Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-04-21

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POWDER. ROPE, KNIFE. FIRE.
Mob Dispatches Negro-victim Of Ven.
xeance Had Murdered His Jailer.

yeance Had Murdered His Jailer.
Jailcr j. r. Temple, former sheriff
bf lauderiale county, shot through the
heart and instantly killed by Tom
D'Neil negro prisoner, in a desperate
tfort to escape after having attacked
md disarmed Assistant Jailer b. II.
Boutwell,, a battle between officers and
The negro in a dark basement of the
bounty Jail, the lynching of the dying
negro by an infuriated mob, and an at.
Tempt to burn his body, is the record
pf one of the most exciting days in the
history of Meridian.
The beginning OF the series of tragic
incidents occurred when Boutwell, was in
the sstsof giving the prisoners their
breakfast. Tom O'Neil was used as
|trusty As the officer went to hand him
the breakfast to be distributed among
the prisoners he sprang upon the officer
and in the fight the negro secured the
officers pistol.
Jailer Temple, being attracted by the
scufae, rushed up the stairs from his
office and as he reached the top step the
NEGRO poked the barrel OF the weapon
through the bars and fired, the ball en-
sering Jailer Temples heart. and he
staggered to the bottom of the steps and
expired.
O'Neil and John Williams, another ne.
gro prisoner, made their way to the
basement of the Jail while Boutwell, sue.
ceeded in closing the doors on other pris.
oners, thus preventing a general break.
The shot fired by the negro was heard
on the outside end in a few minutes
hundreds of men gathered, and upon
/ learning the particulars the temper OF
the people was aroused to frenzy.
The Jail was quickly surrounded to
prevent the escape of the murderer
When a discussion arose az 70 the best
means of getting the negro from the
basement, several officers and citizens
volunteered to enter and capture the
negro or kill him. They btoke out the
windows and entered the place, which
vas without lights.
After entering. the men groped their
way about in search of the negro. but
not until light had been secured did
they find the negroes. They were
crouched in a closet, and as the door
vas thrown open, o'Neil fired, the bullet
going Wild The officers fired a volIey
into the closet. One negro, Williams,
ran out, wounded o'Neil, Temples muir.
derer, remained on the inside and
second volley was fired into the closet.
There being no answering shot, light
Was thrown into the closet, and o'Neil
was seen huddled in a corner. lie was
dragged out, his body having been pune
tured eight or ten times with bullets.
In this condition he was dragged from
the basement through the window where
the officers entered. As they gained
the outside the crowd, which had been
now swellei to thousand, made a rush
on the officers and in a twinkling they
had secured possession of o'Neil, placed
a rope about his neck, dragged him to a
nearby telephone pole and swung him
up. After swinging a few moments, the
body was lowered, his throat cut with
a knife and his clothes saturated with
oil His clothing was then set on fire.
Before the flames could do their work
Mayor John w. Parker broke through
the crowd and extinguished them. Ir
doing this, Mayor Parker was severely
burned on both hands.
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At meeting of the general committee
track meet in Greenville May 13 the bar
becue committee was allowed $1,000 cash
with which to feed the guests of Green
vile that day. Besides this money there
will be a large number of beeves, hogs
and sheep contributed by planters of
Washington county, so tina the barbecue
alone will cost the people about 81 500.
1t is purposed to feed 10000 people at
this open air feast.
The Southern Alfalfa Company, a cor
poration of s2oo, 900, represented by Guy
{ Hamilton of Augusta, Ga, has estab-
lished Offices in Columbus. Mr.. Hamilton
Is looking over the fields of black prai-
RE lands in Northeast Mississippi, snd
will later on make several large ?ur-
ehases of tracts to be planted in this
product
The trustees of Whitworth College, at
Brookhaven, have made plans looking to
the improvement of the college TO the
extent of $4,000.
The ideal weather conditions that have
prevailed through the Delta the past
week has had the effect of putting every
farmer to work to get his cotton planted
as quickly as possible, with the result
that practi ally the entire crop has been
planted.
The board of supervisors of Lowndes
county has appropriated the sum OF
Sl,OO0 to be used by the state authorities
p their crusade against the seed tick.
Dr. Archibald Smith, professor of animal
husbandry at the A. & NJ. college, re-
"ntly appeared before the board aud
asked that this county cooperate With
the state in the movement.
The twelfth annual session of the
Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs
convened in Columbus Wednesday. Over
$50 delegates from all over the state
were in attendance.
The State Medical Association of Mis-
sissippi, in session at Oxford, adopted
eaustic resolutions criticising the legis-
iature for apparent apathy and indif-
ference in the treatment of the meas