Evening star., 1921-08-17
MOBBURNSB0DY
OF SLAYER Of TWO
Masked Men Force Way Into
Hospital and Carry Off
Corpse of Dead Negro.
By the Associated Press.


AUGUSTA. Ca. August IA large
body of men. said to have been mask
ed, forced their way into the Univer-
sity Hospital here shortly after 4
o'clock this morning, secured the body
Of Walter SmalIey, the negro who ran
amuck and killed two white men and
injured four others yesterday after
noon. and carrying the body beyond
the city limits. burned it to a crisp.
The body Was then returned to the
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The hody was found about-1:3e this
morning q short distance from the old
at the site Of old Camp HANCOCK
Scantlings had been prfed from the
building. heaped over the body. gaso-
line poured over and the torch ap-
piled.
All during Tuesday night automo-.
biles containing men bent on mys-
terious mission hovered about the
hospital, and shortly after midnight a
crowd of men visited the morgue,
looked at the body of a negro con-
tanned in vault, saying That's the
man." and departed. Two and a half
hours later they returned. gained en-
trance to the morgue, and carried the
body away.
Coroner r. E. Elliott. after visiting
the scene Of the cremation. had the
body returned to the morgue. The
coroner states there is doubt as to
whetherthe body is that of Smalley,
pointing out that Smalley was said
to be shot through the head, and that
no wounds of this nature were dis
cernible on the charred corpse found
by the road.
An inquest was to be held at the
morgue at II am. to determine the
negro's identity.
Killed shop Foreman.
The trouble began in the shop of
a local wagon works. when Smalley
a chauffeur. killed B. T. Hightower,
foreman of the shop. The negro.
earlier in the day. it is alleged. call ed
:Hightower liar and the white man
whipped him.
Fleeing from the scene the negro
fired as he ran. Mrs. H. D. Hill. who
conducts small grocery store just
across the street from the wagon
works. peered from the door of her
place and was wounded in the chin
by shot from Smalley's gun.
The negro had then been injured in
the leg and was seated in the street
in full view Of Mrs. Hills store. He
fired point blank at her. and when she
rushed inside he continued to shoot
until he had splintereds the door.
Telephone poles and trunks of trees
throughout that block of 18th street
bear evidence this morning of the
battle. Mrs. Bessie Bugg. vino also
conducts a grocery store near the
wagon works. stood in the door of her
place with gun in hand as the negro
fied down the street, and she states
today that she could have shot him
had not her children been standing in
the way. She later surrendered her
gun to a taxi driver. who Joined in the
shooting.
The only deaths were b. T. High
tower and Patrolman W. w. Moore.
The hospital reports nine persons in
jured, but all will recover.
Fleea to Bottoms.
After wounding two detectives who
had been called, the negro fed to
Berry's Bottom, negro settlement,
and after being shot down he re-
loaded his gun and killed Oficer W.
wv. Moore. A few minutes later the
negro was riddled with bullets from
the guns Of other police officers.
City policemen and county officers
were kept. busy Dispensing crowds.
and several times demonstrations
were made aginst negroes. but inter-
vention of officers prevented further
serious trouble.
Z Five negroes are held by the police
for investigation.