The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-09
FIEND LYNCHED
Texas MOB Hurled aapis From Court
Hense Window to Death
CHARGES COURT HOUSE

LnANGES GSUAa AOCOL
Five Thousand Citizens OF Dallas,
ED by Aged Negro. wreak Ven
seance Upon Man Accused OF As
saut,ins White Child and Sssrraed
Jasl Hunting for Murderers-
From the very grasp OF the law
Allen Brooks. an aged negro. charged
with c-:minally assauisins a TWO
vea,-old white child. was torn by
fifteen determined members ot an
angry mob Of Ave thousand men al
Dallas, Texas. Thursday ano hanged
for his crime.
Brooks was seized in the Court
room. where be was 70 receive tne
laws Justice. tossed through WIN
dow 20 the main body OF the MOB.
which waited like pack or raw
eaous wolves for ;hei. prey. IN the
street below. His broken body was
dragged I: ,oush the streets and ne
was hanged 70 the Elks' arch h!sH
above the heads OF the a,tnsins
citizens. The mob was lead oy an
old negro
with It all hardly loud word
was spoken. not shot was nTeo'
and above the dui; murmurinss OF the
mob could be heard the aged nesro'S
,-em bling sh7ieks for mercy. A'ses
Brooks was hangea. .or nearly tcTee
hours Dallas was in the hands 0!
the mot. The jail vas stormed anc
death threatened to three oehe! ne
r-oes held on murder charges. They
had been spirited away. however. and
aste, searching for them in vain the
mob dispersed.
The crime for which Brooks PAID
the penalty was one OF the most o9u-
"a, in the history Of Dalizs County.
Immediately after his arrest last
week the negro was taken out OF the
city for safekeeping. He was return
ed early Thursday morning and tax
ca to the Court House at daylight 70
avail. the calling Of his case in IN"
csyi. Court. A great crowd had SatA-
cred early, and when attorneys GOT
the defendant. who had been appoint
ed by the Court, began arguments IN
behalf Of & postponmene OF the tria!
until the next day. rumors started
through the crowd that change OF
venue had been granted.
This statement caused one OF the
greatest demonstrations ever seen
!, Dallas County. and the Court
House vas charged ay the mob.
Scores os officers. hastily summoned.
we're overpowerea. the locked doors
Of the Court room were wrecked and
tha negro, c-ouching in corner
orsyins. was seized By the leaders
OF the mob.
This was In the second-story o:
the buildibs. Outside the body oi
the angry crowd was waiting. a rope
was ready with ha1Smacs Knot
tied IN it and when It was announced
from the window that the negro hac
been taken. the rope was thrown
INTO the room. The moose was placed
shout the prisoners neck and be
was pulled and thrown TO the ground.
fighting Ike tiger for bis life.
He struck on the pavement on his
forehead and. it is believed. fEac-
tu7ed his skull IN the fall oc about
thirty feet. Instantly dozens Of men
jumped on him with :heir see- and
his face was kicked into pulp and
he was bruised al over. probably
dying within few minutes. a score
OF men seized the rope, ana at the
head OF the mob. dragged the nesro s
body twelve blocks up main street &c
the Eik's arch where it was sns-
pended to . supporting telephone
pole
The police cut the body aovn in
about sve minutes. It was tlk..n IL
the City Hall and late iuss"i oSc:
to an undertake..
After the lyachlns there &c CRIT :
20 the effect that other negro pris-
one-s in the county Jail. es:-scia!lT
two who have murder charges pend
ing against them. Burre! Oates and
"Elubbe-" Robinson. shouti Re hang
ed by the ..,ob .,so-
"a march was made TO :hS coni'!
iail. The sheriff announce tLHs The
msn wanted we." mt the ":c ei-
lowed committees se's-se.l ay ~"
moo to search the p:;sca- TAG ne
groes could not te found. but sti,!
they could 10, BE- sas:sied.
They battered al the jail door with
2 steel rail until an officer STei
blank shot into the ground IN froni
OF them. a committee announced
the negroes were not IN the jail End
finally the mob moved away.
It developed that deputy sher:as
had taken the negroes out % 'he
city in automobiles and repor- %,
wire says they passed through Fo't
Worth en- rou.e TO Weathe:ford. Tex
as.
The mob announced plans TO ooaTt
train and pursue the automobiles
and while they were at the sta
ton making such arrangements
repo-t was started that one OF m
negroes wanted was in the City Hal
lookup. Then the thousands OF mel
wen. to that place. but did cot fn'
the negro. BY that time i, was Lat
IN the afternoon and the mob dis
persed.