The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-11-08


who was lynched Sept. 28th.
The counts include: 1. murder will
revolvers; 2, hanging; 8, striking
beating, bruising, wounding, shoot
! ing, choking, stranglmg and suffo-
eating the said VIII Brown.
The indictment charging James
Shields, Sam Novak and Harry Jen-
kins with conspiracy to commit muir
der is cited that these men armed
themselves with guns. pistols, revol-
yers ropes, stones and other weapons
and with assembling in and about
the court hourse and did then and
there beseige attack, set fire to and
break and enter, and by words and
acts did then there abet. invite, in
cite, induce. coerce and compel others
to do the same acts.
1t is further alleged that the men
broke into the courthouse to get po-
session of Will Brown, that they
shot at the courthouse and at per-
sons within 1t. These acts form the
conspiracy in which they were al
lOSGu W nave
Harry Jenkins, alias Burton Perry
jenkins, and parties at this time to
! the grand juries unknown And the
said James Shields, Sam Novak and
Harry jenkins, alias Burton Perry
Jenkins, and parties TO grand juries
unknown, are alleged to have then
and there, beaten. bruised, multilated
and shot at said William Brown
An Of these men indicted are now
in Jail.
Boy Rider Indicted.
William Francis, 16. school boy
against whom an indictment was re-
turned, became known as the "boy
of the horse" in the rioting. He first
appeared on his horse shortly after
the crowd started gathering at the
county courthouse Mounted on gray
horse he directed. it is said move
ments of one element of the crowd.
He was several times ordered away,
said policemen.
Invariably he came back, always
riding his horse.
After the north doors of the court
house were broken down and after
the crowd had several times been
chased from the building by the fire
of policemen, Francis appeared in
the crowd mounted on his horse.
When he rode his horse into the
building there was large following
behind him, several hanging onto the
horses tail.
Accused of Firing Courthouse.
On one indictment Shields, Novak
and jenkins are charged with hav-
ing set fire to the courthouse, with
breaking and entering the building
and with melting others to follow
their example.
Shields, in a separate Indictment, is
charged with having set fire to the
building and causing a loss estimated
by the jury at $1,50O,000.
The jury, in its return of a third
indictment, charges Harry Jenkins
and James Shields with having placed
a rope about the neck of the Negro,
Will Brown, causing him to be hung
to street railway pole, and then
firing bullets from revolvers and
other guns into his body. Death
was instantaneous, according to the
indictment.
George Sutej is charged with hav-
ing assaulted Policeman Robert P.
Samardick, and the Sutei brothers are
charged with having urged the mob
at the courthouse on to its work of
destruction.
Witnesses, in the majority Of the
cases where indictments already have
been returned, are policemen. In no
instance are more than four citizens
listed as witnesses. In no instance
are less than five witnesses listed in
each indictment.
The grand jury will probably make
no more returns until late in the
week. The jury went into session
again at l p. m, Tuesday to con-
slider evidence against men now in
jail. All men against whom true
bills were returned have been in
Jail, the majority of them having
been arrested the day following the
night of rioting.
Il asked the grand Jury to make
a partial return today, if possible,
said County Attorney Shotwell, "in
order that men now held in Jail may
be given an opportunity to give bail
for their appearance for trial and in
the meantime be allowed their free
DOM"
No bonds have been set in any of
these cases.
Negro Charged with Carrying Con-
cealed weapons.
Lester Price, Negro, is charged with
carrying weapons without being given
proper authority and not being a
proper person to have firearms in
his possession.
Mayors Assailants Not Indicted.
No indictments have been returned
against any person who is alleged
to have had any hand in the attemjt-
ed hanging Of Mayor Smith. 1t is
understood the grand Jury has evi-
dence against persons said to have
been in part Of the rioting, but that
these indictments probably will not
he returned until the latter part of
the week.