The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-07-07
HANGED TWO
In Missouri For Robbing and Numbering
William Fox, a Farmer.
NEGROES ARE LEAVING

the Prisoners from the Jail and
Lynched Them in the Presence Of
large Crowd Including Many
Women and Children.
An exodus in the negro popull-
ton of Charleston, Missouri, is re-
ported to be in progress, following
the double lyaching on Monday
when Robert Coleman, and Sam
Fields were hanged by an infuriated
mob for the murder OF William Fox,
, a Mississippi count. farmer.
No shots were fired on either side.
In the crowd which packed the court
house yard in front of the jail were
ti&lin-ttgy, Wow. Po UCHBWOMT
many women and children. and the
officers feared on that account to re-
sort TO shooting. On the outskirts
OF the crowd were several automo-
biles, their occupants standing on
the seats to better watch the attack
on the Jail.
Seemingly the mob waited only
for leader About o'clock In the
afterno1 man seemed to take
charge and the crowd rushed for.
ward. A concerted rush was made
at the Jail and in a moment the
front fence of the yard was tram
pied down.
The sheriff and his men were
brushed aside. There was no turn,
ing back then, even had the leaders
been so inclined, for the hundreds
in the rear were pushing forward
shouting for the lives of the he
groes. A railroad tie was showed
forward as a battering ram. The
mob shouted with increasing rage
as the door went down and the
crowd pushed into the building.
Another door was in the way. This
was smashed in a second and the
crowd surged upstairs to the second
floor where the two negroes were
| confined. ..-5
! ;, Those in the yard-the women
and children-could hear the sounds
OF sledge hammer as the lock was
knocked off the cell door. In few:
moments a shout announced that
the lock had been broken.
Coleman was dragged forth and
lynched in the jail yard, while the
crowd cheered A man climbed up
tree and put one end of the rope
over limb. The negro was jerked
up and soon swung clear Of the
crowd.
While Coleman dangled, another
body Of men rushed from the Jail,
dragging and pulling the other ne
gro, Sam Fields. A rope was plac-
ed around his neck and the mob,
shouting, started west along Court
street.
The negro said he would show
the men where lie and Coleman had
hidden the revolver they had used in
shooting William Fox. whose death
the crowd avenged. The men in
charge after short parley decided
to take the negro to find the revol-
yer. The rope still about his neck
ard drawn tightly by his captors,
Fields was thrown into carriage.
Followed by the mob on foot, in
carriages and automobiles, the vehi-
! Gle containing Fields started to the
scene of the shooting, half a mile
south of town.
After going part of the way the
negro told. the captors he guessed"
after all he could not find the pis-
| tol.
A stop was then made and Fields
was jerked out Of the carriage with
out any preliminaries, the rope was
tossed over the limb OF tree and
Fields was strung up.
Next morning his body was still
swinging. The body of the other ne
gro was cut down by several persons
who wanted pieces of the rope as
souvenirs.
The crime which mob avenged
by lynch law was committed about
ten o'clock Saturday night. The mo-
tive was robbery.