The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-04-18
NEGRO SHOT POLICEMAN, AND
CITIZENS HANG HIM TO TELEv {
GRAPH POLE.
Hunting now for Gold and Cur
rency That Dead Mlser Left
in his Cabln-Finding it Il
Ewerywhere-Other
News,

negTe 4fosal the city jail tonight and
hanged sain to telegraph pole al
the k.oraer of Second and Wall
street, two blocks from the city Jail.
The negro was charged with having
murdered Policeman Leslie, who
was shot dead last night in the
Kansas City Southern Railway
1 yards, while endeavoring to arrest
several negroes suspected of theft.
Leslie had ordered several negroes
who had taken refuge in a box car
to Surrender, and when they failed
TO do go, he fred several shots at the
car. During the shooting a negro
slipped from the car, and coming
up behind the policeman, shot him
shrougf the head.
About 3 O'Clock in the afternoon,
Zee Fullerton, aged 13, located the
fugitive ia a slaughter-house just
east of Joplin. The negro was arm
ed With 4 rifle and defed arrest.
Fullerton slipped into the structure
unobsarved and erept up behind
the negro. Suddenly hesprang atthe
unsuspectipg man and, before resist
ance could BE- made, he had the ne
gro on his back with knife at his
throat. The negro then surrender
ed his rifle, and, pointing the weap-
on at him, Fullerton marched him
out of the building. With the as
sistaace of another man the negro
was brought to Joplin and placed
In Jail,
News Of the capture spread rap
idly, and the Jail was speedily sur
rounded by hundreds of people, /
There we,e cries of lynch him."
and City Attorn y Decker mounted
the Jail steps and made strong
plea ia behalf of law and order,
serving porarily to stay the mob,
bat did not appease it, and short
time after Decker's speech, the mob
started in to batter in the side of
the Jail. Every effort was made to
prevent the entrance of the mob,
bat without avail, and within Is
minutes the infuriated men had
gained entrance to the Jail and Sc
cured the trem milling negro.
AS be was dragged forth City At
torney Decker interfered and urg-
ed that the negro be given a trial.
Fer half an hour he spoke, and the
mob listened to him with the negro
in it's custody. At one time it seem
ed that the city attorney would win,
as nlenbers of the mob began dis
persing, bat suddenly a rush was
made for the spot where the negro
was being held, and he was drag
ged two blocks from the jail, rope
fastened around his neck, and, after
the rope had bsen thrown over the
caoss-arm of telegraph pole, a
score Of men attempted to pull the
negro from the ground. AS many
more seized the negro and pulled
TO prevent his being hanged.
For some moments it was verit-
able tug-of- war, but reinforcements
en the free end of the rope proved
,he stronger, and the negro, despite
ais protestations of innocence, was
lnally swung into the air and
'trangled to death, while shouts of
'atlsfaction went up from the mob.
Manila, April 13.-The warshipl
Reina Christina, the flagship of
Admiral Montejo, which was sunk
oy Admiral Dewey, was hoated and
oeached yesterday. The skeletons
IF about so of her crew were found
IN her hulk.
One skeleton was evidently that
,f an officer, for it had sword by
It's side. There are Is shell holes
n the hull Of the Reina Christina
one made by an eight-inch and 9th
ers smaller. The main injection
valve is missing, showing the ship
was scuttled when abandoned. The
hull is in fair condition.
Captain Albert R. Couden, COM
manding the naval station at Cavi-
te, took charge of the remains of
the sailors, expressing desire to
give them an American naval fun
eral. The Spanish residents arel
anxious, however. to ship the
skeletons to Spain, and it is sug-
gested that the transport Sumner
convey them to Spain by the Wayl
Of the Suez canal in June.
A wrecking company is endeav-
oring to raise all the sunken Span-
ish warships.
Belvidere, N. j., April 14.-Pat-
rick Flynn, 80 years old, known as i
tke miser and hermit of Harker's
Hollow, has been found dead in his
hovel. He had not been seen for
several days and neighbors entered
his home and found him sitting in B
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