The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-03-10
POSSE LYNCHES MURDERER
FLORIDIANS SHOOT BOUND VIC.
TIM ALMOST TO PIECES.


All Three Men Concerned In Killing
Of stribling and Deputy Sheriff
Near Palmetto Are Dead.
Tampa. Fla, March with three
negroes dead as q result of race riot
Ing in the neighborhood Of Palmetto
yesterday, the wrath Of the residents
in that section seems to be assuaged.
The sum total of deaths is three ne
groes and two white men, with one
white man in the emergency hospital
here with q bullet hole through his
heaG.
Sam Ellis was captured this after
noon and later was literally shot to
pieces by the angry posse, after he
had mortally wounded Deputy Sheriff
J. B. Morgan. who, with Deputy Max
Burnett. had q battle with the two
Ellis brothers. Later In the day the
dead body Of q second negro was
found and this afternoon the other
Ellis brother was caught and killed.
The two deputies were placed on
duty at the bridge to prevent the ne
groes from making their escape from
the county. At daybreak the officers
saw two negroes approaching and
commanded them to halt. For an
swer the negroes opered fire and
Deputy Morgan fell mortally wound
ed at the first fire. Sam Ellis seized
the fallen mans gun and raised It to
fire on Burnett. Burnett was too
quick and shot the negro through the
head. This shot was fatal. The
other negro opened fire on Burnett
and one Of the bullets took Of his
lower lip. When the desperate had
emptied his gun he disappeared into
the swamp.
Finds Wounded Negro.
Burnett tied the wounded negro to
tree and carried his fellow officer to
q nearby house. A short time later
the posse arrived and after learning
of what the negroes had done riddled
Ellis with bullets.
The last Of the three negroes impli-
Gated in the murder Of the two depu-
ties and the fatal wounding Of the
third was shot at dusk this afternoon
In the palmettoes on the banks Of the
Manatee river. He had fallen asleep
and when he awoke was gazing into
the barrels Of dozen rifles and shot
guns. Even then he showed resistance
and reached for his rife. In q sec
ond he was riddled with bullets.
Three Negroes Implicated.
II was not known until the sheriff
and his exhausted deputies returned
to Palmetto tonight that three ne
groes were implicated In the murder
Of Sam Stribbling and Ed Matthews.
From the Information brought by the
sheriff neither of the Ellis brothers
was implicated in the killing Of Pay
master Stribbling but another negro
who was killed by Henry Wasgame
carly last evening. The sheriff was
notified BY Wassame this afternoon
that he had been on the lookout for
the slayer Of Stribbling and had run
him to cover in clump Of palmetto
trees near his house. The negro came
out and attempted to fire. When
Wassame discharged both barrels Of
his gun the negro fell back into the
palmettoes. Wasgame said be did
not care to risk following the negro
in the growing darkness. When q
search was made to-day the body Of
the dead negro was found at the spot
indicated by Wasgame.
Aided the Murderer.
The three Ellis negroes, 1t IL al
legged, took q hand in the trouble
growing out Of Stribbling's murder,
when they attempted to interfere with
the running OF the bloodhounds with
which the murderer was being chas-
ed. They were in turn chased, and
went to their house, where they bar
ricaded themselves and fred on the
posse which surrounded the shack.
killing Deputy Sheriff Matthews.
They made their escape when the
posse departed to secure reinforce
ments.
J. B. Morgan, who was shot
through the head, the bullet entering
the left cheek and ranging upward
to the left temple. was brought to
Tampa tonight and placed in the
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