Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-07-29
SERIOUS RACE WAR
Wild Work of Infgfiated Mob in &m
Illinois Town
NREAKED VENGEANCE ON NEGROt s
An Infatuated Crowd Literally rsutit-
lated TWO CoIOr>d Men and Pro
posed TO Lvrc,I The jail kscper.

Danvillc, III. Spccial.-This city II
in the throes Of q rare war. One ~
gro. an unknown nan from Evans
vi!lc. Ind. who Shot ana killed Henri
Californian. white. has already beet.
lynched by mob OF COO men, wlpsr
were later fired upon by the sheriff
three men being wounded. The moI1
We're clamoring for the life of anott"S
negro named James Wilson, who hi>;
confessed to a. brutal assault on slsc
wife of a farmer 1T Alvon. Ill. Tcss
north of here. The unknown neisrJ,
met his fate while tho mob was .,,,,,.
the way to lyachng Wilson. va
angry throng wa passing down HAST
Main street when thc negro bccartSe-
involved in an alteration with srspC-
CT it's members They started after
him, and he pulled pistol firing i.stCs
the crowd. Henry Gattcrman. q youIyR
butcher. who has recenuY returneY
from Fort Monroe. fcll moftaitY
wounded and expired in n fcw seconds
Tie negro turned ana fed. but V.seS
caught by the officers within Il hturE
of the scene Of the tragedy and hurrtoca
to the police staten with the mob ux
hot pursuit temporarily diverted from
their march To the county Jail The
officers wiki Their prisoner took rCfuts,-
in the city building baricading them
selves bchin3 the door c! one OF the
Offices. They could net Cheek the mob
however. fcr ii sccHrcd long pors
and tried to battyr down a section ar
the wal and the iCOr. both Of which
We're very thin. On GCcount cf th<s,
overwhelming number cf the mob Il
was useless f0I the officers to resist
The negro was asi2cd and rushed to
the spot where nc had shot dowvs
Gatterman. IL was the work of an In
Stant to throw q rope around his pes:tS
and swing him up 10 the nearest tets-
phone pole. The mob did not delay
long. but waited 10 see that their lyts.-
tim was dead. The life was SLOWLY
strangled out and he was left HANG
Ing. while the mob proceeded Gun 30
| the county jail The officers nopc 70,
save the second negro by some rus..
wilson, IT Ia charged. went to TIC
larm house while the woman yCsi.;
alone and told her he waS hungry
While she was getting him somethimr:
to eat he entered the kitchen door ana
seized her. He fed. leaving her hale.
dead. Afterward size mar ss.arf &C.,
crawl 10 the nearest farm scnsC-
Wheic SE" told the Story. y posse o.
officers started in nurauit of the ne
gro and wncn wilson was capturc1,
he was hurried to The county Jail to-
prevent lynci!n%. There the ncGrn
confessed
Three other negroes have been at
tacked by members of the mob and.
severely beaten. One CC them f.. fry;.,
hich. and the othc: two arc. said &
be refugees from Evansville. I,,f
some negroes are a-iling thcmgcIvu,.
ana others arc urCpai ing for GigiSa,
me victim Of the NOD later 'ycs iG~,
tiiied as J. ID. Hayfcd Tie mo-,
changed its mind before attackiu...
,he 1all and went tack and cut dow,Y
Mayhe IDS body. They rushed H. T.,
,he puDilc square and burned IL i'm n
ncntre. hacking it 10 pieoeJ 15ita
knives as it burned. Then tbev
charged the Jail and the sherin npI
deputies fired. wcunding several
members Of the mob, some fatatfu
Among the wounccd arc Adam, Merry
iataily shot through the head. n
Hlne": shot in neck ana shoulder, msy
die; Otto HeinS, 3hCt I'm tho arm,
will recover
me mob repulaed, sent to a neigg,
noring mining camp fer dynamite nr..
pa opapiy VIII attack tho Jail. The mol,
Is lniurlated and threatens to lync,,
the sheriff and his deputies. also IN
negro turnkey in the iail.
After securing hattering rams T.
took the mob about half an hour te,
"Fo'k the city prison, the neSr:. te
ing found hid in n safe. He was p,ttle a
from the safe struck with sIajpos
knocked down, jumped upon and
stamped to death. a rope was place.,
about his neck and his lifelc3s bodv
was dragged about three blocks. A,s
ehort was made to hang the body 4,
a telegraph pole but the rope brcko.
The mob. which this time numhcrcI
5000. then dragged the body to tho
Jail and burned it,
company Is, coiored troop. ha. fss
quarters mere. and the of!io ials have
prepared to call it out Leaders cf tt~
mob declare they VIII try TO kin tss
entire company. if it comes out.