The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-10-06
MORE RACE RIOTS
RESULT IN DEATHS
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED f In
GEORGIA-MOBS AFTER 9TH
ERS--UPRISING PLANNED 3

Lincolnville, Ga-Jack Gordon and
Will Brown, negroes, were lynched by
a mob here early today. Their bodies
were burned. 4!
The victims were charged by the
mob with shooting Deputy Sheriff
Roy Freeman and Boyce Fortson
near here Saturday. Freeman is not
expected to live.
Nose, Martin, another negro, was
killed by the possee late yesterday
during the hunt for Gordon and sew
eral other negroes were whipped for
refusing to give information as to
Gordon's whereabouts.
Georgia Mob After Blacks
Washington, Ga.-Sunday night
One negro was shot to death tonight,
two others were whipped and five
were being held, it was said, for lynch
ing by mob that since daybreak this
morning has been securing the
swamps and canebreaks of Lincoln
county for Jack Gordon, negro who
shot and killed Red Freeman, dep
uty sheriff, and wounded a citizen
who attempted to aid the deputy.
The negro was killed and the two
who were whipped were said to have
made boastful remarks regarding the
killing of the deputy sheriff The five
being held were captured near the
scene of the killing. Members of the
mob asserted tonight they would be
held until Gordon, who was captured
and placed in jail late today, can be
taken by the mob to the scene. 1t is
the mob's announced intention then
to lynch all six.
More than a thousand persons
packed the court house square here
tonight and demanded that Gordon
be turned over to them.
Black Uprising Planned
Helena, Sunday night
Bands of negroes in southern Phillips
county,. of which this city is the seat
of government, had planned a general
slaughter of white people in this To-
callty tomorrow, according to mem
bers of the committee of seven ap-
pointed by civil authorities with the
sanction of Gov. Charles Brough,
who announced today that confessions
made by some of the captured ne
groes and other information indicated
a widespread plot.
Members of the committee'said the
plans of the negroes included an up
rising in the event certain demands
were not met.
With October set as the day for
the uprising, negro prisoners are said
20 have confessed, each member of
the organization at specified places
was to pick bale of cotton by that
late, taking the cotton to certain
prominent land owners, plantation
and merchants and "de-
nand a settlement
The confessions, as announced
made it appear to the investigators
hat without further ado following
his demand the blacks were to shoot |
iown all the whites in sight. A list |
If Fl names, admitted to represent
he men to whom the demand would
,e presented, is in the hands of the |
Investigating committee.
Killing of these FL, the prisoners
aid, was to be the signal for all I
MEMBERS of the organization to at
ack the whites. An extensive cour-
er system was explained in the evi-
lence, providing for messengers
,nown to the negroes as "PauI Re-
ceres" These couriers had been duly
ppointed to ride into all parts of the
erritory, according to the testimony,
nd summon members to arms.
We've just begun" was the pass
7ord of the uprising, the negroes told
he investigators. This pass word
nd the Paul Revere" couriers were
onfessed to have been employed last
tuesday, night and Wednesday morn
1g in the summoning of blacks to
loop Spur, 18 miles south of Helena.
fter w. A. Adkins, special agent of
he Missouri Pacific railroad, had
cen killed and Charles Pratt, deputy
heriff, had been wounded.
Polish Forces Winning