The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-04
HANGED IN
STREETS OF
MANNSFORD
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Negro Taken From Custody Of
officer and lynchsd
By Mob
snecial 70 The nall yLeaaer.

Especial to the Dail yLeader.
Mannsford. Okla, Dec 4-FoEow-
ing the capture ana lynching Of Bud
Walker, alias James, a negro, by a
mob here early sunday morning. Bob
Walker. his brother and companion
bandit, was captured about o'clock
lSunday afternoon at Caremore, Okla
! The negro is reported to have admit
ted to Claremore officers that he ana
his brother snot and killed Fred
Evans and wounded Roll Johnson at
Mannsford Saturday afternoon.
! II was for this crime. which follow-e
| el the holdup and robbery of j. r.
aailes south Of Mannsford Saturday
leyening, that Bud Walker paid the
lpenalty with his life Immediately
after the holdup posse of armed
linen gathered and the black bandits
were located in the outskirts of
| lMannsford. I'm the interchange OF
bullets Evans was instantly killed by
| "A shot in the head. and Johnson re-
lceived bullet wounds in the aead and
lleg neither (which is serious.
| Bud Johnson was wounded in the
breast. He was located several Aours
later at the home of Tommy Porter.
four miles south of Mannslord. and
taken in custody. Later in the night
a force of twenty-five masked men
Ioyerpowered Deputy Sheriff y. II.
ipoufer ana took the captive from him.
The negro was hanged to a crossbar
| of telephone pole in the streets of
lMannsford The body was then ria
died with bullets
Up to . O'Clock Sunday afternoon
the CHASTITY figure OF tae victim OF
Judge Lynch remained suspended
| from the telephone pole whore il was
left by the mob Sheriff John Berry
cut the body down and had it remov
ed People gathered from all parts
of town ana the surrounding country
side to view the negro's body swing
ing from it's immovised scaIfold
Wild rumors at times struck fear
into the hearts OF the waite popuia-
ition Of Mannsford and surrounding
icountry Sunday 1t was declared that
the negroes of the community We're
arning themselves and preparing for
a general uprising. Three horsemen,
said TO be blacks, were seen riding
iswiftly through the country toward
1.-THE negro settlement, and It's, it 1s|
believed, gave rise 10 Lne reports oi
Ia contemplated uprising. While there
was no snow of armed preparation on
the part OF the white residents of the
community, it Is known the whites are
prepared for an emergency and that
la careful watch has been set upon
the negroes in order that a general
laarm might be spread quickly should
there be indications Of hostilities on
the part Of the blacks.
Excitement following the lynching
of Bud walker has subsidized in Manns
ford and no further demonstrations
are anticipated.
Following the fight in which his
brother was wounded it is supposed
that Bob walker made his way to the
katy" railroad. caught a freight and
during the night made his way TO
Claremore There nc was picked un
by the local officers, being a strange
and suspicious appearing negro. After
his arrest, it is declared, he admitted
TO the Claremore officials that he par
ticipated in the battle with the Manns-
ford posse Saturday night and Ie-
scribed to them the manner of his
escape.