Arizona republican., 1919-09-29

Sunday, many of the men could not be found. The result was that several thousand persons had gathered on the south side of the court house before the police could arrive in any consider able number.
 Beat Colored Patrolman
 The original members of the mob were augmented presently by hundreds of others apparently equally deter mined to lynch Brown. They yelled for the prisoner and attempted to get into the court house. The few police officers who had arrived were able to keep them from breaking in the doors for only short while. A colored of- ficer was among those to report for duty at the court house. His presence angered the crowd beyond reason. He was the first victim of violence and his life was saved only by the hardest kind of a tussle by the officers. Az it was, he was badly beaten up.
 The sheriff then coupled up three lines of interior fire hose and with his deputies and some police officers at tempted to COW the crowd by turning the water on them. Instead of having that effect, it brought a hail of stones and bricks. In 10 minutes 50 windows had been broken on the south, side of the court house and much other damage done. From that time on until the ne- gro was strung up to the pole, the vii cinity for many blocks around was a bedlam.
 A small crowd of young men, none of whom appeared over 20 years old, then secured a rope, which they threw fha lQhOa nf a cQnnn6 win dow. One of their number mounted the rope to the window. From there he pulled up a ladder that had been provided and a score or more of his companions followed. Once inside the building, they were followed by many more who began working their way to the upper floors.
 The sheriffs office IS on the fourth floor, facing north, and from the rear of his office is stairway and elevator to the jail. What methods were used to force a passage to the jail is un- certain tonight. All of the men who got inside were apparently armed, because they fired numerous shots after getting inside.
 Fire Court House
 That occurred about o'clock after the mob had been on the scenes for two hours. From that time on panic reigned with the crowd on the street. Thousands of shots were fired. The mob surged around the block on which the court house stands. Finally about 2 o'clock in the evening after securing fuel and kerosene and tar they man aged to start a fire in the office of the county treasurer, which is on the first floor and at the northeast corner. The first trial was a failure, but another one a few minutes later started a flame which spread to all four floors below the jail. There was no time during the first half hour, however, that the flames could not have been controlled had the firemen been permitted to work. A general alarm called out the entire depart ment. No sooner could they run a line of hose however, than it was cut by the mob. The fire was thus permitted to continue without effort to subdue it. The police are powerless to dc anything except stand and watch the proceeding. As the fire continued to reach other parts of the fine big struc- ture, the men continued their work in the upper stories to secure possession of the negro. More than two thirds oi the building had been destroyed and the fire was near the jail on the tor floor. where the sheriff and prisoners had been finally forced to go, the moi in the building secured possession oi their man and dragged him down the stairways, partly through smoke anc flame, to the Harney street entrance Once on the street the remainder ol their work was accomplished in five minutes. For hours the crowd out side had been waiting for those who had dragged their victim to the street Two shots were fired into Brown. body just after the moose had bee. placed around his neck. When tn, mob started to drag the negro uI Harney street half block to con. venient pole, his clothing was stripped from his body.
 Riddle Body With Bullets
 One of the mob climbed the pole ant threw the rope over the cross arm. 4 score or more men pulled Brown! body into the air and anchored tn, loose end of the rope. Hundreds O shots were fired into the body.
 The mob at once dispersed, but no until they had met a police patro wagon, overturned it and set it on firt at Fifteenth and Farnum street Besides Brown, the known casual ties tonight numbered 24, one of whom