Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-10-09
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ID Strung Up.

Strung Up. :
Argenta, ~. Oct. s.-As a sequel
to the kiliia of John Lindsay and
wounding his son. Policeman Milton
Lindsay. here Saturday night. presum-
ably by Garrett and Charles colum.
negroes. II. Blackburn. a negro. was
lynched Sunday night at 10 o'clock ct
the corner OF sixth and Main streets.
The trouble originated on Sept. 10,
when n white man named II. X. Nc
Donald killed a negro musician named
Wiley Shelby. Next day at the inquest
held M Columns undertaking store. a
difficulty arose IN which Robert Col.
um was killed and Deputy Constable
Ed Lindsay and Garrett Colum severe
~ wounded. the hitter emerging from
the hospital only last Saturday. Pc
liceman Milton Lindsay. brother OF
Ed Lindsay. was also hurt at that
time. Saturday night Policeman Nil
ton Lindsay and his father were walk.
ing past the COlum store. when they
were fired on from ambush. John
Lindsay was killed on the spot. His
son was severely wounded. but man.
aged 20 crawl out OF range When the
police and citizens attempted 20 en-
ter the store they were fired on.
II is supposed c. c. and Garrett Col.
um 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 unseen
In the darkness In the early part OF
the trouble They are still at large.
At 1880 o'clock Sunday morning Will
Harding. a painter. was halted on the
street by unknown parties. whether
black or white. he could not tell In the
darkness. He was asked II he was
black or white. On replying that he
was white he was told 10 20 back
and while leaving he was shot In the
back. At 2 o'clock James Mahoney,
a contractor. and A. l.. Bedding. a re.
porter Of the Little Rock Gazette,
were going 10 see Mahoney. discoy'
cred that n house was on fire. Ma
honey fired his pistol in the air 20
d hiNt AAt nv
two men were fired on from four DIFF.
ferent quarters with shotguns Mahs
ney was painfully shot In the hand.
Belongs clothes were peppered with
bird shot, but none entered his body.
That ended developments for the
night. and II was hoped and believed
no further outbreak would occur.
At noon Saturday H. Blackburn.
thlrty-seyen years old a negro. who
conducted a confectionery store In Ar.
genta. was arrested on suspicion OF be.
ing the man who fired on Mahoney
and Belding No trouble was antici.
pated the town being quiet all day,
but as a precautioD Mayor Faucette
and Sheriff Kavanaugh swore In M.
teen extra policemen and the sheriff
sent several extra deputies TO assist
the police. The lynching was quietly
put through IN businesslike way.
Shortly before 10 o'clock four men on.
tered the police station from the rear
and one covered the turnkey with a
pistol. while the other got his key.
quickly unlocking Blackburns cell and
took him out the back way. Not a
shot was fired. and there was no loud
talking, 80 that Chief Of Polite Pratt.
Sheriff Kavanaugh and two deputies,
who were standing on the street few
block away. knew nothing OF what was
going on until they heard several shots
fired al Main and Sixth streets. Run.
ming there. they found Blackburn al
ready dead, hanged 10 a telegraph pole
while the crowd around were merely
onloOkers. Those who had already un.
masked had mingled with the crowd.
so that Identification was impossible
As Blackburn was being taken from
the Jail he kept eNclaiming. "Oh
Lordy." and he uttered no other word
az any time. He kept repeating the
words as he was marched down the
street andw HE the rope was being
adjusted and again as he was drawn
up. he was stungling 20 death slow
IS when he was put out OF his misery
by several pistol bullets fired from
tho crowd when first arrested Black
burn said he only arrived from Lake
Village Saturday night. after tho
shooting There WIS positive evidence
however. that after the Lindsoys were
first fired on Blackburn ran out OF
negro house adiolning. and fired az
John Lindsay Also. that later he de
lvered lnflammaiory speeches "a
crowds Of negroes at several points.