The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-12-31

ton of the United Mineworkers Oh
America a movement will be sci
afoot to increase the salaries Of
President Mitchell and Secretary
! Wilson. AT present Mr. Mitchell
receives $500 a year, while MI
Wilson's compensation is $500.
The miners are looking forward tc
+ securing an increase in pay for
themselves, and they want their
executive officials to share the
profits.
The coming convention will break
all records for labor conventions.
Last year there were about 1000
delegates, representing a member
ship of nearly 100000 1t is expec.
ted thatsthere will be over 1900 del
egates at the coming convention
Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 25.-Mont-
gomery Cooley, negro, was taken
from the jail here today and lynch
ed by q mob, because early this
| morning he shot ard killed Minton
Hinkley, policeman, while the of
icer was trying to protect himself
from crowd of unruly negroes.
The negro jerked the officers pistol
from It's scabbrad and shot the Off
Ger with it from behind. Two
hours later mob gathered and
took the negro from the city Jail,
where he had been taken after he
was caught, and hanged him to a
telephone pole. AS he was choking
to deathsone of the members cut his
throat and ended his suffering.
A large number of negro men and
women from the various mining
camps in this vicinity, among them
Mont. and joe Cooley, broth
ers, were drinking and carousing at
a bali. Officer Hinkle requested
them to be quiet. The Cooley
brothers answered him in an insult.
ing and insolent manner, and he
tried to arrest them. They resisted
and officer Hinkle blew his whistle
for help. Then he began to use his
club in order to protect himself
from the onslaught of the crowd.
He was holding his own against
three when "Monto Cooley grabbed
the officers revolver from its scab-
bard and, placing the muzzle be-
hind the right ear of the officer,
pulled the trigger. The ball passed
through Hinkle's head and passed
out over the left eye. He fell to
the side walk. Other officers pur-
sued the negroes, all of whom start
ed to run when the officer fell.
The Cooley brothers were both
captured and locked up in the city
Jail. Hinkle was carried to the
City Hall, where he died at o..
clock this morning. !.
The news of tho murder spread,
and soon crowd was gathered a.
bout the Jail. Leaders were not
slow in coming forward and cries
of "Hang him" "burn him." "get
a rope" were heard on every side.
A mob gathered in the corridors
and about the Jail doors. An at
tempt was first made to rob City
Marshal Higgins of his keys to the
Jail door, but be convinced the mob
they were not in his possession at
the time. A crowbar and hammer
were then procured and the Jail
doors battered and broken open.
Cooley had courage and cursed
the mob when its leaders entered
the Jail, but his courage left him
when he began to realize that death
was near. He began to supplicate
and beg for the officers to protect
him, hut they were overpowered
and taken care of by a portion of
the mob. Cooley was dragged from
the Jail into the yard and given a
few moments to talk. He told so
many conflicting stories about the
affair that the mob became impa-
tient and hurried him about three
blocks away from the Jail. Procur-
ing rope on the way, the men
hanged him to step pins Of a tele-
graph pole. The rope broke on the
first effort and Godley fell to the
ground. At this instant some one
in the crowd cut his throat On the
left side, severing the jugular vein.
This brought more merciful death
than was intended by the mob. He
was then hanged again.
Cooley came here from Pierce
City, Mo, at the time the citizens
Of that town drove the negroes ont
Of the city, about two years ago.
The mob left his body hanging
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