The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-04-07

he had heard so much among
them about Shooting white folks"
until his simple mind had gotten
the idea that TO shoot white man
was very trivial OffenSe.
A good leather strap was freely
applied to them all and they were
warned to keep in the straight and
narrow path henceforth and for
ever.
Many believe that the murder
of Mr.. D0bson was pre-arranged
by Thompson and his crowd
Mr.. DObSOn had bought the hogs
from him and had paid for them.
He had never had any previous
trouble with the negro or his clan.
Nothing happened at the time Mr..
DObson and his brother were en-
gagged in catching the hogs to in
cite the negro to murder. The gun
was evidently already loaded for
the occasion, as the negro did not
have time to load it after enter
ing the house before the gun was
fired. The rubber boots to pre-
clude the possibility of being
trailed by dogs were cas-
lily accessible, and everything
seemed to be in readiness for the
murder and the escape. No prov
ocation having been given for the
crime the only natural deduction
would be that the negroes de-
sired the removal of their near
white neighbors, and sought this
means of ending his life.
Mr.. Dobson, who was so brutal
ly murdered by the negro, was a.
bout 25 years of age, and was a
native of Kentucky, coming to this
community about two years ago
from Mayfield, KY. He purchased
a farm near the county home, and
with his wife and baby was liv-
ing contentedly, and prospering.
He was quiet and unobtrusive, at
tending strictly to his own affairs.
He was we'll pleased with the
country and our people, and was
making a good citizen:
He leaves. besides his wife and
small child. an aged father and
mother, who live in the Runge
home near the depot; three
brothers and one sister
His remains were prepared for
burial and shipped to Mayfield,
KY, Saturday, where interment
in the family burying ground took
place on Sunday. the remains be-
ing accompanied by his father and
mother. MIS-. Dobson, wife of
the dead man, had just left a day
or two before the tragedy for a
visit to relatives at the old home
at Mayfield, and the first intima-
tion she had of her husbands IS
untimely ending was when she re-
ceived telegram Saturday morn
ing informing her that Mr.. Dob
sons remains would reach there
Saturday night.
Good, lawabiding negroes have
nothing to fear in the south. The
southern white man is their best
friend. But when a mean one
transgressesl the established law,
and steps beyond the bounds of
that law by committing cold
blooded murders and rape, the in
evitable is going to happen every
time. It is impossible for any
sheriff or peace officer to protect
criminal under these circum-
stances, and any effort on his
part would prove useless. In this
case, however, Sheriff Harrison
used every means within his pow
er to protect his man, and to up
hold the law, and he accomplished
Just as much as any other man
could under the same clrcum-
stances.
The body of Thompson was
taken down Monday afternoon,
and an inquest was held by JUS
tice Harper, the jury rendering a
verdict to the effect that the dead
man came to his death at the
hands Of parties unknown to them
The body was turned over to
the father, and the final chapter
was written Monday night, when
the body was buried in shallow
grave prepared by the father and
brothers of the dead man.
The crime having been commit
ted. and vengeance having been
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