New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
TWO NEGROES LYNCAD
Friends of Missouri PIantsr
Wreak Vengeance.
A COLD FLOODED MURDER
Mob Spends Two Hours Break.
ing Into Jail-Alabama Ne.
eros Fate Unknown.

Charleston. Mo. July 1.-Two nexros
were Iynched to-day for the murder :.
william Fox. planter. OF Missisz,,~.
County They were taken from the coans.
fail by large crowd Of citizens. who 5rok.
down the doors with sIedge hammers IN
broad daylight The negroes shot Fox :
the back while riding in his wagon. las,
night. He died after identifying the ~.
groes.
The negroes. who came from Tennszvs.
but whose names were not learned. talksf
to Fox in Charleston. where he was trad
Ing. They said they were working for
thrashing outfit near his place and ass.a
permission to ride in bis wagon .For
started for his home after dark With Tia
negroes In the wagon box behind. Tra
miles from town one Of the negroes shos
Fox in the back and both searched If,
pockets. An approaching wagon caused
them to run.
The approaching men were friends ..
Fox. and after finding him mOrtagy
wounded they went to Charleston and tod
Sheriff Culp Of Mississippi County. Blood
hounds were put on the trail and TIRE
negroes were captured IN a barn thrs4
miles from the scene They were broughf
10 CndTtesJon ana toCHe0 up
Fox died soon after he had identified TIA
negroes. and to-day farmers from ira
county began focking into Charleston.
Alarmed by threats Of lynchins. Sheriff
C1Ik, appealed to Governor FfadIsy for as
sistance by telephone and swore in a num-
Der of deputies. The st-eriffs were power
less to check the mob. however.
II required two hours to break into the
L.
cell doors. until finally they Welded The
men rushed in on the frightened negroes
and with wells took them outside
one negro was hanged Immediately IN
the Jail yard. after he had confessed hi,
guilt and begged for his life The other
negro was hurried into an automobile and
taken to the spot where he had hidGea
the revolver with which Fox was shot
This weapon obtained, the negro was
taken back to Charleston
In the presence of several persons. via
yelled their approval. the second negro
was hanged from the yardarm OF cross
ing sign at the intersection Of two
branches of the Iron Mountain Railroad
The mob was bent on burning the negrs
quarter of Charleston. but cooler heads
prevailed. and quiet was restored late To-
night
A coroner's jury tonight retu-ned Tsr-
dict to the effect that the negroes came 70 +
their deaths at the hands OF parties IN
known"
Dothan. Ala. July 3-Henry McKinn.y.
a negro, eighteen years old. has been dis
posed of at the hands off a mob % Columbia
according 10 Sheriff T w Butler
OF Houston County. who returned tonight
from that place The negrO's fate is IN
known. although he is generally supposed
TO have besn lynched-
According 10 Sheriff Butler. the negro
made an alleged confession to having en-
tered the room of a Miss Harrison with
criminal intent He was caught soon after
ward and placed in Jail a mob OF ffty
men is said TO have stOrmed the Jail. Sc
cured the prisoner and carried him toward
the Chattahoochee River. Nothing has beel
heard or seen of him since At the river
bank the Sheriff says he found paJ Of tbs
legro's clothing