE
NOT CAPTURED YET.
Three Negroes Lvnched, But
Real CuIprit Escapes.
THE BLACKS FLEE IN TERROR.

Pierce City. Mo, Aug. 20.-SOme
| thing like order is being restored in
this little town after two days and
nights of the widest excitement that
was ever experienced in this section
of Missouri. After the burning of
their cabins last night by an angry
mob of citizens looking for the brute
who murdered Miss CasselleWild. the
negroes have all fed, leaving the
bodies OF three of their number, who
were lynched last night, unburied.
The men who We're engaged in the
unsuccessful man hunt have gone TO
their homes exhausted and while they
are seeking Il rest a hope is entertain
ed that the officers of the law will run
down the culprit who has caused so
much bloodshed If a capture is
made there will be another lynching
That is sure.
The arms taken from the armOry
here Monday night were returned to-
day and almost every rife has been
accounted for. The authorities have
had their plea for good order listened
to and it is believed that there will
be no more trouble if the murderer is
not brought upon the scene
The funeral of Miss Wilds, the
young woman who was murdered
Sunday afternoon while returning
from church was held this afternoon
and attended by probably , ,OOOpeo-
pie. She was very popular young
lady and hardly could a more severe
blow have been dealt this community
than her murder and the manner of
il.
The citizens of Pierce City say that
as negroes have committed several
such crimes in the past ten years,
none shall live there in the future.
The same feeling already existing in
MOnett. four miles east of Pierce CITY
and the end of the Frisco passenger
division. 1t may be necessary for
the road to change all porters in
hereafter
George Lark, porter on the St |
Louis and San Francisco railway, |
whom French Cooley, before he was
shot to death. charged with Miss
Wild's murder. was arrested at |
Springfield this morning and is III |
Jail here. Lark declares he is innO |
cent and says that the man who com
mitted the crime boarded with him |
and fled. BloOdhounds which started |
at the scene of the murder went at |
once to Lark $ house
Eugene Barrette n negro, confessed |
that a man named Flavors who had
boarded with Lark is the real culprit
FlavOrs is under arrest at Oklahoma |
City, Ok. and Barrette is under ar
rest at Mt Vernon, % miles from
Pierce City Flavors will surely be
Iynched if brought back 1t is not
that Barrette will be modest
I'd.
The excitement that attended and
followed the lynching of Godleys con
tinued all night The morning only
eund the enraged white people more
letermened than ever to rid the city
and vicinity of the negroes.
After stringing young Cooley up
10 a tree and riddling his body with
outlets the mob went to the house of
French Cooley. the young mans
grandfather, and shot him to death.
Then they bOmbarded Ike Carriers
house, in which were Pete and Rob
.rt Hampton, all negroes, Pete
Hampton. who vas 10 years old.
vas burned to death His wife and
Robert Hampton escaped through
he flames
The mob then marched from place :
% place, burning negro houses and :
iring into them. The negroes fed
n all directions, many taking refuge
n the woods, while others came AS
ar as Springfield to find places of
afety. =