The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29

were broken no one was hurt in the
car.
With the blood lust at the highest
pitch the two negroes made their way
to cotton seed house nearby. 1t is
believed they thenf realized that this
wholesale killing could not long con-
tinue without opposition and that they
determined to make their last stand at
the seed house.
After 1t was assumed the death list
was nine, the body of Teller Warren, a
negro, was found in hut In the negro
quarter where Walter Jones first be-
gan firing> Evidently Warren was one
Of The victims, but just when he was
shot is not known.
Twenty persons were injured, 16 OF
them negroes. None of the negroes
| were dangerously hurt
Sheriff Among Victims
! Frightened citizens by this time had
gathered their wits together enough 10
telephone for Sheriff Hammett at Fay
cite. Summoning former Sheriff Gillis
to accompany him Hammett started for
| Harriston horseback arriving about S
| o'clock. small crowd of men were
firing into the seed house but no one
| mad ventured to lead the posse to the
place. Taking few men with him
towards the seed house Seeing this
move. 1t is believed Walter Jones took
/ to the tall grass nearby and as Ham
NETT approached the negro fired, kill
| ing 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. Everyone
began firing at the seed house A call
| was sent to Governor Brewer for
troops.
! Finding his hiding place too pre-
carious Walter Jones started to run
towards coal chute nearby but had
gone only few steps when a bullet
| ended his life. A rope was placed
around the body, it was strung up to
a telegraph pole near the station and
became a target for everyone not shoot
( ing at the seed house
| Soon after viii was killed Walter
picked Tom Weeks, negro, off the
coal chute by his uncanny deadly aim
Either the bullet wound or the fall
would have killed him.
Special Brings Troops
| Not long after Weeks was killed the
special train bearing the Natchez
guardsmen arrived and this seemed to
have cowed the desperate. As they were
detraining the crowd rushed the seed
J
the leaders went into the place with
drawn weapons they saw Jones COM
pletely unnerved but not injured They
quickly placed a rope around his neck
| and rushed him to the coal chute The
rope was too small and as the negro
was drawn up the rope broke and he
| fell heavily to the ground Not a word
or act or protest came from Jones as
a larger rope was drawn around his
neck and again he was pulled up-and
the crowd looked on as the drug-sat-
urated body writhed until life was ex-
tinct.
Details Carefully Planned
The crowd then went to the home
| OF the negroes, where they found two
| negro men and We're about to lynch
them but were persuaded not to by Of
hcers. 1t seems certain that the Jones
negroes had planned details of their
murderous night as they were well
armed and had a plentiful supply of
ammunition. Their mother said one of
them had remarked that he was going
TO shoot up the town, but she thought
h1m Joking Whether the two negroes
| round there and who were arrested,
knew of any plans the Jones negroes
might have had, Is not known.
AS there was no evidence that there
! would be more trouble after Walter
Jones was lynched the Natchez guards
men returned home.
| Genera1ly the negro population was
as much incensed at the Jones brothers
as were the whites. They felt no in
dignaqon at the lynching
Ion'ght the two bodies still were
hanging to the coal chute and probably
VIII all night. Authorities have de-
clded not to hold a cononers Inquest
Militia Rushed to Scene
Jackson, September 2S--When the
can Tor troops came from Harriston.
MISS, where aid was needed to capture
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