Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-10-03
SHERIFF is SLAIN IN FIGHT
Etate Troops Reach Harriston, Miss,
and Check Race Riots-Murderers
Fire at Passengers In Train-TWen-
ty Persona Are Wounded.


was prevented by the arrival on spe-
cfal train of company OF national
guardsmen from Natchez.
The trouble started at about two
O'Clock in the morning and continued
internationally until ten o'clock, when
Walter Jones, the elder of the two
boys who started the firing, was
lynched just after the soldiers arrived.
His brother, Will Jones, had been shot
and killed by citizens earlier in the
day. Residents OF the town who had
barricaded themselves in their homes
began cautiously to emerge at ten
O'Clock from their hiding places, and
by noon the town was quiet. No further
trouble is feared
The dead:
Sheriff G. p. Hammett of Jefferson
county, white; shot while leading
posse to where the Jones brothers
were hiding.
Former Constable Frank Keinstlyr
white; shot at his home.
Johanna Aiken.
Tom Weeks.
Jesse Thompson.
Thead Grayson.
The three latter were negroes killed
during the promiscuous shooting.
Teller Warren, negro; found dead in
hut where shooting began.
Walter and Will Jones, negroes;
Iynched.
The two boys, soon after leaving
their home, went to the residence of
III oy,Iy
when he responded to their call to
come out he was shot through the
head by Walter Jones. Keinstly's son,
William, saw his father fall and
reached for gun, but before he could
fire he received a bullet In one of his
hands.
The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail-
road station is near the Keinstly home,
and the two negroes walked in that
direction A train had arrived from
Natchez Just few moments before.
and conductor E. B. Appleby was
standing at the station talking to
Flagman w. c. Bond. Without warn
ing the two negroes fred on them and
both fell. Then the negroes directed
their fire at Claude Freeman, who was
waiting for train to take him to his
home at Fayette, Miss. He was in.
stantly killed The negroes then fired
into the train, terrorizing the passen.
gers.
Frightened citizens by this time had
fegained their wits and telephoned for
Sheriff Hammett at Fayette Sum-
moning former Sheriff Gillis to accom-
pany him, Hammett started for Har-
riston on horseback, arriving about
five o'clock A small crowd Of men
were firing into the seedhouse. but no
one had ventured to lead the posse to
the place. Taking a few men with
him, Sheriff Hammett started towards
the seedhouse, whereupon Walter
Jones went to the tall grass nearby
and as Hammett approached the negro
fired, killing him instantly. A shot
from the seedhouse brought down Gil
lis.
general fusillade was directed at
the seedhouse. A call was sent to Gov
ernor Brewer for troops.
Finding his hiding-place too precari-
Gus, Will Jones started to run towards
a coal chute nearby, but had gone
only few steps when bullet ended
his life.
Soon after VIII Jones was killed
Walter Jones picked Tom Weeks. a
negro, off the coal chute.
Soon after Weeks was killed the
special train bearing the Natchez
guardsmen arrived. While the SOL
dfers we're leaving the train the crowd
rushed the seedhouse.
Not shot greeted them, and as the
leaders entered the place with drawn
weapons they found Walter Jones com
pletely unnerved but uninjured They
placed rope around his neck and
rushed him to the coal chute. AS the
negro was drawn up the rope broke
and he fell to the ground. Not a word
or act of protest came from Jones
when stronger rope was drawn
around his neck and again he was
pulled up. A large crowd looked on
as the body writhed until life was ex.
Einct.