The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-11-22
is shot TO PIECES
As!:evite, N. c. Murderer Pays
the Penalty
NOT WILL HARRIS, HOWEVER
Negro Found in Woods Near fetch
er, II Miles from Asheville. Two
Members OF Posse Injured.

Charlotte. y. c. Speeial-James
Harvey, the notorious negro despara-
do who on Tuesday night
shot and killed two police officers ;
three negroes. and wounded a police
captain at Asheville, \. c., and then
escaped, hotly pursued by hundreds
of infuriated citizens, well-armed, was
captured Thursday morning in the
woods near Fletcher, twelve miles
from Asheville, and his body riddled
with bullets. A long distance tele-
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 fired 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 negro was found.
rhe mutilated body of the negro Is
now being brought TO Asheville by the
posse.
1t will be remembered that immed-
lately following the fiendish crimes
Of the negro, large parties of Ashe-
vile citizens filed with a burning pas
sion for revenge of the crimes of
the negro desperado, armed them
selves TO the teeth and began sys-
tematic search of the neighboring
towns and country around Asheville.
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 a minute. Blood hounds
were used i'll the chase. but with little
effect. Different rumors came in dur
ing the night as to the whereabouts
Of 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 house on Valley street
loudly proclaiming 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 rife and was shoot
ing into houses promiscuously, by Of
ficers, it took the negro only a few
minutes to leave two dead officers and
one wounded in his bloody wake.
Feeling at Asl:eviile, 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 Killing.
Asheville, N. c., Special.-The
dead body Of the negro murderer of
five men here on Tuesday night was
brought here. The body was fearful
ly mutilatcd having been pierced by
dozens of bullets. 1t is not known
to certainty that the dead negro is
the notorious Mecklenburg county ne
gro, Will Harris, but it is certain that
he is the one who did the killing here
Tuesday night
1t is stated that one of the balls
from his rifle glazed the head of one
of the posse.
The rife was the same with which
the negro did his bloody work here.
There were over fifty men 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.