Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-08-27

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Aug. q, 1904
Mr.. JOHN MITCHELL JR.,
Dear Sir:-lours recci-..t, and
contents noted. IN reply -n grant
your request.
On the night os July 26th, my hus
band and l retA'ed ut late hour. and
sometime between the hours of and ,
] was aroused by \ noise of shutting
feet in the hall where my husband lie
asleep on the cot AZ / was in the east
room adjoining thg hall. When be-
came fully awake, saw n mob have
my husband, carrilng him ont at tie
front gate, and when they reached the
northeast corne- Ct the fence. why,
some one of the mob struck him fear
iul blow.
SECURED HIS PISTOL.
heard him say, Lord, have mercvv'
and the sight so filled ME with anger
that / rushed back in the hall where he
was sleeping and secured his pistol and
returned To the gallery and fired direct
at or that Were standing at some
distance from my husband. One of
them seemed TO have staggered aack-
ward and that gave my husband n
chance to run, and Just as he had made
a motion as if to run, the cut-throats
fired on hum ana he gave one awful
shrek and groaned once and fell Then
l ran out on the gallery and screamed
and called my neighborS To my assist
ance and fired my pistol straight in
front of me.
And suppose l must have fired close
to where the mob was hiding as some
one of them raised up and said, "If you
don't get back in the house, we will kill
you" and tried to execute their threat at
once, as they began firing at once and
II Is only miracle that they did not
kill me- They shot all above and
around me and all through the house.
even through three walls. | dropped
down on my knees and crawied back in
the house and laid down fiat on the
floor with my SIX little children.
WENT TO HUSBANDS RESCUE.
l stayed in the house about 10 min
uteS and in the meantime NV husband
began calling us and l stood it as long
as / could. So / took my little girl, l3
years old and went TO his assistance.
Just before / stepped of the gallery
fired my pistol in the air TO attract the
officers attention. We got him IN the
house and | took a razor and cut his
clothes off myself and bathed his
arrived and sent for doctor, but it was
too late.
He was stabbed under the right eye
| and large piece was cut of his left leg
and foot and he was struck in the back
OF his head. He was shot in the thigh
or groin, the bullet severed an artery.
His sutferlngs were terrible until God
relieved hun. am left alone with
little children and have almost been in
sane since his death. My only oonsola-
tion Is that | tried to save him by risk
ing my own life.
If SHE WERE WHITE.
If l had been a white woman l
would have received aid from all over
the U. 5. to help me. AS | am finan-
oially embarrassed, i have moved TO
San Antonio where protection Is greater
than at Lockhart and l want to pur-
chase me a home at this place. l am
in need of finance at present TO do so,
but maybe the king of Glory" IN his
infinite mercy VIII hearken to the cry
OF the widow ana orphans and make
the way easy,
l know of no cause for the foul mur
der, as my husband was 6. very promi
nent man and held in esteem by his fel-
low man.
Respectfully,
(Mrs } MALINDA LARRENIORE
324 Lake View Ave.