The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-07-05
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One white man and Seven Negroes
We're Batchered Together.
Watkinsville, Ga, June 29.-Eight
prisoners were taken from jail this
morning and seven were shot to death
by a mob of masked men. One Of the
men, "Joe Patterson, colored, escaped
death by falling to the ground when
the volley was fired and feigning ne
had been killed. The mob left him
lying on the ground thinking he had
been riddled with bullets. The names
of the killed are:
LEWIS ROBERTSON,
Richard ROBINSON,
SANDY" PRICE,
GLADE ELDER,
bob HARRIS,
RICH ALLEN.
JIM YEARLY, all heroes. o
LION" ACOCK. white.
Four were charged with being im-
plicaleI in the murder of HolbrOok
and his wije evera weeks ago and
one was held for attempted criminal
assault. The others were in jail on
minor misdeameanor charges. The
mob formed quietly just after mid
night and marched 10 The jail where
at the Joint OF rifles, keys were de-
manded % the jailer. The mob OPEN
ed all the cells, bringing the inmates
out, and bringing them up III single
file lying them with ropes. The eight
,-;.r, mana n,urnb,oH m a Gnrrnarl
lot in the heart Of town. They were
bound to a fence with their hands
tied behind them. The work was so
yuielly done the sleeping residents OF
The town had not been aroused.
Alta command by the leader, the
mob stepped back u few PAGES, took
delibe. ale aim and fired a volley from
rifles, shot guns and pistols into the
line Of prisoners. Every man IN
front of the moi fell at the first volley.
Believing its work complete, the
mob quickly dispersed, Patterson was
found only slightly Injured. SANDY
Price was arrested late yesterday after
noon by a posse from Oconee county
and delivered. to the jailer. Price was
charged by Mrs. Weldon Dooley,w who
lives IN the suburbs Of Watkinsyille,
with having attempted criminal BIZ
sault Wednesday afternoon.
No further trouble is anticipated.
Tue mob consisted Of 100 people, and
they were all masked. Nc one recog-
nized them, and no one knew from
whence they came. After the killing
they all LETT in different directions
but none came towards Athens. 1t
|is not believed thai any Athens peo-
ple were in the mob and in Oconee
|county, it is believed that the mob
came from other counties. Aycock,
the white man, protested hts pno
lcence to the last. Rich Robinson
said it was all right, but that there
were three others In the crime, Jim
Taylor, Wyley Durham and Sidney
Morris. The mob went to the house.
of the town marshal, forced him ct
the point of q pistol to go and open
The iail and, once inside the jan, they
forced Jailer Crow to open The cells.
A. w. Ashford met the mob on the
streets and and begged for the life of
,IAycocs on the ground ofdoubts as TO.
his guilt. Jailer Grow begged for
Aycock's life and the lives of the me-
groes not mixed Nup in this crime.
Their appeals were in vain.
The Immediate cause of this out
break was the attempt of q negro,
named Sandy Price, to assault Mrs.
Weldon Dooley in the suburbs OF
Watkinsville, Tuesday afternoon.
while she was at home and her hus-
band absent Every effort will be
made to ferret out the mob, but 1t is
believed that the effort will be fruitless
as all the members were masked and,
none spoke but the leader and he was
) not recognized by his voice. The
crime which led primarily to the
Iyncbing was brutal murder of Mr..
3 and Mrs. w. NJ. Holbrook. at their
home near Watkinsville, q few months
since. They were beaten to death
with q piece of iron and Mrs. Hol-
brook was shot also. Their store was
robbed of over $4,000. The three me-
J groes confessed to the crime and inn
plicated ACock.