The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
mob TAKES NAN FROM COURT
TEXANS HT H. NEGRO THROt g "
WENDOW TO DElTH.
ARgered NJ DeIay TReS kIlI PrSsenrr.
Then IaanG him ~ TsT Pubic 70 View
Boay delivered To Authorities
Oaher Prisoners saved ~ sheriff.


Oaher Prisoners saved ~ sheriff.
DALLAS. Tex. March s-DurinR the
trial 81 Allen Brooks. q negro accused OF
asHa,ltinE Mary Ethel B,Ivsns. = white
girl two and a half years old. in the DallAs
county court house this morning a mob
overpowered tn" officers who guar ded
ihs prisoner and threw Brooks out %
the second story window.
The negro struck on his head and was
killed Instantly. but the mob hanged him
, neverthelss-.
The mob made Il apparent early that
Justice or vengeance had To he given
without delay.
After Rn hour &c court preliminarle~
the next hour was employed in feintinG
and feeling by the lawyers appointed
To defend the negro Then Judge Ssay
gave them an hour IN which TO prepare
IN writing motion for continuance.
The crowd was stubbornly slow IT
movement when an order was issued
To clear the corridors Down two broad
flights of stairs the fifty or more deputy
, shsrihr and policemen pressed the angry
men from the rural districts. Chains
were stretched across the stairway APP
prOaChee
suddenly q shrilI whistle rang through
the bag bWld,ng. a hoar.e voice shouted
Tome on. boys and the boys came
on
They rushed ~ the chains strung m
their path and snapped them one after
another They swept deputy sheriTs and
policemen ASIDE They ran into the court
room and upset furniture. 1oored such
p!Ticer- a. attempted 10 grlppie with them.
seized BROOKS ana rushed him q win
dow. HURLED HIM through u. glass, frame
and al hSadlong 90 the concrete rave
ment Two stores and a halt below
The negro shreked Just once IN hIs
hgnt hut that was ail He was dead AZ
ne hut the pavement His head came IN
contact first and his neck was broken
Tho mon ~@i1at the rope that had been
noosed about hts neck. dragged the life
less body half a mile through Main street
To AkArd fastened the rope 90 a project;
ing spike IN a post that formed a corner
~ the ElkH' arch. pulled the body up and
tor ten minutes sVpo~e1 To he view of I
lO.0D or more pNopls assembled IN the
streets Then they cut ~ down, put u
IN an express wagon. drove half a block
10 the CITY Hall and presented the corpse
TO the C,tv officials
The officials = short time later sent It
80 the mnrgus Members II the mob
wore no masks or made no effort 20 con-
zeal their IDENTITY
Dsi - q'iei tonight and there -
no danger ~ further work nv the mob
Tor the reason that there ~ no available !
material on winch " cares Ia work. The
four other criminals that the mon wanted
to lynch we're hurried this afternoon out
Of fns Dallas county jan. pia'-Nd in auto !
mobiles with aaiLaIs Of armei guards /
and rush~St westward :" Fort Worth or |
Weatherford before tn" mon that lynchssi |
Alien Brooks could make the hair mite |
Journey on toot from the flk's arch. ~
daiu ana Akard -tretS to the Dallas
county IAIl m Houston street.
More than 3 tsN oeteTmmed men as- I
saihei the county jail about O'Clock !
AMI dsh",i the iittv armed men assembled 7
therr - dsiepd " They parleyed long 1
win the Iaii authorities for Burrsl Oates |
amt Rurhar Robinson, pair " negro /
u'.r~er~rr o. Dallas, frank hcCue. a I
notorious Dallas white man charged with I
mur'e-~ and robheri@e. and Hooper ,
Sennv a nsgrp sent to Jail here from I
Hops ins county several weeks ago 10 /
prevent mob AZ home from lynching /
MIN
Wr"7 me mob AZ tho Jail became con
viut.si tEs' the ial"rs nd not admit !
them ir"v took -'e~ rails for hatt~ring !
rams and partially smashed IN the door
end we're last de'noit~hing the brick
uutarv. umng ~ the building linen
dyuanl'" VaS dIsp'lvs~t and the d"ciara-
ton mat" that N" building wouii
~. blown up Il further deter. was per-
SISTED m
The JaIlers then permitted committee
~ twenty 10 search ih" huldi1E No
IN soner desired nv ~" mob could bs
found
and bort Worth was received announcing
the arrival ct the rIgltiv - ard their quart
~ the... piac~s Then about so r. VI /.
the mob. realizing nat they had been ;
fois,i. disp.r-sd
Mayor HAY seeing the mob spirit that ,
wa- rampant orsirrri the ~ saloons
in Dallas closed They will not he opened :
until Tomorrow.
During the afternoon the local com
pa Dies nf the Texas National Guard were
= --sfnbIs,i 20 lie ready for service IN "a -.
IT em-r gsncy They wer" not used.
Frequent and sHgErs';"r T~'crsares We're
rut dc. Nv The men " h. had lust done IN ngs
~ Judge Lynch. - that killing - LpUs .
-,ghsast-tn hy NatiunI GuGrdsrnan
during Taft's welt
The people are wondering tonight
WHIT wall happen when The trial ~ the
ilA'ss Mot une and other notorious
criminal cases are ca!lsNi within the newt
fortnight m To" court thEt was attacked
-d.v
IjSrIN Tex MarcA GOV Campbell
30 greatly reused over rhe mob violence
90 Dallas to-day He - kaepnR "a close
'rl.. ~ with the situation and says thar
H'.'r COMPANIES ni IN" National Guard
" fl leo uTdsr'st out " % - deemed ns-'es-
-...v g. dNord PROTECTION - the negro
Dor. .pnsrs Who were spirited ou' ~ Dallas
.LS afternoon
he will re''ga- thai q SI'eCisl Grand
i4rN Da ,,,nN 's'''.t - investigate. the winch
.ug 81 tlleU BTppk- and have Ins leaders
~. other Lt"u1 p"r- - IN" mott inflicted
II H..~a.... r. ~DeUial 'r.n-al Sili b" ,.rn-
.Iryai nv ~. STATE. 10 ,,-s.si ~ th" prose
utrou oi the su..tv psr-"ur GOV lamp
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