Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-30
EIGHT MURDERED
BY GEORGIA MOB
TAKEN FROM THE JAIL AND
.LYNCHEn
ACCUSED OF VARIOUS CRIMES
Men Are Lined Up and Shot-one
Intended Victim Saves His Life
by Pretending to Be
Dead
ACCUSED OF VARIOUS CRIMES

BY Associated Press.
WATKINSVILLE, Ca, June 90
Nine prisoners were taken from the
Jail here this morning and eight shot
to death by a mob of masked white
men within 200 yards of the center of
the town.
The nine men were carried to the
scene of the lynching, but one mirac-
ulously escaped death by falling to the
ground when the volley was fired and
feigning death.
The names of the prisoners who were
killed are Louis Robertson, Rich Rob-
inson. Sandy Price, Claude Elder, Bob
Harris, Jim Yearly Rich Allen, all ne
groes, and Lon Aycock, white.
Joe Patterson, negro, feigned death
and the mob left him, thinking he too
had been riddled with bullets.
Four of the prisoners were charged
with being implicated in the murder
Of Holbrook and his wife several weeks
criminal assault. The others were in
Jail on minor charges. The mob
formed just after midnight and
marched to the Jail, where the keys
were demanded. The demand was
made at the point of rifles and the
jailer realized that resistance was USE
less. With the keys in their possession
the mob opened all the cells and Or
dered the inmates out, and then lined
them up in single file, tying them
number, were marched to corner lot
within 200 yards Of the Jail and in the
heart of the town, where they were
bound to a fence with their hands tied
behind them. The work had been SO
quietly done that the sleeping resi-
dents of the town had not been
aroused.
At command by the leader the mob
stepped back a few PAGES, took delib-
crate aim and fired a volley from rifles.
shotguns and pistols into the line of
prisoners. Every man in front of the
IIlOD lcll DIT Iile IlTSC VOlley.
Believing it's work complete the mob
quickly dispersed.
An examination by the jailer, who had
been forced by the. mob to accompany
1t to the scene Of the execution, showed
that eight of the men had been riddled
with bullets, but Joe Patterson was
found to have been only slightly in
jured.
Pattersons escape from death was
almost miracle. for the fence post to
which he was bound was torn into
fragments by the bullets. He pos
sessed the presence of mind to fall with
his ill-fated companions and remain
motionless upon the ground.
The strength of the mob has been
variously estimated. The jailer says
that there were many armed men, all
wearing masks. He said he delivered
the keys to the men. believing it was
better to do that than to resist. which
he was told would mean the dynamiting
of the prison.
Sandy Price was charged by Mrs.
Weldon Dooley, who lives In the sub
urbs of Watkinsville. with having at
tempted criminal assault Wednesday
afternoon. No further trouble is anti
cipated.
Only one negro was left in the jail.
and he was gambler who escaped the
notice of the mob. Aycock. the white
man, protested his innocence to the
last. A. w, Wasford met the mob in
the streets and begged for the life of
Aycock. as there was doubt as to his
guilt. Jailer Grow also begged for Ay-
cocks life and the lives OF three Of the
negroes.
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