River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-02
CRAzED MULATTOS
KILL 8; |NjURE 20
SHOOT UP HARRISToN, MISS,
BEFORE THEY ARE FINALLY
LYNCHED.
MILITIA IS FINALLY CALLED
Soldiers Arrive in Time to Prevent
Several More Lynchings-Ter-
rorizeC Citizens Are at
Last Gained.

Harriston, Miss. Sept 80. - Two
drug-crazed mulatto boys, brothers,
began a reign of murder here that
ended only after three white men,
four colored and a negro woman had
been killed, 20 persons injured and
the two boys lynched.
A serious clash between the races
was prevented by the arrival by spe-
cial train of national guardsmen from
NatcheZ.
A TwelVe-our Siege.
The trouble continued intermittent.
ly twelve hours, when Walter Jones,
the eldest of the two boys who start
ed the firing, was lynched just after
the soldiers arrived. His brother,
Will Jones, had been shot and killed
by citizens earlier in the day.
The Dead and Injured.
The dead include: Sheriff G. B.
Hammett of Jefferson county, white,
shot while leading a posse to where
the Jones brothers were hiding; For
mer Constable Frank Kienstly, white,
shot at his home after being called
to the door; Claude Freeman of Fay
cite, Miss, white, shot at the railway
station, while awaiting a train.
Johanna Aiken, Tom Weeks, Jesse
groes, were killed during the shoot
ing.
Teller Warren, Walter and Will
Jones, lynched.
Orrin ellis, former sheriff, white,
was shot in shoulder; may die; Will
liam Kienstly, white, was shot in
hand; E. B. Appleby, white, conduc-
tor Of the Yazoo and Mississippi Val
ley railroad, was shot in breast, leg
and arm, dangerous; William Mecca
leb, white, was shot in hand; William
Dennis, white, was shot in leg; and
w. o. Bond, white, was shot in leg.
The shooting was started by Wal
ter Jones, aged 20, in the negro quar-
ter, where the negro woman and
Thead Grayson were shot and killed.
Walter then went to the home of his
mother and aroused his 18-year-old
brother. Together they proceeded
through the main street of the little,
town firing at everyone in sight. Citi-
zens, aroused from their slumber by
the shots, peered out of the windows
and then fastened to cover.
Call ex-ConstabIe to Death.
The two boys, soon after leaving
their home, went to the home Of
Frank Kienstly, former constable,
and when he responded to their call,
he was shot through the head by Wal
ter Jones. Kienstly's son, William,
saw his father fall and reached for %
gun, but before he could fire he re-
ceived a bullet in one of his hands.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
depot is near the Kienstly home and
the two boys walked in that direc-
ton A train had arrived from Match
ez just a few moments before and
Conductor e. B. Appleby was stand
ing at the station talking to Flagman
Bond. Without warning the boys
fired on them and both fell Then
the boys directed their fire at Claud
Freeman, who was waiting for train.
He was instantly killed. The negroes
then fired into the train, terroriZing
the passengers.
Boys Make Last Stand.
The crazed boys then made their
way to a cottonseed house nearby,
where they determined to make their
last stand. Frightened citizens by
this time had gathered and telephoned
for Sheriff Hammett at Fayette. Sum-
moning former Sheriff ellis to ac-
company him, Htmmett started for
Harriston on horseback, arriving
about o'clock. A small crowd OF
men were firing into the seed house,
but no one had ventured to lead the
posse to the place.
Taking a few men with him Sheriff
Hammett, heavily armed, started
towards the seed house, whereupon
Walter Jones fed to field nearby
and, as Hammett approached, the ne
gro killed him instantly. A shot from
the seed house brought down ellis.
By this time the countryside had
been aroused and farmers came pour
ing in from every direction. A call
was sent to Governor Brewer for
troops.
Finding his hiding place too preca-
rious, Will Jones started to run to-
wards coal chute, but had gone only
few steps when bullet ended his
life. A rope was placed around the
body, it was strung up to a telegraph
pole near the railway station and be-
came a target.
Soon after Will Jones was killed,
Walter Jones picked Tom Weeks,
negro, off the coal chute by his deadly
aim. He was caught and lynched
shortly thereafter.