The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
GOOD MAN KILLkp.
EFFORT TO LYNCH NEGRO FOB
USUAL CRIME.
Special 'ge tot the Southern Bail
way Fatally and an alder
man eighty Wounded

man eighty Wounded
Z dispatch from Mobile, Ala:, ssys
r y Ho5ls 8 special efncsr OF the
Mobile and Ohio railroad and cne Of
ths m;Ss widely known and best lik
ed nen in this vicinity, was fatally
sGot and Alderman Sidney Lyons,
chairman OF the city couDc!l OF No
bile, was slightly wounded In the
hand Tues3ayright during fight at
the ccunsy jlil between deputy sher-
ffs and crowd OF men, determined
90 capture Dick Robinson, a young
negro. The mob IS still hunting the
regro ard VII lynch him If possible
negro, who IS only II years old, Tues
Tuesday attacked Rlvh tbs u year Old
aaugh5er Of B:oun5 Scssansn, who
lives aoout three miles from here.
The girl was passing ssclude{
spot not far from her hcme when she
was attacked Lstsr Sne vas t uac
iyirg uncorsc!ous By the roscside
ard taken TO bsr hcme. Detectives
we're p?saed oG the track Of the negro
and si:hia three hours he was cspIur.
ed. He sas taken before the Sasss.
man girl who st once identified him
Depuz5 Sbsr!f Fstcn, knowing that
tie life OF the rsgro would be taseT
oy q mob II Be brought him into this
city, caused him to be conveyed TO a
station several miles up the M bill;
and O1io railroad. BE was not tskep
.c TIE ii at all and vas at least
eight niles from the city when The
mob, determined to have him, ap.
preached the buildtpg.
T iere havs been several assaults
upon white womsn within the las:
few weeks, and the nevs Of thii
latest outrage caused intense wrast
and excitement. as early a. o'clocs
IL the evening crowds CT men con
nencsd to gather in the downtown
street and b. $50 500 men had form
I'd at the intersection OF E ,ysl snc
Dauphin streets The crowd Wa
aarrsrgusd by several speakers wnt
urgaG taeu to take TIE life OF the
negro If ne could be found, and in
saOrl time tie entire crowd was or
sae naTca for the jill.
Saerif Powers INST the leaders o.
the NIB anu infcrmed them that the
nan they were seeking vas not !!
she jail and had nevsr lssn brough;
sdsfe. &c cfarsd to let anybod.
whcm be personally knew ca :
sfouah the jail to satisfy the crowc
Of ahs truth OF lis statement. Aaot
40 walked through the corridors anc
.one O.; them resuraed and ASSURE d
Tie mem 5srs Of the M that the
nan was Lot there. While several
nan, including Hoyla and Lions,
were s&ill in th, i. q portion or ths
o-oWo led b9 ISL, rawooned mai
whose name is not known, seized s
ae:spacne pole which had been bloWs
aown Ia tie re3e2S orm ald dsshe,
1t ;sstnst tie closed part OF double
dor, CIs.csii OF gshich vas opsn.
The dco, fell With 3 crash and 2!
moSt Instantly shot came from :
,evo. er ID Ehe hands Of mn staId
ing 10 The gaze. AZ orc5 tie men
oers Of The mao cCnneIc.6 & a fusl
:ade, and aGoat Glz3l 1sv-iver SHOT
Ieie 11ed, and then CO 1e s-ver.
1hcss from Eida, held In tre haIds
Of q man WHO leVeled it aaCva his
aesd ahd worked it vigorously whiie
holding IL in ta2t positicl. Mt
mere han d zsn men cc"k part ii
lae tlin2 AID IS the shots rang oul
.hsrs wss 6 stampe6s on the part Ct
tie crtsc icrsl elter. The ntb Has
widely scstve-ed in few seconds.
Alderman Z ons who had besn or
She lnsl0s Vt Yhe ] Ill csme OUT snG
i!olcing up his hslo, from which the
blood was Streaming, announc:ns
yhat he bad been shou and that BY
aoVle lad received 5 bullet through
sne left luEg. The crowd LATER receiv
information that R0b:nscn had beer
taken hon the city TO Eight Mile
Pint on the MOBILE and Ohio rail.
road,t where he vas to be placed ucor
che 1rs;n and carried Still further
As scoa as this vas known fully 800
Gen boarded the Mobile ald O ~
passenger train lesv:ag here ss 8::25
?. 70. With the expressed intention 6;
lyaching tie negro II they could sc:
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