Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-16
Citizens Storm Jail and
Lynch Negroes Suspect
ed of Crime.
ATTACK ON WHITE
GIRL AVENGED
Police overpowered by Bricks and
Streams of Water From Fire Hose
Assault On Girl Took Place On
Circus Grounds-state MiIItiamsd
Called to Scene and Order Restored.
-Hansinss BunsIed.
By Associated Press.

by ASSOCldLeQ froSS.
Duluth. Mimi, June 1s-virtually
normal conditions prevail today on
the Duluth business streets. over
which a mob Of 5000 persons surgsd
last night. sweeping the police from
power and seizing and lynohins
three negroes held in connection with
an attack on a 17-year old white
girl.
When two companies OF Minnesots
National Guards reached hero at an
early hour after special train trip
from st. Paul, they found only a dam
aged police station and Uttered
streets as evidences of the mob's ,ac-
tivity. The men are equipped for
riot duty and went into temporary
camp preparatory to patroling the
streets If necessary. Available rec
ords today showed only one previous
lynching in Minnesota. Twenty years
ago 1t was said a white man waa
lynched in this county for attacking
a girl.
Last nights lynchings were accom-
plished after the police had been ov-
empowered by bricks and streams
from fire hose in an attack on po-
lice headquarters.
For at least two hours the mob
ruled, only relinquishing its power
after the negroes had been lynched-
Mock Trial Held.
Not a shot was fired in the attack
on the police station, the members Of
the mob using bricks, and other mis-
siles, and in the final stages of the
fight, stream Of water from fire hose
taken from the police themselves.
"A mock trial was held by the mob
in the station, and three negroes were
found guilty and three others also
held in connection with the assault
were acquitted, and turned back to
the police.
The negroes were roustabouts with
a circus that appeared here Monday
and the attack on the 17-year old
white girl took place in the circus
grounds Monday night. The circus
was in Virginia yesterday, and it was
said eight negroes Were taken MIRO
custody there, but only four held.
One report was that the Virginia
authorities and John Murphy, Du-
luth's chief of police, had started
back to Duluth with these four sus-
poets before the mob trouble broke
out here, but 1t was understood that
the party had been diverted to an
other city. The negroes hanged |
were:
Isaac M'Higie.
Elmer Jackson.
Nat Green. 7sl
All were about 20 years old.
They were lynched in order named
at 1880 p. M, 11.3S p. M, and 11:4S
p. M, respectively. All professed
their innocence.
First indications the downtown
district received of the trouble brew
ing came at o'clock when trucks
loaded with men dashed up and down
principal streets, the men calling for
volunteers to avenge the wrong done
the white girl"
Members Of the mob held court
on the second floor of the building.
temporarily acquitted two Of tho
negro suspects, but apparently de-
cided the others were guilty.
The first negro lynched was taken
about two blocks from the police sta-
ton to the corner Of First street and
Second avenue, where a rope was
thrown over a telephone pole.
AS the negro was yanked into the
air. the rope broke and he tumbled
to the ground. He was held until
another rope was procured, and the
execution proceeded without further
interruption.
Other Negroes Guarded.
A report received here early today
from Virginia was to the effect that
ten negroes were being rushed In
automobiles to st. Paul. guarded by
deputy sheriffs, to be placed in the
Ramsey county jail for protection. A
score of automobiles carrying mem.
bers of last nights mob had been re.
ported on the way to Virginia from
Duluth in an effort to seize other
negroes employed by circus, who,
they believed, might have participant
ed in the attack on white girl here.
Report Denied.
BY Associated Press.
ST. Paul, June 16.-Local police and
county authorities early today de-
MED knowledge of a report from vlr-
ginia, Mimi. to the effect that ten