Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-10-26
Niger Hanging
AT LuCedale.
MASKED MOB SPIRITS
DuSky ASSailant Of
White Women
From Jail.
During the Quiet Shades 0
the Night.
Strung to a Telegraph Pole,

Strung to a Telegraph Pole.
From Mondays Mobile Rcgister.l
When Deputy Sheriff II. W. Hin
ton on Friday night obtained custo-
dy OF the negro who had been follow
ed from Brushy, Miss, by posse,
after attempting assaults on the wives
of two well known citizens twelve
miles west OF Mobile, it was not eX-
pected that the officer would be able
to reach a jail with his prisoner, feel
ing being very high against t1e n :
gro at all points OH the Mobile, Jack
son and Kansas City Railroad be-
tween Mobile and Lucedale. The
attempted assaults were aggravated
in the minds of the pursuers of the
negro, by the circumstances sur
rounding them and the boldness Of
the negro, who stole horse and shot
qua after terrifying the two white
women When he offered armed re-
siStance to the posse who came up
with him west of Mobile, he was shot
in the shoulder. DR.. eHbOrne and
Mr.. kit" Brannan, who were lead
ers OF the posse, turned the negro
over to Deputy Sheriff H. ". Hinton
iOf LucedalG The last seen of Hinton
and his prisoner by the posse was
when they were headed in a round
about direction for Lucedale, the in
tention being to avoid meeting mob
which, itlwas stated had formed out at
q point further west on the railroad
to take the Niger from the Deputy.
On Saturday night The Register
made efforts to communicate with
Hinton without success. Yesterday,
in reply to a telegram asking what
had become of the prisoner, the fol
lowing report was received from tie
deputy.
Lucedale, Miss, October 21-The
Register, Mobilc.-I received a tele-
gram yesterday from Wilmer, Ala,
saying come at once and get niger.
] went and when l got there | asked
where was Deputy Sheriff Murphy
and they said he has gone to Mobile,
so the good citizens of Wilmer turn
ed the niger over to me, and in few
minutes man told me | had better
take the Niger and skip out, for
there was d mob coming out from Mo
bile to lynch him, and few minutes
later [ was told that there was
mob forming in Wilmer, and saw
lots o. men swarming around with
guns aud pistos and was advised
to hit with him. asked tac negro did
he want to stay there or 90 with me.
He said I want to go with you, 50
we left and lot of fellows followed
me mile with guns and pistols and
.
and swamps and struck the Mobile,
and Jackson and Kansas City Rail
road near Deg river bridge, and then
/ was not so afraid of the mob. | slip
ped into Luceda!e and landed him
safely in Jail and the Deputy Sheriff
of Jackson comfy was here and was
going TO take him before the justice of
the peace for trial in Jackson county.
Dan Breland, deputy sheriff, met
me in Lucedale IT, help me protect
the negro There was no sign up to
O'clock of any mob, SO We retired.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Breland
told me and some more that the ne
gro was out of Jail. We all went in
search of him, when G. Helveston,
justice of the peace, found him swing
ing to a telegraph pole about three
poles South of the depot.
"a man who was on his way home
about II o. lo.;k ran into u mob of
masked men about 300 strong. They
threw Aeir guns on him and made
him leave at once TIE 800 masked
men are unknown; there IS no clue to
their whereabouts. There have been
/, 900 or more people to witness the
body hanging to day, both white
and black.
1.-THE name of the negro is Robert
Clarke, or Dan Dove, and he is from
Kansas City, Mo. He had q sentence
passed on him by the Jackson county
authorities of six months in the
chain gang.
1.-THE cause of all the trouble was
that the negro attempted to rape two
we'll known white women of Jackson
county, Miss. While under this same
charge he stole q horse and double
barrel shotgun from Jackson county
citizens. The negro will be buried
by special committee. Fifty men
came from Wilmer to the inquest.
The coroner's jury decision was,
The negro came to his death at the
end of an inch rope by an unknown
mob. F"
! III. w. Hinton. Deputy Sheriff. =
A bad Niger, RIGHT.