South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-29
CRAZED NEGRO BOYS
SHOOT %, KILL TEN
Brothers Run AmuCk Through
Town, Shooting Everyone in
Sight-BOth Are LynChed-
Soldiers Summoned

HARRISTON, Miss, Sept %
With state troops camped in the
streets. this town was quiet Monday
after being stirred by the worst race
riot in its history.
Ten persons were dead. two of
them mulatto boys. who were lynched
after they had felled 2S persons. The
boys. crazed by drugs ran amuck.
shooting wildly as they ran through
the negro quarter. The arrival Of the
militiamen prevented further blood
shed In an open clash between whites
an negroes The list Of dead inclUd-
ed:
The Dead:
SHERIFF @. 3. HAMMITT Of jeff
ersOn county. white, shot while lead
ing posse 10 where the Jones
brothers were hiding.
FORMER CONSTABLE FRANK
KEINSTLEY, white, shot at his home
after being called 10 the door
CLAUDE FREEMAN, white. OF
Fayette, Miss. shot at the railway
station. while awaiting a train.
JOHANNA AIKEN, TOM WEEKS,
JESSE THOMPSON AND THEAD
GRAYSON. Negroes. killed during
promiscuous shooting.
WALTER AND WILL JONES,
Negroes, lynched.
The Wounded:
ORRIN GILLIS, former sheriff
white. shot in shoulder and may die.
r. B. APPLEZY, white conductor
OF the YazOO & Mississippi Valley
railroad. shot in breast, leg and arm
dangerous
WILLIAM McCALEB, white, shot
in leg and thigh
WILLIAM KIENSTLY. son of
Frank Kienstly. white, shot in hand
WILLIAM DENNIS. white, shot in
leg.
w c. BOND. white. shot in leg.
Fire at All i'm Sight
The shooting was started by Wal
ter Jones. 20, in the Negro quarter,
where the Negro women and Gray
son were killed. Walter then went to
the home Of his mother and aroused
his 1S-year-old brcSher. Together
they proceeded Through the main
street Of the little town, firing at
every one in sight Citizens aroused
from their slumber by the shots
peered out Of the windows and then
fastened 70 cover. believing. they said
that riots Of more serious proportions
had broken out
The two boys. soon after leaving
their home, went 10 the home of for
mer Constable Frank Kienstly, and
when he responded 10 their call TO
come out, he was shot through the
head by Walter Jones. Kienstly'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 & Mississippi Valley de-
pot is near the Kienstly home and
the two boys walked in that direc-
ton. A train had arrived from
NatChez just few moments before.
and Conductor +. B. Appleby was
standing at the station talking TO
Flagman w. G. Bond. Without warn
ing the two Negroes fired on them
and both fell. Then tho Negroes di-
rected their fire at Claude Freeman.
who was waiting for the train TO take
him 10 his home at Fayette Miss. He
was instantly killed The Negroes
then fired into the train, terrorizing
the passengers.
A sleeping car from Natchez is left
every night at Harriston until the
through train from Memphis to Ned
from Natchez had departed this car
was target for the fire OF the two
Negroes. While many windows were
broken no occupants of the car were
hurt.
At Bay I'm seed House.
With the blood lust at the highest
pitch, the two Negroes made their
way to a cotton seed house nearby
II is then believed that they realized
the wholesale killing could not long
continue without OPPOSITION and that
they determined to make their last
stand at the seed house.
Frightened citizens by this time had
gathered their wits together and
telephoned for Sheriff Hammitt al
Fayette. Summoning former Sheriff
ellis TO accompany him. Hammitt
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
60 lead the posse TO the place. Taking
few men with him Sheriff Hammitt
started toward the seed house where
upon Walter Jones went 10 the tai
grass nearby and as Hammitt ap-
preached the Negro fired. killing 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. gen
eral fusillade OF shots was directed al
the seed house. a call was sent tc
Gov. Brewer for troops.
Finding his hiding place too pre-
carious. Will Jones started TO rur
towards a coal chute nearby but had
gone only few steps when bullet
ended his life A rope was placed
around the body. il was strung up q
telegraph pole near the station and
became a target for everyone mo-
shooting at the seed house
Soon after VIII Jones was killed
Walter Jones picked Tom Weeks, q
Negro. of the coal chute, by hi.
deadly aim. Weeks fell 20 the gOrunC
dead
Not long after weeks was killed
the special train bearing the Natche
gUardsmen arrived. While the sol
diers were detraining the GROVE
rushed the seed house.
Not a shot greeted them and as tn
leaders went into the place viii
drawn weapons. they found Walter
Jones completely unnerved. but no
Injured. They quickly placed a rope
around his neck and rushed him q
the coal chute. As the Negro wa,
drawn up. the rope broke and he fel
heavily 20 the ground Not a wore
or act OF protest came from Jones
when a larger rope was drawn arounC