The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
Series of Assaults Upon Young
Women ArOuses Citizens of
PritchardS, Ala.
POSSE HEAVILY ARMED,
DOES NOT FIRE 4 SHOT
Their Plans We're Carefully
Made and Carried Out With
ont a Hitch.

MOBILE, Ala. Oct. 6.-The crimes
committed upon Ena Nav Fowler, Lii.
han Nay Savell, Ruth Seraman and at
tempted or others whose names are
not given, were revenged by party
~ forty.f men this afternoon in a
lonely place Just of tho Holt road, IN
tho neighboThood OF Pritehards sta
ton. The leaders ordered the men, who
we're all armed with revolvers, shot
guns and rifles, not 70 fire shot aud
the orders were carried ont. Robin
son, colored, who committed the first Of
the crimes that startled the people OF
Mobile and worked them up into
fury, was first strung up. A long half.
inch rope was thrown over the limb OF
= live oak tree. According to the
statements Of the leaders, Robinson
confessed and was then swung up. He
slowly strangled TO death. Robinson
vas lerked up a distance Of about fif
teen feet and the rope fastened. An
other report is that Robinson said that
lie was not the man.
Thompson, also colored. was hanged
a. soon as the body Of Robinson had
been strung up. The hanging was con-
Quoted In a very quiet manner.
Did Not Show Fear.
The negro Thompson was very sui.
len from the time he was taken off the
lthlu lAl1J Tue AOES was DldCtu
his neck. Neither of the men showed
signs Of fear, Robinson saying all the
time that be was going 10 heaven.
When Mount Vernon was reached on
the trip from Birmingham eight men
wearing white masks boarded the train.
Five OF them covered Sheriff Powers
and Deputy Charles Green with re.
volvers and told them that they had
come for the prisoners. The revolvers
of the sheriff and deputy sheriff were
then taken from them. The conductor
was asked TO remove all the people in
the hrst-class coach TO the rear seats,
al more Of the crowd were going TO
get on az Plateau. The conductor Com
piled with the request and some of
the passengers were nlaced in the
sleeper.
One Of the leaders. who stood on the
platform of the train, heavily masked,
said that the crowd which had Just
boarded the train were all business
men OF Mobile and that their action
had been decided upon only after care
ful consideration. . He said that If tho
negroes were taken into Mobile by the
sheriff and tried under military pro
lection there would certainly be blood
she'd and their method was the best,
Mob Well Prepared.
When the train reached Creole. If
teen miles from Mobile, a large mum.
Der Of men wearing masks and one Of
them carrying bag which contained
straps and ropes, came on board and
were given their orders. At Pritchards |
station the masked mob, with the pris-
oners closely guarded, got of the train
and started down the road. About 100 |
yards from the tree on which the hang
ing took place the cry was given to
hurry aud the mob and prisoners
broke into a run. After running TWEEN
tv.6ye yards big oak tree was reached
and the mob stopped and ropes were |
produced. Fearing trouble with the !
ueighborbood negroes, scouts, armed |
with rifles. guarded the main road. The |
negroes were then strung mp Nearly !
everybody of the crowd took part OF,
the rope.
While the negroes were peing hanged
strict orders from the leader rang out:
- Bows. do not fire shot. We arc
carving out the will Of the people, -