The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
TRIPLE LYNCHING IN FLORIDA.
ONE WHITE MAN AND TWO Ne
GROES SHOT DOWN.
They We're Implicated in the Murder Of
white Man-Crime Inspired by =
"BNnd Tiger" Keeper. White. Who
Feared Exposure-Mob Of 100 Did It..


TAMPA. Fla, May 2o.-At Mulberry, Polk
county. twenty miles from Tampa, mob
of 100 unmasked men to-day avenged an
assassination by shooting to death the
three men implicated in the crime. Late
on Monday night Barney Brown, 90 years
old. a well-known resident of the county,
was returning from Barlow to his home at
Mulberry, and was wayaid and assassinated
on the public road.
A load OF buckshot entered his head.
After shooting him the assassins cut his
throat and that Of his horse.
The crime was discovered about day
break. The entire region was aroused
and then began a search for the guilty
man Henry Golden, colored, was arrested
on Tuesday nj INT ana confessed that he
was one of the murderers. BY this time
A mob OF lc", FULLY armed, had gathered.
Golden said TIA. he had been employed
70 do the killing by Amos Randall. white
man who CINE here recently from Penn
sylyania, but who has been conducting
"blind tiger" on the outskirts OF Mulberry,
the county being strictly prohibition
Golden said that Randall had grudge
AGAINST Brown, who had threatened to
expose him for his illegal sale Of whiskey.
According to the agreement Golden said
he and the white man waylaid Brown and
shot him. but he denied cutting his throat.
The confession was made known to the
mob. vii CHI clamored for Golden's life.
! The negro was dragged into the town square
| and shot to death. Meantime, Dan Ken
nedy, another negro, was caught ne
refused to tell anything concerning the
killing although admitting that he knew all
about It, Kennedy was tied to tree and
threatened with death II he did not confess
If you want anything out OF me you
will have to shoot it out, no said
At this signal was given and more than
! $50 bullets were fired into Kennedys body
It was 60 ridded that it slipped from the
ropes which bound it to the tree, and fell
to the ground
The mob then started for the house OF
Randall, the white man. He was asleep
and in bed with him was Charles Jacobs
a drummer representing Charles Blum.
wholesale whiskey dealer Of Jacksonville
Fla. The mob surrounded the house anc
at a sigma fred a volley into 1t.
One charge of buckshot splintered TIT
headpiece of the bed on which the two
men were sleeping. They jumped out O
bed and ran from the house in their nigh
clothes, Randall taking his rifle with him
The members OF the mob recognized Ran
dali az he ran. At once hail OF lead wa
directed at him and he was brought down
but had strength enough to crawl unde
church building, where he died in rev
seconds.
His body was dragged from under tn
church and riddled With bullets, ever
man In the mob taking a shot at it. IN
drummer, Jacobs, fed IN another direction.
The three bodies were then taken to tn
public square and exhibited to the crowd
who came In during the morning from a
parts Of the county. The members OF tn
mob made no effort at oonoealing thei
identity but remained in town all day.
Two hours after the killing had bee
done, Sheriff Tillis arrived from Barto'
with a posse and a Coroner's inquest wa
held. Tho jury rendered verdict tina
Amos Randall, Henry Golden and Dal
Kennedy came to their deaths from CUR
shot wounds at the hands OF persons ur
known" The Sheriff took charge Of tn
bodies, and they were buried at noon w1thot
religious services.
Az a result of the triple killing nearl
every negro in the vicinity of Mulberr
has disappeared and the phosphate mine
are unable to operate. Jacobs after se'
eral hours hiding in the woods, bein
unaware OF the cause Of the trouble an
fearing that the mob was after him becauf
of the unpopularity Of whiskey men in
dry county, made his way to Barlow, whe'
he learned the facts. The men composin
the mob were leading citizens Of the count
> including several State and county on