The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-10-24
.SNn-fuf WHITE MEN
KILLED AND WOUNDED
Carefully sriectei Observer on Going to
Scene Of Bloody Rae Battle in South
ern Cocoon Section Discovers That
Brave Milatto Brothers Died - Mar
tyn Defending the Character of Cob
ord Women---Few Traitons C.ior-i
Men Ala, Slain by Pincky Lads
fAmst~rlam News. }

Nat.hezs Miss, INT lo.---fditor The
Driensi~r: Your message calling npon
me to 90 To the sc~ne of the crime and
get the fscts about the Jons-- hrother~
, reached msO q. X. at onre started for
the scene of the lynching. hearing my
owns exI ensrv. hecause ! sln colorsd
man and know how unjust the prs
news by wire H. to trne iarts and f.l.r l..
my race.
Here arr sbe facts
There ho been some quiet sgitati.n
among the eolorr,i people concerning the
op~n and haxrsnt conduct II white m~n
toward colored women. This volcanic
eruption has taken place ever and anon.
covering many decasse>- Ia obtrudei 1 IT,
self even in she dark days Of slavery, and
many . white ovene~r GIT his brains
beaten out because of that white man
dare devil spirit TO seek colored women.
Saturday night learned that while
great crowhs of csston packers were in
town, shopksrpers overheard the colorsd
people, sou,e of whom we're a little hois-
terous, t~iliok what might happen o.
souse whit<sn-en il ON the wrsk following
il they insuIted on< or two Of the pretty
mulatto women hired by them but who
were relatives Of the complainants.
Ii 10 CALLING for any kind of man tn
have enacted before his eyes culpable
liberties with his female relative without
srousiug the least savaeery in him.
Well. this talk gathered strength. and
noise drifted into boisterousness. Walter
Jones. the oldest Of the two brothers, re-
membered tina, the girl he wanted 20
marry wss in the tlutcbes of white man
and st the very hour sleeping in his
arms. lie determined to kill every white
man in Hsrristown, and to Kill her whom
he loved hut could not marry. 80 he got
bis brother Will, at about O'Clock sun
day morning, determined fully 70 kill
every white man guilty OF having a col
ored mistress These boys were not drunk
their father is a white business man here,
and their mother . good and noble wo-
man, and they were well mp on the prin-
cipses OF decency and good behavior.
These boys qualified to do some rrforma-
ton work on the basi- Of the unwritt~r
Law, and 10 take the consequence for their
act, asking no quarters and giving none
In all IL 10 credited o. the Jones broth
er Of killing and ~oundibg g. people.
No more than six colored men were shot
by them. bat they were the class Of men
that sneak around and find ont thing
for white folxs. % while they were st t
they called on and killed and wounded q
few OF this kind. Later sunday morning
after Walter Jones had wresked vengr
snce upon the white man who stole h,-
wife-to-be, by killing them both outright.
he and HE brother Will fe,I o. cotton
mill where they bsrricsded themselves
When they we're stt.cked st noon sun
day, the Sheriff had resrhe-i the scene ~
excitement, and. finding . mott clsmor-
ing for the blood of the brothers. lei
them on.
The sheriff vss the fr-t o. fall in ths
first grneral fusiiisfs. for indeed. they
say that IL s~em-d that the very cionds
opened and bullets rsined down uron
their lnckls-s h~ad-. They always ssy
that every -rnsibie thing the colored man
dos, that he wss besstIy drunk. Nov.
ne your common sen>. Could tao
drunken ,olored men hold of thou.snd
bloodthirsty white men for ten honr-?
Could too drunken colored men bill eve
rybody they shot sf7 A man % sboot
trsighs must he able n ~ straight sna
sct straight.
The co<or-d people about here we're ~
- sr~st sesr - the white people. Thy
took no part in What the brothers did.
In such thing our people down here
never are the sexre>sop. Sometimes
when th~y are opprr~scd % the point 81
human endurance they do like anybody
el~--pros~ct themseivs~ 81 l~~f they can.
bnt In the csse of Walter znh Will Joors.
~ yesr and - years, th~y hsd the white
pecpse on the run. and nobody for several
houu 80 brave enough 10 rsise a win
dow OF per ont II en- open DOR. They
ssy sbst the whole town trembled for
, their lives Everyh<dy vss afraid 10
venture oos until th>y eo< word The sns-
diprs vese 70 resch Hsrisoa wishin IN
hsnr, ~ hsnvs 60 hssvily ssDed
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