Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-04
Negro Under Serious
Charge at Dallas, Tex,
Seized by Crowd Led by Anoth-
eT Negro and Put to Death.
The Jail Searched for Others, but
Had Been Removed.

Dallas Texas. March ,.--Lcd by an
old Negro, 4 mob today burst into the
court room Ill which Allen Brooks. an
other aged Negro. charged with crimi-
nally assaulting a 2-ycar-old white
child, was to reCeiv" Il lawful sentence
if guilty. seized Brooks and tossed
him through a second-story window,
breaking his neck. His body was
dragged through the streets b. in
furiated men. who hanged it to the
Elks arch, high above the heads of
the crowd.
With it all hardly word was spok-
en- and not a shot was fired. Above
the duh murmurings of the mob could
be heard the Negroes trembling pray
ers for mercy.
After Brooks was hanged, Dallas for
nearly three hours was in the hands of
the rioters
The Jail was stormed and death was
threatened to three other Negroes held
on charges of murder. They had been
taken away. however, and after
searching for them in vain, the mob
dispersed.
Immediately after his arrest last
week for attacking the. child. Brooks
was taken out OF Dallas for safe keep
ing. He was returned today and taken
to the court house to await the calling
of his case. a great crowd gathered
and when attorneys for the defence
began arguments in behalf Of a post
ponement of the trial rumors started
through the crowd that a change of
Venue had been granted.
Concerted action followed this ru-
NOR. The court house was charged by
the crowd. Scores of officers were
overpowered, the locked doors of the
court room on the second floor were
wrecked and the Negro, crouching in
a corner, praying, was seized by the
mob's leaders.
These rioters who could not crowd
into the court room. surrounded the
building, massing mostly under the
court room windows. \ rope with a
hangman's knot was thrown up to the
court room window when the leaders
announced that the Negro had been
taken. The moose as placed about his
neck and he was pulled and thrown
from the building. throwing his arms
and legs about spasmodicallv as he
forehead. 80 feet below the window.
Whether he was killed by the fail wiz
never he, known. for the moment he
struck dozens OF men jumped on him
and stamped his face to Il pulp His
body was likewise mutilatcd. over Il
Scor" of men grabbed the rope and at
tn" head of the mob dragged the
Negroes body - blocks up Main street
to an arch which was erected during
the Elks national convention i'm 1908.
The corpse was run up to the top of Il
supporting telephone pole.
The police cut the body down five
minutes later. 1t was taken to the
City hall and later turned over to an
undertaken
After the lynchng there were cries
To- the effect that other Negroes. pris-
oners i'll tn" county jail. especially
Burrcll oath. and "Blubbcr" Robinson.
held for murder. We're to be hanged
by the mob. TIL" rioters marched to
the county Jail. The sheriff announced
that the men wanted were not there.
He allowed Il committee selected by
the mob to search the prison. The
Negroes could not be found. but still
the avengers were not satisfied They
battered at the Jail doors with a steel
rail until an office fired Il blank shot
1t was loudly announced that the
Negroes were not in the jail and the
crowd moved away. 1t turned out
thai deputy shcrffs had taken the two
Negroes out of the city in an auto
mobile. The National Guard was call
cd on late in the day for assistance.