The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-08
NEGRO STRUNG FROM
 A TELEGRAPH POLE
QUIETLY CONDUCTED AFFAIR BY MASKED CITIZENS OF
 ARGENTA, ARK'

Four Enter Police Station From Hear
 While One Covers the Turnkey-Vic-
 t,n,,s Cell soon UnIOcked-Sequel to
 the Killing of One Man and WoundinS
 or His Son saturday Night-When
 Deputies Reach Scene of Lynchins All
 is Quiet.
 Argenta Ark, Oct. 7.--As sequel to the killing of John Lindsay and wound ing of his son, Policeman Milton Llnd- say here last night, presumably Dy carrett Colum and Charles Colum, negroes H. Blackburn, negro, was Ivnched tonight at 10 o'clock at the corner of Sixth and Main streets. The trouble originated on September l2, when white man named R. R, Me Donald killed negro musician named Wiley Shelby. Next day at the ln- quest at the Colum's undertaking store, difficulty arose in which Robert Col inn was killed and Deputy Constable Ed Lindsay and Garrett Colum severe ly wounded. Policeman Milton Lind say. a brother of Ed Lindsay, and his father were walking past the Colum store when they were fired on from am- bush. John Lindsay was killed and his son severely wounded. When the po- lice and citizens attempted to enter the store they were fired on. It Is suppos- ed Charles and Garrett Colum did the shooting Later in the night, thinking the Colum brothers were still locked in the rear rooms of the store, the place was dynamited but the negroes had escaped.
 Early to-day Will Harding, a painter was halted on the street by persons url- known, whether black or white, he could not tell In the darkness. He was asked If he was black or white. On replying that he was white, he was told to go back, and while-S leaving he was shot in the back Later James Mahoney, contractor, and Al Bedding, a reporter of the Little Rock Gazette, while going osee Harding, discovered house on fire.
 Mahoney fired his pistol in the air to give the alarm, and immediately the two men were fired on from the four different quarters with shot guns
 Mahoney was painfully shot in the hand and Belding's clothes were pep pered with birdshot. To-day, H. Black burn, thirty-seven years old, negro who conducts a confectionery store in Argenta, was arrested on suspicion of being the man who fired on Mahoney and Bedding. As a precaution Mayor Fausette swort in fifteen extra police mon and the sheriff sent several extra deputies to assist the police
 Shortly before 10 o'clock tonight foul masked men entered the police station from the rear, and one covered the turnkey with a pistol while the others got his keys and quickly unlocked Blackbnrn's cell and took him out the back way. Not a shot was fired anc l there was no disturbance, so that Po- liceman Pratt and two deputies who were standing on the street two blocks aayw, knew nothing of what was golne on until they heard several pistol re- ports at Main and Sixth streets. They found Blackburn dead hanged to a tel. egraph pole, while the crowd were ap- parently merely onlookers.
 When first arrested. Blackburn sait he only arrived from Lake Village Sat urday night after the shooting. Ther, was positive evidence, however thai after the Lindsays were first fired on Blackburn ran out of negro house ad joining and fired at John Lindsay ant that later he delivered inhammatory speeches to crowds of negroes at sey, eral points.