The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-08-05

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With the smoking pistol still In his
hand the crazed negro started on
dead run up to Eleventh street on
Phillips avenue, on Eleventh street he
turned, going as far as Main avenue
where he went into the alley and was
lost in the darkness.
Excited people who had seen the
shooting stood still and watched the
negro escape and it was several mo
ments before the crowd was Gained
down enough to start in pursuit. The
first thing that the men thought o.
was that the colored man was armed
and they lost some time in the EFFORTS
to get arms and several started who
were not armed tramping down the
grass and the weeds in the hope thai
they would find the man who shot
"old Jim Collins"
After searching the outbuildings the
crowd started out on South Main and
when as far as the All Saints school
where a servant girl, Ester Myrseth
employed at the home of b. S. McMa-
hon, said that she had seen a coloreo
man pass by and that he had shot
twice at her. Rumors then started
that he was hiding In the All Saints
school which Is now vacant, so the
mob armed with shot guns, rifles and
pistols searched over the grounds o.
the school threatening to hang the
Niger" If they should find him.
People in that neighborhood, who
are the owners of autos, filled them
up with members Of the mob and
started on the road to Harrisburg and
the road between this and that city
was lined with automobiles until at a
late hour last night, the word was
received that the negro that wa;
wanted had been shot by a speclaJ
policeman near the packing plan
north of town.
Collected on the corner OF Eleventh
street and Phillips avenue at Loo
o'clock this morning there was a large
mob armed with whatever they could
get their hands on and hoping thai
they would be the lucky n who
would have a crack at the COON"
SHOT SPECIAL OFFICER.
The second shooting occurred no
far from the Queen Bee mill, near
some cars on the Illinois Central
track. Martin Ellington, a former
chief of police of Deadwood, was
sworn In as a special officer and In
company with Ray Nelson had e
down to Sam Wortham's place near
the packing house where the negro
Brown, had boarded, to search for the
fugitive. They came back UP the
track to look among some box cars
and met the negro. They tried tc
stop him, but the negro started to run
Ellingson drew his revolver and fired
several times. The negro turned and
fred one shot which struck Ellingsor
in the leg about six inches above the
knee. Then for the second time hs
made his escape.
A QUICK SHOT.
It was about / o'clock when 0ficel
Herman Veins, who was crouching or
the watch near an out building near
the Sam Wortham's house, heard q
step at his left and looking around
ia q figure in the darkness. Veins
Immediately turned his fash light or
the man and looked into the barrel OF
"a revolver. The revolver was snapped
but missed fire, just as Veins brought
his w gun into play and took
t0uick shot at his assailant. The bull
let entered the negro's forehead over
the left eye, killing him instantly.
Sam Workman, at whose place the
negro Brown. boarded, identified the
body as that of William Brown and
James Fowler, who was with Officer
collins when he tried to make the
arrest, also saw the body and saic
there was no doubt but that the right
negro had met his death from the
bullet OF Oficer Veins.
THREATS OF LYNCHING.
During the hours from the time the
shooting occurred until the negro was
killed. there was a great crowd or
the street, and threats of lynching II
the negro was caught, were made. A
one time the crowd surged down tc
the county Jail believing that the ne
gro had been captured and was i'm.
prisoned there. Sheriff Nelson as
sured the crowd that the mar they
wanted was no there, but they were
not satisfied until they had taken 8
look through the jail.
STONES THROWN.
Later on q crowd collected or
Eleventh street near the First ave
VI corner, where Is a house oc,upiet
by oolored people. Some threats were
made and a few stones were thrown
at the house, but officers finally In
duced the crowd TO dispense.
During the early part of the nigh
a number Of special police were
sworn In and did good work In pre-
venting serious disorder.
wilmot-Knute Hegnes while drill,
ing an artesian well on the farm o.
Hans Jensen, near here, discovered