Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-06


 ing out his left arm, from which the blood poured. The lad was hastily conveyed up the bank, and to a physician.
 1 Vicks was beseiged not only by white people. There were many colored men in the posse as anxious to check Vicks' career as any of the murdered detectives fellow off cers. Officer Jim Moore and Special Officer Will Lovett were among those in the forefront, and Moore managed to get several shots at 1 Vicks with riot gun.
 Attempt to Dynamite.
 The house in which the negro barricaded himself was a two-storied affair set on the high bluff of the river bed, and facing west. A long, narrow row of smaller houses flank ed the building from the south, while the front approach was through the side yard of house ] facing Georgia street. 1 An unsuccessful attempt was made to dynamite the house, after which l it was set afire. Previous to this, however, possemen armed wi h rifles, pistols and shot guns had surrounded the house from four sides, two groups being stationed among the rocks and cotton wood trees in the dry river bed, while two other groups guarded the house from behind fences at the east and west approach.
 After the fire had gained some headway, the fire department threw water on the flames to prevent a spread of the fire to the row of houses which flanked the. burning building on the south. In the fight of the flames, the groups of posse men creDt closer to the building, and the crowd, which numbered several thousand people came closer in the attempt to see the tragedy enacted to it's entirety. For more than an hour, there was no sign of life in the burning building when suddenly the heavy roar of big gun was heard, the shooting coming from the base ment of the building where the negro ! had retreated when the house was | fired. There was a rush among the spectators to seek cover, while the possemen crouched and emptied their guns into the basement of the house. ! The big gun spoke several times ] lIOlN tHe CODttcitteHt diiDIutu Dy l the basement, and this firing, either l as the result of direct hits, CT stray 1 shots wounded others who were in- l iured. The negro was finally driven Ito a cellar near the northwest part of the basement from which place he emerged st intervals fired intermit- l tantly at the posse stationed among 1 the rocks and small trees in the river bed
 l At last driven from this place, the negro stepped suddenly from the l flaming basement and raising his rifle to his shoulder quickly. fired once. A hail of bullets swept from the guns of those stationed in the river bed and on the bank of the river, and the negro crumpled and fell among the rocks. Fearing a trick at first, another round of bull I lets swept the place where he fell, and then the members of the posse swarmed to the place where he fell. 1 The body, with both eyes shot completely out, and punctured with bullets, was brought up from the river bed by mob which, when it became evident the murderer was killed, swarmed about his body. It was carried to Second avenue, and thence up Second to Main street where the mob surged about the body stopping all traffic on both streets. 1 There Sheriff Curran Nichol mount ed the white light post at the june 1 tion of Second and Main and pre- vailed upon the mob not to burn the body. It was then taken to the ! morgue of H. I. Holderness and 1 company where thousands of people attempted to crowd the place for a glimpse of the body. Sheriff Nichol remained in possession of the body and with the assistance of deputies kept the crowd moving so that every one passed by for a look at the body and thence to the street.
 Scene Illuminated.
 The basement in which the negro retreated after the flames began tc eat into the building, extended under the entire house, and proved satis. factory retreat for considerable length of time. It was believed al Il first that the negro had been burned in the flames, but when he agair ' opened fire from the basement, this ]; fallacy became obvious. The whole scene was illuminated by the flames for two hours, and in the bright light the tense faces of the possemen anc the less tense, but none the less in ! terested faces of the thousands oi spectators was etched out from tho darkness of the night.
 :: Detective Lynn's body was found face downwards by Poole. Lovett ane :: Harrington, who were fired upon as :, they sought to raise the body. MT :: Hymns pistol was in his pocket, in dicating the officer was shot before he perceived his danger. Mir. Lynr had been city detective for severa years, and was regarded highly. H. had served on the police department in Kansas City before coming to Pine Bluff.