The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-30
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WATKINsYILLE, GA, June ga mob
entered the jail at Watknsville at 2
O'Clock this morning and took therefrom
nine prisoners, eight Of whom were shot
to death. the ninth escaped only by being
thought dead by the mob The prisoners
taken out and lynched were:
Lon J. Aycock. white charged with
the murder Of F. NJ. Holbrook and
wife. OF Oconee county. ST
Rich. Robinson, Lewis Robins,
Claud Elder, negroes. charged with
B the murder Of the Hollbrook couple;
Sandy Price, a young negro, charged
with attempted criminal assault
upon Mrs. Weldon Dooley;
Rich. Allen, a negro, convic ted, and
sentence Of death for the mur-
der of Will Robertson, another negro;
35 Gene. Yearly, negro charged with
the burglary OF a rifle from MT.
Marshal
Bob Harris. a negro. charged with
shooting another negro.
Siezed Officers.
The mob came quietly into Watkins
Vile a little before 2 A. NJ. There We're
from fifty to seventy-fve men IN the
crowd All were heavily masked, and
no ono knows whence they came or to
what point they returned. They went at
once to tho house of Town Marshal T..
II. Aiken and quietly called him / to the
door. AS he put his head out OF the
door he was seized and told that he must
deliver the Jail keys. He refused and the
men put pistols in his face and over
powered him. he being rather small
man Aiken refused to dress, but some
Of the party dressed him and carried him
Tho mob next seized Courtney Elder,
a blacksmith, and made him bring his
tools along with him. On their way. to the
Jail they were met by A. w. Ashford. a
prominent citizen OF Watkinsyllle, who
had heard the noise at tho marahal'
house and came, down town as soon as
lie could dress. Mr.. Ashford begged the
mon To- desist and let the law take Its
course, especially pleading forEAycock on
tho ground that evidence had not been
secured to warrant his conviction. He
also begged them not to lynch those not
charged with capital crime They told
him that they were cool, sober and deter
mined, and that he might as we'll go back
home and 80 to bed
Tied Them to Fence.
The jail was then opened by the town
marshal under tho cover Of several pls-
tolls and inside the jail tho mob held up
Jailer Grow and demanded tho keys TO
the cells. He refused at first, but sur.
rendered them after being menaced with
guns, Jaiev Crnw begged hard for Ay-'
cock on the Same ground that Mr.. ASH
ford did. and also tur the two negroes
who were not charged with capital
crimes. Members Of the attacking party
told him to shut his mouth. They knew
what to do, they said, and they We're
going to clear out the whole jail. ,5
The mob got every prisoner in the Jail
except nd Tlrasher, q negro, charged
with gambling, who WAS on the mis-
demeanor side Of the prison and was not
noticed. Tho prisoners We're carried to
a point sons hundred yards from the jail
and tied to three fence posts by their
necks. N
Aycock protested his Innocence to the
last. He said they We're killing an in-I
nocent man. While the general belief
In Oconee county Is that Aycock was