The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-29
z CRAzEDlNEG
CAUSED REIGN
Of TERROR
Killed Eight Persons in Bloody
Battle
CAPTURED AND LYNCHED
Small Town in Mississippi Scene Of
a Deadly Riot Early Sunday
Morning.

Harrison, Miss. Sept. 29-Two
d ug-crazed mulatto obys brothers,
began reign OF murder here yes
terday morning that ended only al
ter three white men, four negro
men and a negro woman had been
killed, 20 persons wounded, 16 of
them negroes, and the two boys
lynchal. A serious clnsh between
the aces was prevented by the ar
rival, on a special train OF com
pany OF national guardsmen from
NatChez. The trouble started at
about . a. m. and continued intermit-
tently until 10 a. m, when Walter
Jones, the elder of the two boys
who started the firing, was lynched
Just after the soldiers arrived. His
brother, VIII Jones, had been shot
and killed by citizens earlier in the
day. Citizens of the town who had
barricaded themselves in their
homes began cautiously TO emerge
at 10 o'clock from their hiding plac-
es and by noon the Gown was quiet,
No more trouble is feared.
The dead are: Sheriff O. b. Ham
nett of jefferson county, white, shot
while leading a posse to the place
where the Jones brothers were hid
ing: former Constable Frank Kcinst.
~. white, shot at his home after be
ing called to the door. Claude Free
man. white. of Fayette, Miss, sho, at
IN erailway station while awaitins
a train; Johanna Aiken, Tom
aaI frhrnaI
Grayson. negroes, lied during
promiscuous shooting; Teller War
rem, negro, whcse j. was found
later in hut in the negro quarter.
where Walter Jones st began fir
ing, and who was probably one OF
the first victims; Waller and VIII
Jones, negroes, iynched. The wound
ed are Or.in ellis, former sheriff
white, shot in the shoulder and may
die; u. b. Appleby white, conductor
Of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
railroad, shot in the breast, leg and
arm, in dangerous condition: VII
liam McCalleb, white, shot in the
thigh William Kcinsdy. white son
of Frank Keinstly, shot in the hand;
William Dennis, white, shot in the
leg; W. c. Bond, white, shot in the
les
The shooting was started by Wal.
ter Jones, 20, in the negro quarter.
whore the negro woman and Thread
Grayson were shot and killed. Wal.
ter then Went to the home OF bis
mother and aroused his 1S-years-
old brothe'. Together they proceed
ed through the main street OF the
little town, firing at everyone in
sight Citizens aroused from their
slumber by the Shots pccred out Of
the windows and then FASTENED to
cover, believing they. said yesterday
that riots OF more Sc ious proper
tons had broken out.
The two boys soon after leaving
their home. went to the home OF for
mer Constable Frank Keinstly. and
when he responded to their call to
come out he was shot through the
head by Walter Jone55 Keinstly's
son. William. saw his father fall and
reached for a gun. bu, before he
could fire he received bullet in
one Of his hands. The Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley depot is near the
keinstly home, and the two negroes
walked in that direction. \ train
had arrived from NatChez just q
few moments before, and Conductor
+. II. Appleby was standing AZ the
station talking to Flagman w. G.
BOnd Without warning the two
negroes fired on them and both fell
Then the negroes directed their Ere
al Claude Freeman, who was waiting
"A IN ful him l., 1fa
at Fayctte. Miss. lie was instantly
killed. The negroes then fired into
the train, tcrrorizing the passenge-,.
\ sleeping car from Natchez is
LETT every night at Harristcn until
the through train from Memphis 10
New Orleans arrives. After the
train from Natchez had departedaq
car was target for the fire of the
TWO negroes. While many windows
were broken. no occupant of the car
was hurt. With the blood lust AT the
highest pitch, the TWO neg .ocs made
their way TO a Cottonseed warehouse
near by. 81 is believed they then
realized that this wholesale killing
could not long continue without OBJ
position and that they determined
10 make their last stand al the seec
house.
Frightened citizens By this time
had gathered their wits and tele-
phoned for Sheriff Hammett al Fav-
cite. SummOning former Sheriff
ellis TO accompany him. Hammer
started for ilarriston on horseback
arriving about ; O'Clock. a small
crowd OF men were firing into the
seed-house. but no one had ventur-
ed 10 lead the posse TO the place.
Taking q few men with him. Sheriff
Hammett. heavily armed. started