Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-11-22
PRESIDENT SEES ALL lis SHOT TO PIE(FSI
Ashevile, N: G. Murderer Esys
the Penalty
NOT WILL HARRIS. nowEyR
Negro Found In Woods Near FletI
e1 IL Miles from Asheville. II
Members of Posse Injured.

Charlotte, N. c., Special-Jam
Harvey, the notorious negro despair
do who on Tuesday nigl
shot and killed two police officers
three negroes, and wounded polio
captain at Asheville, N. c., and the,
eecaped, hotly pursued by hundred
of infuriated citizens, well-armed, wa !
captured Thursday morning in thd
woods near Fletcher, twelve miles
from Ashevills, and his body riddled
with bullets. A long distance telel
phone message from that place, states
that there was no doubt whatever as
to the identity of the. negro. 1t is
stated that the first shot was fred by
Southern Ry. detective and that
two members of the searching posse
were injured in the capture and com
bat with the negro. The shooting
began as soon as the nagro was found fSsissrr,t 4.
The mutilated body Of the negro is
now being brought to Asheville by the
posse. e4t
1t will be remembered that immed-
lately following the fiendish crimes
of the negro, large parties of Ash.-
vile citizens filled with burning pas
SION for revenge of the crimes of
the negro desperate, armed them
selves to the teeth and began a sys-
tematic search Of the neighboring
teves and eoHRtry around Ashevills.
All through the night different posses
departed and up to morning, when the
black murderer was captured and kill
ed, the ardor of the search has never
Jagged for minute. Blood hounds
were used in the chase, but with little
effect. Different rumors came in dur
ing thu night as to the whereabouts
ci' The negro, but it was not until
morning that he was positively locat-
ed.
The crimes of the negro were tn.
most daring and uncalled for occurr-
ing IN this State in many years. With
out the least provocation the negro
emerged from a house on Valley street
loudly lproclaiming himself to be the
noted Charlotte desparado, and be-
gan shooting on first sight of man.
When an attempt was made to arrest
the negro who had already killed two
negroes with his rifle and was shoot
ing INTO houses promiscuopsly, by of
hcers, at took the negro only few
minutes to leave two dead officers and
one wounded in his bloody wake.
Fceilng at Asheville, among both
blacks and whites has been at fever
heat, and the quick ending of the ne
gro's murderous career was merely
the expected result, whenever he
should have been found.
The Capture and Klling.
Asheville, N. c., Special. al.--Thc
dead body of the negro murderer of
tive men here on Tuesday night was
brought here. The body was fearful
ly mutilated having been pierced by
dozens Of bullets. 1t is not known
to certainty that the dead negro is
the notorious Mecklenburg county ne
gro, VIII Harris, but it is certain that
ne Is the one who did the killing here
Tuesday night. 4 s..Nsiss---'
1t is stated that one of the balls
from his rifle glazed the hdhd of one
OF the posse.
The rifle was the same with which
the negro did his bloody work here.
There were over fifty mdn in the
party who found the negro, and doz-
ems OF shots were fred effectively at
the negro.
his body was later identified as
that OF james Harvey, of Forest City,
Va.