The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-04
Enters Court Room and Seizcs
Covering Defendant at
the Bar.
NEGRO LEADS AV.E.NG ERsI
Thirst for Blood Y Unquenched,
Crowds Storm Jails Seeking
Other Prey.

Dallas, Tex, March 3-From the
very grasp of the law. Allen Brooks,
an aged negro, charged with criminals
" nsxaultinE two-year-old white
child, was torn by fifteen determined
members of an angry mob to-day and
hanged for his crime. Brooks was
seized In the court room. where lie
was 10 receive the laws Judgment,
tossed through n window to the main
body OF the mob, which waited like
b a pnck Craving wolves for their prey
In the street below. His broken body
,ynx dragged through the street. and
he was hanged to the Elka' Arch, high
above the heads OF the nvenRfnE cit
liens The mob was led by nm old
negro.
With it all. hardly loud word was
spoken. not shot was fired, and
above the dull murmurings of the mob
could be heard the aged negro's
trembling shrieks for mercy. For
nearly three hours after Brooks was
hanged, Dallas was in the hands OF
the mob The jail was stormed and
death was threatened to three other
negroes held on charges OF muraer.
They had been spirited away, however,
and after searching for them in vain..
the mob dispersed
Crime Was Brutal.
The crime for which Brooks paid
the penalty to-day was one Of the
|most brutal In the history OF this
county. His alleged victim Is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Buven.
Immediately after his arrest last week, y,
the negro was taken out Of the city
for safekeeping. lie was returned
early this morning and taken to the
court house at daylight to await the
calling OF his case in the Criminal
| Court.
a great crowd gathered early. and
when attorneys for the d efendant no
had been appointed by the court besan
arguments in favor of a a{postponement
~ INA trial until to-morrow, rumors
started through the crowd that
change of6yenue had been granted.
This statement caused one OF the
greatest demonstrations ever seen IN
Dallas county and the court mouse Vas was
charged by the mob. scores OF otncers'
1 hastily summoned. were re4overpoWte1resa 1ss
/ the locked doors of the court room
We're wrecked and the negro. erouen,
ling In corner Epra ying, was seized py
the leaders Of the mob.
This was in the second story OF the
building. Outside, the main body o.
1.-THE angry crowd was waiting. a rope
With han nsman's moose was ready,
and when 1T was announced from thu
window that the negro had been ta
ken, the rope was thrown into the
room, The moose was placed about tht
prisoners neck and he was pull ed and
thrown to the ground, hglttng like g
tiger tor his life. He struck on the
pavement on his forehead and. it Is
believed, fractured his skull In the fall
of about thirty feet.
Beaten TO Death.
Instantly dozens Of men jumped on
him with their feet and his face was
Kicked into a pulp and he was bruised
4 ali over, prohabay dying within a few
| minutes, "A score Of men seized the
rome, and at the head OF the mob
4 dragged the negro's body twelve
4 hiocks up Main Street to the Elkss
Arch, where It was suspended to.
supporting telephone pole II
4 The police cut the body down n
about Ave minutes. IT was taken tc
4 the city Hall and atergturned over tc
4 an llnd ertaker ,.
!. After stheylynching there were cries
s|Sto the fect that other neg gro prisoner!
lin the county jatl espeoially Two Nhs
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