The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-29
HUNG AND BURNED.
RACE WAR IN ILLINOIS WITH
FURY-RIOT AND BLOOD
SHED.

Same Old Story-Brought on BY
Negro Rapist-Sheriff Fired
on Mob With Fatal
Effect.
Danville, ILL.,, July 25,-A race
war broke out here tonight. While
a mob of 600 men was on its way
to the county jail to lynch James
Wilson, Bloomington negro, who
bad confessed to assaulting Mrs.
Thomas Burgess, wife of farmer,
an unknown negro shot and killed
Henry Gatterman, white, a membe
of the mob The murderous negro,
a refugee from Evansville, In.. by
the name of J. w. Mayfield, was
later taken from the city Jail and
! lynched by the mob, and three 9TH
er negroes who attacked the whites
were beaten badly. The mob final
ly resumed It's march to the county
Jail, determined to lynch Wilson.
When the mob reached the jail, it
was fred upon by the sheriff. Nine
persons were wounded and the
the crowd scattered. The wound
ed, Adam Murray, shot through the
head, will die; H. Hines, shot in
neck and shoulder, will die; Otto
Heinke, shot in arm, will recover; !;
Patrolman Charles Lopp, dubbed
on the head while defending May
field; Patrolman William Lever
enze, badly injured internally by
.mob's battering ram while defend
ing Mayfield; Fred Lorenz, shot
three times in the leg in attack on
| jail; Mince Mobaker, shot in attack
on Jail; Mr.. Laid, shot in attack on
| Jail: John Bell, shot in chest in at
tack on jail.
Mayfeld met his fate while the
mob was ca the way to lynch VIII
son. The angry throng was pass-
ing down East Main street when
the negro became involved in an al
/ tercation with some of its members.
They started after him, and he drew
revolver, firing into the crowd.
Henry Gatterman, a young butch
er, fell mortaIly wounded and ex-
pired within q few minutes. The
negro fed, but was caught by off.
GERS within a block of the scene,
and hurried to the police station
with the mob in hot pursuit, tenn
porarily diverted from their march
to the county Jail. The officers,
with their prisoner, took refuge in
the city building, barricaded them
selves behind the doors of one of
the Offices. They could not check
the mob, however, for it secured a
long pole and battered down . Sec
ton Of the wall and the door, both
of which were frail.
On account of the overwhelming
mum bers of the mob, it was useless
for the officers to resist. The negro
was selzed and rushed to the spot
where be had shot down CATER
man. It was the work of an in
stant to throw rope around his
neck and swing him up to tele-
phone pole. After his life bad been
slowly strangled out. be was left
hanging while the mob proceeded
to the county Jail.
After going a short distance,
however, the mob changed its mind,
faced about, aud returning to the
scene Of the lynching, cut May.
fields body down. They rushed it
to the principal square; built bon-
fire, and, hacking the body to pie
ces with knives. pitched it in the
midst of the flames. For awhile
they watched it burn,- aud then,
coming to a realization of their first
mission to lynch Wilson, they once
more resumed their march to the
county jail.
The sheriff and his deputies had
expected an attack and were pre-
pared. The sheriff refused them
admission and threatened to shoot
if the mob committed an overt act.
The mob, now worked up to an in
tense state of excitement, became
frenzied in its determination to
reach Wilson, and in its fury threat
ened to lynch the sheriff, bis depu-
uties and negro turnkey. Finally
they charged the jail, and the sher-
iff and his deputies fred, wounding
three embers of the mob, one fa-
tally. The mob, being repulsed
sent to an adjoining mining camp
for dynamite, and threatened to
again attack the Jail when it ar
rives.
During the height of the excite