The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
TWOLYNCHED BY MASKED MEN.
NEGROES DRAGGED FROM TRAIN
AND STRUNG UP.
Ihey We're being BrOughs 70 Jal at Noodle
when the Men Intercepted Them
SHERIFF POweFicss 70 Protect Prison
es-Passengers Take Hand IN Hanging.

when the MeO Intercepted Them
-SheraR POweFicss 70 Protect Prison
ers-Paasengers Take Hand Hanging.
NOZZLE, Ala, Oct. IAN organized COM
mittes Of 200 masked men. many Of them
we'll known, who left Mobile to-day. hanged
two negroes after taking them from a
train on the Southern Railway thirty
miles north Of here.
When the mob held up he train the
negroes, who were charged with attack
ing white women In Mobile. were on the
way to this city in custody Of Sheriff Powers.
They had been captured In Birmingham
and the news OF the Sherif's departure
with tho prisoners was wired ahead.
One OF the prisoners was the cause OF
the attack which was made OF the county
Jail here a few days ago. In this attack
a special officer was killed while defending
the jail n a number Of men In the mob
were wounded. While the attack was in
progress the negro was placed on board a
train and taken to Birmingham.
Another negro, previously caught in
Birmingham, and the prisoner who was
the cause Of the Jail attack were turned
over to Sheriff Powers at s A. M He at
ones boarded the train for Mobile.
Two thousand men had met the Louis
VILE and Nashville train here at an earlier
hour and were disappointed not to find the
negroes aboard. The special committee
was then selected to meet sheriff Powers
outside the city.
The train on the Southern road had
sOarosly started from Birmingham when
the Mobile committee was on its way north.
When tho two trains were within a mile
Of each other the committee left its train
and prepared to hold up the ~southbound
train.
The masked men had only n few seconds
to wait. As the train with the prisoners
aboard appeared around a curve it was
signalled to stop. The engineer brought
the train to a stop at the RichR rlson switch.
As soon as the psssen gers caught sight
Of the masked men clambering uoon the
platforms OF the cars they were brown
into n panic.
Its a holdup,- they cried.
Immediately they began TO conceal their
valuables. but the first men OF the COM
mittce who entered the car treasured the
passengers and explained their errand.
Meantime the prisoners, who suspected
the purpose Of the mob, were covering in
fear on their hands and knees. Sheriff
Powers drew a revolver, but the weapon
was promptly knocked from his hand and
he was held in hts seat while the prisoners
we're dragged into tive aisle.
A the prisoners were e away from
the train the passengers joined the mob
and took part in the l%ynching.
Burn them at he stake!" cried several
men.
The cry was renewed when the mob en-
tered q woods not far from the railroad.
Five or six men began to collect sticks and
brush for the fire. The leaders Of the mob,
however, protested and declared that the
original plan Of hanging must be adhered
to.
The prisoners. one OF whom was a boy
II years old, fell on their knees and begged
for mercy. NOosss were placed rot
their necks without further delay and the
ropes were thrown over the branch Of a
tree. The members Of the mob and the
passenger joined in dragging the victims
into the air. As soon a. their work had been
finished the committee boarded the train
and returned 70 Mobile.