Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-10-11

Mobile, Ala, Speclal.-The crlmeS
committed upon Ilna May Fowler,
Lillian May Scvoil. Ruth Sossaman,
and attempts on others whose names
are not given, were rcveneed by j
party OF ~ aicn Saturday afternoon
al l2Gij O'Clock III lonely place
just of the Holt road, i'll the neigh
borhood Of Prichurd' : Station. The
leaders ordered the men, who were nil
armed with revolvcrS, shotgunS and
rifles. not tn fire shot and the orders
were carried out. Thompson. the
negro youth who committed the first
crimes that startled the people ut
Mob'!, aud worked them up into Il
fury was hanged first. Robinson.
the other negro. was executed immp-
diatrly afterwards. y long hulf-inch
rope WAS thrown over the limb OF Il
!iVr-oak tree and Robinson was
drawn M ahp,;t - feet and the rope
was Fastened. Tie slowly stran~lcd
L" death. According To one of the
leaders of the mnb. Robinson con-
icsNcd. The Associated Press repre-
sentative was called over to hear the
confessions. but Robinson looked
frightened and said that he was not
the man. Robinson was hanged ut
l2:''N p. NJ. Thompson was hanged
before the body Of Robinson was cut
down.
The hanging Of the negroes was
conducted IL very quiet manner and
during the time that the work was
gong ON hardly word was spoken.
The negro Thompson was very sui
len from the time he was taken
oil The train until the rope was plac-
rd around his neck. Robinson main
tanned That he WAS going to heaven.
W hen Mount Vernon was reached
"u the Trip from Birmingham. eirh,
men wearing white masks boarded
the tram. Five of them levelin~ pis-
'"l> ut Sh'rtt Powers and his deputy
and sand the men had come for the
prisoners. The rcvolvcrs of the Sber
III and deputy were taken from them.
The conductor OF the train was ask.
"d to move all the people in the first.
class coach tQ the rear seats. as others
"' Inc crowd were going 10 get on
the tram at Plateau The conductor
computed with tn" request and some
"i the passenger, were also placed IN
the sleeper
One OF the mob leaders who stood
on the plat form of the train. heavily
masked. said tina; The crowd which
had just boarded The train were all
business men OF Mobile and that their
act1on had been decided upon only
at!er careful consideration. He said
,n't II the negroes were taken int,
Mobile ny the sheriff and tried under
military protection there would crr-
tainly be bloodalird and their method
was the best.
"hch the tram reached Creole IL
miles from Mobile, ii large number of
men wearing masks and one of them
carrying bag which contained
straps and ropes, came on board and
were given their orders. AT Pricb-
ar" Station the masked mob. with
me prisoners closely guarded. rot off
me tram and started down the road
Aboui 100 yards from the tree NJ,
""'ci' inc HANGING took place the cry
was given to hurry and the mob
ana prisoners broke into a run. After
running % yards IL big oak tree was
reached. and the mob stopped and
ropes were produced. Fearing troubIo
win the neiShhorhood negroes. scouts
armed with rides. guarded the main
road. The negroes were then strung
up Nearly everybody in the crowd
look part of the rope. While the ne
groeS were being hanged strict orders
from the leader rang out: BOYS. do
not hrr shot; we are carrying out
the VIII of the people"