The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-29
A NIGHT OF SHOOTING
Two Special Trains Bring
Militia and Fifty Armed
y Civilians.
MOB HANGS.TWO AT DAWN
Militiamen See Lynching. and
Gov. Brewer Arrives to
Find Town Quiet.

Find Town Quiet.
HARRisroN. Miss. Sept. cs.-As the re-
suit OF one negro's anger over bad luck
at crap game. the bodies Of two ne
sroes tonight are swinging from beams
at the railroad station here. nine other
men are dead and seventeen are wounded. :.
one Of whom probably will die.
The Dead.
APPLEBY. EDWARD r., railroad con.
ductor.
FREEMAN. CLAUDE
HAMMET. q. b.. Sheriff Of the county.
hNsTLEY, FRANK. constable.
Seven negroes.
The W0sadea.
BOND. WILL. railroad nagmar.
GlLLIs. o. g.. clerk Of Circuit Court.
KINGSLEY. ROBERT
McCAULEY. l..
Thirteen negroes.
The Jones brothers. before WHOM dead,v
aim most OF those killed and wounded fell.
were ynched In the presence of the militia
ccmcan" sent here from Natches.
Shortly after 1 o'ciockt this norrin,
VIII Jones. who had been losing steadi,v
In q crap game with other negroes at a
little cabin In the southern end of the
town. became angered and got into an
ugly mood.
He had been drinking heavily and was
a habituai cocaine user.
He hred into the crowd Of negroes with
q shotgun from the railroad tracks. which
run near the house. Teller Warren, q
negro. fell dead.
snes Wsnas asd Baby.
Attracted by the shooting. Al Aitkens,
nesress. came to the door Of her cabin
she was shot in the arm and q child in
oed In the front room also was wounded
Jones ran toward the heart OF the TOW,
fass'ns an old store building where .
crowd OF white men were playing poker.
no deliberately nred into the building.
The wall was riddled by buckshot. but all
OF those inside escaped injury.
Claude Freeman Of Fayette, Miss. AL
though unarmed. went outside to inyes,i.
gate.
give man a chance" his COMPANIONS
heard him cry. Then came another renor,
OF the shotgun. in fear of their lives. IN.
men remained Inside the building until day-
light. when they emerged to find Freeman
dead. He had been shot through the
heart.
He kille1 as He Raa,
With the blood lust running high .Jonox
dashed toward the railroad station. %,
MS way he met several negroes Their
bodies were found at dawn.
The Yazoo and Mississippi VALLEY
passenger train from Memphis drew into
Harriston at 40 and Conductor Appleby
went into the station to receive his Or
ders. As he came out. Jones nred and
Appleby fell desperately wounded. n.
died tonight
Will Bond. hagman on the train "a,
toward the scene and was shot in the
arm.
Z. >. Hill. negro porter on Pullman
car. stuck his head out of the door and
received charge OF buck shot in IN.
face and hand as a reward for his curl.
osity.
Pernell Lee, an employee of the railroad
In the yard. was spotted by Jones and
likewise was shot In the arm.
Passengers on the train were thrown
into panic and many feared a holdup.
ny this time the townspeople were
aroused by the scores.
Constable Frank kinstley was awak-
ened by a strange voice calling him. He
dressed hurriedly and went to the door.
only to receive fatal wound in the
abdomen.
Reynolds Kinstley. his son. jumped
from bed to find his father dead. A.
Re rushed to the door. he was fired upon,
one buckshot entering his arm. Who
shot the Kinstieys Ia not known
Armed men appeared In every doorway
then. Many ventured out. but In every
case at least one armed white man was
left to guard the women In each house
as mono knew the cause of the trouble.
At 8 A. M. the shooting sounded like Q
battle.
sheriR 10 shst Dead.
Sheriff Hammett At Fayette. two miles
away. had been telephoped to and SOON
was driving rapidly TO Harriston. With
him were his aged father. a deputy and
o. s. Gillis. clerk Of the Circuit Court.
As the Sherins party arrived they
were advised TO proceed cautiously. BY
this time It was seen that Win Jones had
been Joined by his brother Walter and
the two negroes ran to their home near
the station.
The two Hammetts and ellis, with
drawn revolvsrs, approached the Jones
home A. they did 90 Walter Jones, WIN
had merely run through the house. opened
hre from beneath a cotton oil mill 900
feet away. Sheriff Hammett fell dead
and Gillis was desperately wounded. The
elder Hammett crswlcd away on hh
hands and Knsss.
Al I A. u W sssoaai vasoo and xis'