The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-07-31
Negro Lynched and
Burned at Stake
WOMEN IN THE MOB
Crowd Attacks and Wrecks City
Jail. Sheriff and Deputies
Fire Into the Mob

Danyille, ILL.,, July ga race war
has broken out here tonight. A mob
Of six hundred men lynched an I'M
known negro refugee from Evansville,
Ind. The mob then went on to the
county Jail after James Wilson, a
Bloomington negro, whose lynching is
regarded as certain to occur. Wilson
has confessed to %assaulting Mrs.
Thomas Burgess, a farmers wife at
Alvan Ills. north Of here.
Three other negroes have been at
tackled by a mob and badly beaten.
The unknown negro met his fate
while the mob was on the way to
lynch Wilson. AS the angry throng
was passing the negro became involv-
ed in an alteration with some of its
members. They started after him and
he pulled a gun firing into the crowd.
Henry Gatterman fell MORALLY wound
ed and expired in a few seconds. The
negro fed but was caught by officers
within a block of the scene Of the
tragedy and hurried to the police sta.
ton 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 build
ing %barricading themselves behind q
door.
Negro Is Lynched.
The mob forced an entrance, secur-
ed the prisoner and rushed to the spot
wher he had shot Gatterman. A rope
was thrown around his neck and he
was swung from the nearest tele-
graph pole. The mob did not delay
long, and as soon as they saw that
their victim was dead, and leaving
him hang, resumed their march to the
Jail.
Burn the Body.
Just as a mob was preparing to
storm the Jail some one suggested that
they go back and cut down the dead
negro. This suggestion was imme'
diately acted upon. Rushing back to
the scene of the lynching the mob cut
down the victim and carried the body
on the run back to the public square
In front of the Jail. Hay, store boxes
and barrels were collected and the
corpse was thrown upon the pile and q
torch applied. While the mob's vic
tim was burning several men fired bull
lets into the flames. Knives were
drawn with which the burning corpse
was hacked. Ears were chopped of
and the feet which protruded from the
flames were hacked to pieces. The
name of the negro was Mayfeld. WheI
the mob had done everything It's fur!
=. could suggest it surged again to thu
I jail. A fence rail was used as a bat
tering ram against the door. The sher
if warned the mob to stand back or h,
would fire, but the warning was un
needed. The guard fired, and severa
Of the mob fell wounded.
The Injured.
Adam Merry, was fatally sho
through the head. H. Hines was sho
III Inc ueCh uuu SHOuluSlo uhu ho
Il die. Otto Heinke was shot in the arm
Ben Rich, a negro, was badly beate'
by the mob. Four unknown negroe
> were badly injured by the mob, tw
: of them being knocked senseless an
found injured in the public square
D Patrolman Chas. Lopp was dubbed o
Il the head while defending MayfelC
d Patrolman William Leverenz was baC
~ ly injured internally by the mob's ba
tering ram while defending Mayfiel'
9 Fred Lorenz was shot three times /
e the leg in the attack On the Jail an
Minnie Bobaker was shot In the leg {
the Jail. Laird was shot in the attac
on the jail. Thos. Bell was shot in tn
chest in the attack on the jail.
Women In the Mob.
In the mob are many ONE Nea
ly two hundred men and women fro,
ie Alven, where the assault on Mrs. Blu
CESS was committed, are active lea
ers of the mob. The mob has bee
le increased to several thousand. the e
" tire square in front of the Jail beiI
Il packed with shouting men and wo1
to en-. While waiting for the dynami
ID from Westville, the mob paraded
front of the jail stoning II and fri