The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02

amp Funston, Kansas.
rende his prisoner. who was taken
dow nthe ladder. The mob tore prac-
t1cally every stitch OF clothing off the
black, and his body was practically
nude when the telephone pole where
he was lynched was reached.
Fire Into Body.
The Negroes body had not been hoist
ed six feet when rifles, shotguns and
were turned loose into it. AS
the first bullets struck the negro he
tw1tched s~pasmodically several times.
After that life seemed to have left the
body, but his arms were famed back
and forth several times as bullets
struck them.
The firing continued for about 10 min
utes. The negroes entrails were ex-
posed as the firing continued.
Dragged in Streets.
After members Of the crowd took the
body down they tied it to the end of a
police patrol wagon which they had
axe from officers. and dragged it up
Harvey street and then to 10Th street
to Farnum n down Farnum street
to Sixteenth and then owe to Dodge
street, where they threw it into the
fire which other members Of the mob
had prepared. Kerosene and gasoline
were poured on a large number of rail-
road ties n other lumber and the
body thrown on to the blaze.
After the body was thrown into the
fire more lumber was neaped on. A
crowd estimated at 5000 men, women
and children saw the body burned.
Many pushed through the crowd in an
effort to get pieces Of the body for
souvenirs. The rioters stopped autos
and took gasoline from the tanks to
pour on to the blaze.
81 Men Arrested.
After the body was taken from the
pole a fair sized piece of rope was left
on the pole and a man took the ropc
and cut it into small bits which he dis
tributed to members of the crowd for
souvenirs.
Thirty-one men were arrested by po-
lice in connection with the rioting. All
were found to be carrying guns and
AMMUNITION and are being held without
bond.
City commissioners went into CON
ference with a score of citizens today
and ordered immediate preparations to
prevent e outbreaks of lawlessness.
The commissioners expressed belief
that the trouble is passed, but said
they felt every p%recaution should be
aiken to prevent it from springing up
anew. One Of the steps aiken was to
order he police commissioner tt enroll
not less than 500 special policemen. A
meeting of the county's organization Of
the American Legion was to be held
late this afternoon, when volunteers for
special police duty will be asked. Ar
r~angements are being made to secure
arms and ammunition from the state
arsenal at Lincoln.
Formed at School House.
The disorders had their beginning, it
is said, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
when a body Of friends of the girl al
legged to have been assaulted, gathered
at a school Gus and began to march
to the courthouse, where Brown was
held prisoner.
Police were unable to stop the march
to the county building, and as the day
wore on the crowd grew larger in size.
In the crowd at the school. was Mil
lard Hoffman, companion of Miss Lo-
beck, on the night she was attacked.
Once at the county building, the mob
began it's efforts to get the negro"
L IN WSIc IuSIeu u lie SCeue, DuI
were unable to quiet the crowd Sew
eral negro policemen were badly han
died, and members of the mot gained
entrance to the building despite efforts
of police and deputy sheriffs to defend
the place. Shots were exchanged be-
tween officers and members Of the
mob with casualties on both Sides.
Yesterdays trouble is the result of
racial feeling that has followed attacks
by negroes On women. A large mum
Der Of women have been attacked by
negroes since last June, it is said.
Only Light Sentences.
Light sentences imposed on negroes
for these attacks on white women, is
the reason given by police officials for
the mob taking the law into it's own
hands last night. Nebraska laws do
not inflict capital punishment for GRIM
inal assault.
In Omaha and Council Bluffs there
have been over 40 attacks on women
in the last two months. Public feel
ing ran very high. In Council Bluffs,
returned soldiers numbering several
hundred formed a viligance committee.
headed by Colonel Defald Mac Rae
and patrolled the streets all night for
Seyeral weaks