Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-01-01

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Squibs Arc Thrown vt His Feet.
80
ELK Austin, Is, Succumbs From
Mound in Local Hospital; Anoth-
r Boy May Die; Other Two Slight
". Wounded. Negro Captured, but
Escapes Prom hhe Officers.
FINCASTLE CITIZENS ARE
WROUGHT UP.
a'incusue, Va, Dec. 1S.-One white
is dead, three Nc seriously wound
In Roanoke hospital. and two
Snbers Of II mob that formed here
X ight are wounded as a. result Of a
Scrnckcr flung into tho streets by
OF the boys about $50 O'Clock,
CHI fell near Edmund Thompson, .
8ro, Is years Old, who became ane-
and fired Il 81 calibre revolver in
no crowd. Tho Negro was later ar
ed by Deputy Sheriff C@!dwell and
* of the Circuit Court Mcdowell
is home; started OH trip to Roam
was met by a mob Of one hundred
who took him away from the Off
and later escaped from the mob
had him In custody.
: lwo men who were members of tho
whose names could not be learn
4 were wounded In tho promiscious
bting that took place as the Ne.
broke loose from the mob and
up the creek bottom In the rear
he Fincastle courthouse, where
mob succeeded in taking him from
officers. One Of the men was shot
he thigh while the other received
pund In the hand.
EGEnlED Ny FIeE-CRACIlER.
HE trouble resulted from q fire.
! tcr being u rown INTO the streets
incasue by some one In q crowd
oys standing in front Of T. d. Boil
store. Those wounded were:
eek Austin. aged II, son of II. l..
i'll 4 prominent farmer Of this sec
WHO died rs Il result OF Il wound
ugh tho head in Il Roanoke hos
II Bayne son Of Walter Bayne
we'll to do farmer in this section
o country.
oy Young son or A. A. Young.
through tho arm.
y Lee. son CT Babe Leo who ro
! Il n wound in tho neck. The
e boy was 10 years of age, tho
6 boy about IS and tho Lee boy
said to DO about twelve years of
mund Ihompson's homo Is Iii
place, buit lao has been working
ot Springs. lIo was here on his
:ion. as soun as the fIrecrucker
u his iGct, IL H. said, he whipped
lis gun s,nu began shooting. He
four times ana lour OF the boys
Before the stul tied villagers or
kltle town knew what had happen
le Negro broke ana ran. While
athers OF pho boys were looking
their comfort and preparing II
o take them TO a Roanoke hos.
Turmoil Mcdowell clerk OF the
1t Court went 10 the home Of tho
ana arrested aim. starting with
- md Deputy SherlI Caldwell and
OF Mr.. McDowelris to ltoanoke.
soon rs news Of the tragedy
ed Roanoke, Il repr escntat!ve OF
foanoke Mma, with tnrce other
ms OF Roanoke, ohta.ueu IL cur
tIrted for Finr,.stAe. About eiuht
from FIncaA.lu mo maohino con
& the press rcprescn' utivc was
p by a mob of about one hundred
who We're blocking the roads
Niucas..G LOOMING Tor the car In
Inc ciark and deputy sherir
thompson.
70 WITH NEGRO HALTED.
nut five minutes nfte" the press
vas halted, an auto was seen
G over the brow OF the hMl. This
IL stopped BY .hs mob and cry
Te he Is" brought every one Of
Oh TO the car which contained
Dson. Shot guns end pistols in
n6s OF rol,.,iIcs OF the boys who
injured wero G,:pl, yed a3 tie
u brought to atnnds..ll. a re
taitive of the Il mss circ.tng
the Car came up rom the rear
ormed rs way beneath the
he which contain d Thompson.
argument tcsI!tcd between the
of law and order and those who
I determined to take the law into
bwn hands.
9 first man that touches this
shoot dead as H. sand Clerk
Mcdowell as he leVe.ed his
the ASSEMBLED mob. Shot
we're brought in.o play and 90
was the NIB N It's dt mahds
ne car turn back towards Fin
that the officers Of the Jaw had
her cEoice. Eno representative
press and +. II. Minnick who
living the prccs car pleaded with
- BIB, in vain, to let the law take
rse, but with the brandishing OF
MS and pistols they demanded
10 car turn around and go back
castle.
ION TO FINCAsrLE."
Dther move was left for the Off
1t to COMFY with The orders
mob. One man, whose son 1t is
I'd been ehOt in thu ght, stood