The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-11-20

~" VIII SHOW tilal at least seven per-
sons and maybe more were killed.
Upwards Of score Of persons are
believed to have been injured, five or
SIN OF them seriously. They are most
~ white persons and include two mcm-
hers of the homo guard who were
called out when the mob made its soc
ond visit to the Jail after shooting n
negro and accidentally wounding a
white prisoner.
Winston Salem. \. G.. Nov. 17.-Ai
l"2Sl tWo persons are known to have
been killed and probably score of
others injured, several seriously, in n
riot here tonight which resulted from
| the efforts OF a mob of several thouS-
and men to storm the city Jail and
lynch negro accused Of shooting J. f..
Chldrcss and Sheriff Flint and attack
ing Mrs. Childress last night.
This city is tonight in the hands of
mob and excitement runs high.
About o'clock mob stormcd the
jail and are said to have shot to death
the negro charged with having COM
mitted an assault last night on white
woman.
Later it was said the negro shot in
the Jail was not the right man and the
mob again formed in front of the CITY
hall. The mayor addressed them and
implOred the citizens to dispersc. The
fire alarm was rung and the fire com
panics responded
line Of hose was run out and the
water was turned on the crowd. In
discriminate shooting then cnsucd.
one young member Of the home guards
iell. shot through the breast, and a
young girl also was more or less Sc
riously wounded
The known dead are:
Rachael Levi, young woman by
standcr and Robert Young. a fireman.
The more seriously injured include
Margarct George Linwood Ilcclcr,
John Rumplcr, citizenS, and Frank
O'Hricn and r. II. lIawlcy. members
of the homo guard; Charles White.
ahol and seriously hurt Jules Smith,
Cecil Alley, J j. Adams.
Five Of the more seriously injured.
including two members Of the home
guards, were t;aicn to hospitals. but
many others were treated at home. The
total number injured was not known
and the police would not even hazard
an estimate.
The mob first formed this afternoon
about $3.50 o'clock and stormcd the
Jail. Three shots were fired and the
negro accused Of shooting the two
men and attacking Mrs. Chldrcss was
seriously wounded, while white pris-
oncr named Tragg also was hit in the
arm by a stray bullet.
After some difficulty the police sue
ceeded in clearing the crowd out Of
the building and then the mayor called
out the Home Guards. Quiet reigned
for time, but later the report went
around that the negro shot was not
the man that had been sought by
nightfall the mob had reformed and
started marching to the Jail, which
was surrounded by Home Guards.
Hardware stores were broken into
and revolvers, shotguns and other
WEAPONS and ammunition taken. AS
the mob marched it increased in size
and when it's objective was reached it
several thousand. The mayor
sought to address the crowd, but could
not be heard. In the meantime fire
companies had arrived and when the
mob broke for the jail the firemcn
turned water on them.
Firing Immediately followed and
Young was shot dead. A bullet hit
Miss Levi, who was watching nearby.
The Home Guards answered the volley.
but the mob quickly overpowcrcd them
and went into the Jail. Two members
OF the guard were badly hurt by be-
ing thrown bodily down stairway
which they were guarding.
Apparently the mob did not find the
negro it sought, for no more Of the
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