The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-21
Soldiers We're Held IN
Readiness.
BLACK MAN BURNED
BY ENRACED WHITES
Sequel 10 Brutal Murder Of Yeung
AIgernon Lewis.
Race Riot seems to Have Been Nipped
In the Bud, But Abbott Rifles
of selma Msy Go to
MaEnoll. for
safety.

:
After day OF stirring events du-
ring which four well known white
men were shot down by negroes and
one negro was burned to death. Mag
nolia. little village In a remote Sec
ton Of Marengo County. Quoted last
night while soldiers slept on their arms
in Selma ready to respond to signal
indicating further violence.
White men and women of Magnolia,
heavily armed. spent sleepless night
Monday. fearing an uprising of the
negroes of the vicinity. as result Of
the days events. BY order of Cover
nor Conner soldiers were held in read
mess at Selma to go to their assist
ance.
Four white men were shot. and one
negro was burned to death during the
afternoon. Feeling is at fever heat
between the races. because Of the
killing of young Aigernon Lewis which
occurred Saturday.
The first intimation of trouble came
to the outside world when q frantic
message to Governor Conner late Mon
=
day afternoon over the telephone from
Magnolia. TOLD that four white men
had been shot down by negroes. and
that an ugly race riot was brewing.
with the blacks. Communicating the
whites seven to one. armed and in .
dangerous mood.
The message resulted in hasty
executive order for fifty members or
the Abbott Rifles OF Selma, under
command Of Colonel Carter. torush at
once to the scene. Later the order
was revoked.
Excitement was Hish.
Inc meSSh6cSf was AhSoAioA oh@ AHS
man who spoke to the governor blurt-
ed out that his father had been shot.
and that the negroes were dangerous.
Later communication with Magnolia
revealed the fact that four white men
had been shot two of whom are dang
erously wounded. one negro burned TO
death and two negroes arrested, fol-
lowing the attempt of sherlfr's posse
to capture the negro murderers Of Al
gernon Lewis. young white man Of
Magnolia who was shot Saturday.
ErneSt SHADE, of Fiatwood. e. w.
Shields and Tom Lindsey. Of Magnolia.
and N. C. Carlton. Of Lamison. are the
white men who were wounded. They
were shot by Clint Montgomery. one Of
the four negroes charged with the
murder.
Chased hptly by the posse. and sepa-
rated from his two nephews. Clint
Montgomery took refuge in the house of
a negro woman. and opened IRE on
the approaching white men. The four
went down under his rifle. but th~
others, closing in on the house. set
fire to 1t.
With the negro INSIDE the house the
flames were fed from without until the
house burned to the ground. the muir
derer with It.
Fletcher Montgomery and Shelly
Montgomery. brothers of the @negro,
who were supposed to have been i'm
plieated in the murder,A were captured
by the posse. and taken in charge by
the sheriff. who drove through the
country. eighteen miles. 70 Linden, the
county site. with his prisoners.
The other brother. WIN Montgom-
cry. was still free when the posse
stopped It's work with the night.
All Negroes Arrested
The situation was tense wlNn night
came. Already the white men had
placed the town under sort q mar
tial law. Every negro in the, little
place was arrested. and arms found
on them or in their houses wereNseiz-
ed.
Prompt action on the part Of &he
white people Of Magnolia will, 1t is ke-
liexed. prevent further trouble. No
bioodshed or clash Is anticipated. al
though every preparation for defense
has been taken by the few white peo=
pie.