Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-16
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Continued from page I

After the mob bad dispersed early to-
day the police cut down the hodiea Of
the Negroes, which had not been mutIlat-
Cd
-Four Negroes are said TO have been nr-
rested AZ Virginia. Mimi. where the circus
appeared Yesterday Reports that au-
thorltieR had started for Duluth with the
four suspects reached the mob Tut the
course Of the officers with the men waF
diverted upon hearing Of tho action Of the
enragcd people
The Negroes hanged were Isaac Mic
Chic, Elmer Jackson and Nate Green. all
about % years old
RECRUITED 1yNCHTRa IN Trucks.
First indications the downtown dis.
trict received Of tho trouble brewing came
when trucks loaded with mon dashed ~
and down the principal streets. Tho men
called for volunteers To- aycnge the
wrong done the whitc girl
There was ready response and II was
estimated that the mob numbered 5000
Then the jail was stormed
The first conScrtcd attack was made
an tho rear entrance Near the building
was pile of bricks used on construction
joh. and of this tho mob took quick al
vantage Bricks were sent ilNng through
windows and rear door which finally
gave in.
FOUGHT Mon wtTH WATER,
This let tho mob into the basement
the police garage, and as i started up the
stars 10 the first floor. strong spurts oi
water washed lis members back
Bricks again were brought INTO play
and as the battle wagcd At the rear Of ths
building other members Of the mob at
tackled the front entrance
Here. too, tho police were prepared e
fight back the mob with water and IN the
water duel that cnsued mother side had a
marked advantage until the mob n nagcd
to cut the police hose This caused a
momentary retreat by the police aud the
mob began battering down the front door
After entrance had been forced from
the front the police offered no further re-
sIstancc. realizing. they said, that AT
tempts 10 use firearms would turn the
disturbance into riot OF even more
serious proportions and probably cause
extensive loss Of life.
STEEL DOORS RAr1FRED DOWN.
Within the police station the mob faced
two heavy steel doors, barring the way 20
the prIsonets cells With n large timber
the steel doors were battered down after
an hour attack II took only few min
utcs TO force open the oages and gain pos
session OF the Negroes
On the second floor Of the police station
mock trial was held The three Ne
groes declared guilty were taken about one
and one-half blocks from the police sta
tion.
CATHOLIC PRIEST PLEADS ron Law.
MoChe was the first 10 feel the moose
He cried for mercy declaring he was
innocent Two Catholic priests called
upon the crowd 20 let the law take It's
course, but their pleas went unheedcd
One priest climbed an electric light
standard and again pleaded with the moi
20 LET the law take its course, but he was
again met with boots.
McGhic was jerked into the air TO the
shouts of the mob and each time the rope
broke, dropping him 10 the ground.
God be with them, ] am not the
/, right man. was his last cry as on the
! third trial he went to his death
4 similar fate quickly was mcted out tc
to the other Negroes, who likewise pro
tested their innocence and pleaded foI
I mercy
| When the mob stormed the police
headquarters about thirty policemen wer,
/ on duty there and it was realized that
/ efforts to stop the mob at that stage ot
/ the trouble would have been like pouring
! ''oil on FIRE as one patrolman put 1t.