The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-22
TRIPLE KILLING IN VALDOSA

TRIPLE KILLING IN VALDOSA
Naldosa, Ga, Nov. 11.-Valdosa,
Ga, is in a gloom over one of the
5addest events which has occurred
there in years. The barbarous lynch
ing of Negroes by whites has in the
past justly aroused the rage of its
rolored citizens, but in this case a
triple killing of Negroes by "A de
PRAYED member of the race has
raised not resentment, but rather d
hopeless feeling of sadness. 1t is
almost unbelievable that in these
days of persecution, when every drop
Of Negro blood should be conserved
for the struggle the NEW NEGRO
is sure to make, man should so
ruthlessly 90 on a murderous ram
page as did Frank flanders.
Handers owned a barber shop in
Naldosa, where, with the help of his
wife, his business grew and grew I'M
til he came to be known as one Of
the rich colored men of the town.
His wife, in the meantime, with an
eye to the future, with hope in her
heart to educate her four children,
to give them all the advantages which
both she and her husband missed, and
AGAINST which they had both striven
so hard before success became an ac-
complished fact, continued to work
and economics She held to her old
the way
laun-ry patrons, both in the univer-
sity and in the town, and actually
worked at the barber shop so as to
save the expenses of a janitor. Fan
der was far otherwise. His actions
should be warning to all members
of our race. Instead of following the
Virtuous example of his wife, he took
to gambling, to running around with
women, to mourning debts which lit
tie by little ate up his bank account.
When bills came his wife paid them.
When he mortgaged his shop to pur-
chase an automobile it was his wife
who lifted the mortgage.
A week ago flanders went to
Philadelphia. His wife discovered
later that he had taken the remnant
of her savings.
On top of this rumors came that
he was frequenting cabarets, throw
ing away his money in crap games
and on loose women, and imbibing
generously of peculiarly strong va
riety of liquor. Mrs. flanders nat
urally heart broken and stated her
intention of seeking a divorce. She
was faced with the problem of either
furnishing money to her depraved
husband or of maintaining her four
children, who were by now sadly in
reed of both clothing and food.
Mother love and an honest nature
permitted her to make but one choice.
Her children must be considered be
fore all
Zanders, when his money had
given out, returned to Valdosa His
wife mutely received him, announcing
after time her intentions to divorce
him. Zanders accepted the news
with equanimity. He merely nodded,
left the house and swiftly went to
the shop of Mr.. James Dawson, of
whom he borrowed a shotgun. ex-
glaiaing that he wished to go squirrel
hunting. When he reached home
again his wife was sitting on the
front porch in a rocking chair, her
baby in her arms. She was gently
grooming melody when her husband
opened the gate. Slowly he raised
his shotgun, took deliberate aim and
with utmost GOODNESS pulled the
trigger. His wife jumped up
twitched slightly, and fell back
Imply into the chair, CHASTITY hole
in her head. While the baby lay
screaming on the floor he fired again,
this time literally smashing to pieces
the child's head. Neighbors who
witnessed the tragedy then saw him
place the butt end of the gun on the
walk, put the muzzle in his mouth
and proceed to blow off the top of
his own head
Relatives of Mrs. Zanders were
stricken. After the coroner's inquest
they took charge of her body. She
will be buried in Nancy, her birth
place. She is survived by her three
children, Frank, Isaiah and Samuel,
who, relatives have decided, will go
back to the last named town.