Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-10-07
NEGROES KILL EIGHT
DRUG-CRAZED NEGRO BOYS ARE
LYNcHED AFTER THEY TERROR
IzE A MISSISSIPPI TOWN.
SHERIFF IS SLAIN IN FIGHT
State Troops Reach Harriston, Miss,
and Check Race Rlots-Murderers
Fire at Passengers in Train-Twen-
ty Persons Are Wounded.

Harriston, Miss, Sept. 30.-Two mu-
aatto boys. brothers. crazed by drugs,
began a reign of murder here on Sun
day that ended only after three white
men, four negro men and negro wom-
nm had been killed, 20 persons wound
ed and the two boys lynched by citi-
gems.
A serious clash between the races
was prevented by the arrival on spe-
cial train Of company of national
xuardsmen from Natchez.
The trouble started at about two
O'Clock In the morning and continued
intermittently until ten O'Clock, when
Walter Jones. the elder of the two
boys who started the firing, was
1ynched just after the soldiers arrived.
His brother, Will Jones, had been shot
and killed by citizens earlier in the
day. Residents of the town who had
.baTricaded themselves in their homes
began cautiously to emerge at ten
O'Clock from their hiding places. and
by noon the town was quiet. No further
arouble is feared.
The dead:
Sheriff G. P. Hammett OF Jefferson
county, white; shot while leading a
posse to where the Jones brothers
were hiding.
Former Constable Frank Keinetly,
white; shot at his home.
Johanna Aiken.
Tom Weeks.
Jesse Thompson.
1Thead Grayson.
The three latter were negroes killed
during the promiscuous shooting.
Teller Warren. negro; found dead in
INIT where shooting began.
Walter and Will Jones, negroes;
1ynched.
The two boys, soon after leaving
their home, went to the residence of
former Constable Frank Keinstly and
when he responded to their call to
come out he was shot through the
head by Walter Jones. Keinstly's son,
William, saw his father fall and
reached for a gun, but before he could
fire he received a bullet in one of his
hands -
The Yazoo G. Mississippi Valley rail-
road station is near the Keinstly home
and the two negroes walked in that
direction. A train had arrived from
Natchez just few moments before,
and conductor e. B. Appleby was
standing at the station talking to
F1agman ". G. Rond. Without warn
ing the two negroes fred on them and
both fell. Then the negroes directed
their fire at Claude Freeman. who was
waiting for 8 train 10 take him TO his
home at Fayette. Miss He was In
stantly killed. The negroes then fired
into the train, terrorizins the passen-
gers.
Frightened citizens by this time had
regained their wits and telephoned for
Sheriff Hammett at Fayette. Sum
moning former Sheriff ellis to accom-
pany him. Hammett started for Har-
riston on horseback, arriving about
FIVE o'clock. A small crowd of men
were firing into the seedhouse. but no
one had ventured TO lead the posse to
the place Taking few men with
him, Sheriff Hammett started towards
the seedhouse, whereupon Walter
Jones went to the tall grass nearby
and as Hammett approached the negro
fired, killing him instantly. A shot
from the seedhouse brought down Gil.
lis.
A general fusillade was directed at
the seedhouse. A call was sent to Gov
ernor Brewer for troops.
Finding his hiding,place too precari-
Gus, Will Jones started to run towards
a coal chute nearby, but had gone
only few steps when bullet ended
his life.
Soon after Will Jones was killed
Walter Jones picked Tom Weeks,
negro, of the coal chute.
Soon after Weeks was killed the
special train bearing the Natchez
guardsmen arrived. While the sol
-diers we're leaving the train the crowd
rushed the seedhouse.
Not a shot greeted them, and as the
leaders entered the place with drawn
weapons they found Walter Jones COM
pletely unnerved but uninjured They
placed a rope around his neck and
rushed him to the coal chute. AS the
negro was drawn up the rope broke
and he fell to the ground. Not word
or act of protest came from Jones
when a stronger rope was drawn
around his neck and again he was
pulled up. A large crowd looked on
as the body writhed until life was ok.
tsuct.