The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-24
SIX LYNCH|NGS
DURING AUGUST IN
THE CAROL|MAS

Columbia, S. c., Aug. 2i.-Mobs for the
third time In just one week lynched a
negro last night The victim OF white fury
was Willie Spain. 21 years old. The
young man was discovered attempting 10
effect an entrance TO the home OF S. l..
Connor at Dedham, Dorchester county.
There was no one In the house except
the l1-year-old daughter OF Connor, and
this fact was known TO Spain
When captured, the negro was taken 20
the Connor home where the frightened
girl identified him. Then the mob, num-
bering 800 men. strung their victim up to
a limb and riddled his body with bullets
Connor. VINO is manager OF the Dorches-
ter Lumber company's stores at Dedham,
was notified by a negro that another ne
Sro was attempting TO enter a window
or Connor's house. Connor started for his
home, coming upon Spain on the way. He
struck the negro a severe blow. breaking
several bones In his hand
Spain finally freed himself and ran into
the woods near by. Two hours later he
was captured i'm a negro cabin, was
brought 20 st. George and turned over TO
Sheriff Limehouse. who locked him I'm jail.
A mob soon gathered and went 10 the
sheriff, with a demand for the keys OF
the jail Securing the keys, the jail was
unlocked and the negro taken 10 the
house OF Connor, whore his daughter pos
itlvely Identified him as the one who had
tried 10 climb through the window. but
who was frightened away by her screams.
The negro admitted that he had gone 10
the residence with the intention OF en-
tering II. but for what purpose he did not
say
The mob strung Spain TO limb and
shot about 600 bullets into his body. The
sheriff notified Gov. Hayward by tele-
graph OF the lynching
The state authorities are thoroughly
aroused at the height TO which racial feel
ing has gone only last Monday Bob"
Etheridge. negro. who attacked the l.
year-old daughter OF r. H. West. a farm
er near this city, was captured after
long chase by a mob and shot TO death
near the scene OF his attempted crime.
Preceding this only four days, Bob Da-
Wis another negro. was lynched al Green
wood by a band OF determined whites
who listened TO the earnest appeal made
by Gov. Hayward that they permit the
law 10 take its course, cheered the eXecu-
tive for his sentiments, and then calmly
proceeded TO end the negro's life. Davis
had attacked and killed Miss Jennie
Brooks OF that town, and afterward had
assaulted a l4year-old negress.
But this wave OF mob rule Is not con-
fined alone 10 this state, for IL is almost
as virulent I'm North Carolina. on Aug. 6
a mob across the line stOrmed the jail at
Salisbury and removed three negroes who
were being held on the charge OF murder
ing the Lyerly family at Barber juno
ton, July 13. The bodies OF the three.
rddled with bullets. were found swinging
10 the same limb on the outskirts Of the
town the following morning
AS a result OF the alarming frequency OF
outrages by the blacks and swift and
awful vengeance by the whites. condi-
tions are rapidly shaping themselves in
these two states so that a race war OF
actual determination is not out OF pale
of possibilities. The bitterest OF feeling
exists between the two races, concealed
on the part OF the black, but openly pa
raded by the whites.