The Nevada County picayune., 1921-02-03
NEGRO SLAYER
 IS BURNED
HENRY LOWERY TAKEN FROM OFFICERS ON TRAIN AND
 LYNCHED.

murder of o. T. Craig, aged 72, a | wealthy Mississippi county planter, an l his daughter, Mrs. May Bell Williamson aged 22, last Christmas Day, was lynched by mob shortly before 6I o'clock this afternoon. The negro was burned to death about one and half miles from the scene of the double mur- der
 The mob, which is said to have been composed of about 10 Mississippi county men. went about the lynching in quiet and orderly manner, Al though it was said none wore masks their identities are not known. No de tails of the lynching were given out The fact that the negro had been burn ed at the stake was learned by local resident who listened in" on Il conyer- sation over the telephone between man believed to have been a member of the party and resident of Biytheville.
 According to the converse tion, the mob chose q spot well concealed from the public road by heavy elump of bushes, just across the levee from No dena and within sight of the Craig plantation home. It was said the ne gro was chained to log. A pile of brush was placed around him and d match applied.
 Slowly the flames reached the negro, wh0 it was said. remained silent. From the burns and from fright, he lapsed into unconsciousness. There was not d single shot fired into his body, it was reported When the mob was convinc ed the negro was dead, it quietly dis persed Every member had been pled- ged to secrecy, it was said
 Lowery is said to have confessed to the two murders He also Is said to nave implicated two other negroes. It is said Mississippcounty officers to- night are searching for them. It is fear ed that if they are apprehended they also may be lynched
 The negro was asked if there was anything he wanted before punishment was inflicted He said he would like to have food. This was given him. Then he asked tobe permitted to say goodbye to his wife and children. and they were summoned. However, they left before the torch was applied.
 Other Lynchings Feared.
 Two negroes accused of harboring Lowery while he was i'll hiding near Nodena following the Christmas day tragedy are in jail at Blytheville. and three others are at Marion. Ii is charg cd that they were members of lodge over which Lowery presided, and that ter while officers were searching for him.
 Reports were current here tonight that efforts would be made to storm the Blytheville and Marion jails and the five alleged accomplices of Lowery lynched. Acting upon request of Gov ernor MeRae members of the Ameri can Legion posts at the two towns are guarding the prisoners and will resist the mobs if they appear. All was quiet at the two towns at midnight.
 Is Taken From Train.
 Lowery was taken from officers aboard north-bound Illinois Central train early today hy a mob of between 15 and 20 unmasked men at Sardis, Miss. who disappeared with the negro in a woods which skirts the town The officers. Deputy Sheriffs !. I. Greer and IT. H. Dickson of Mississippi coun ty, were en route with the negro from El PaSo. Texas. where he was captured last Friday. to Arkansas. Acting un der orders from Governor McRae, the officers were endeavoring to reach the state penitentiary at Little Rock with their prisoner. They were scheduled to reach Memphis at 6 20 o'clock this morning Sheriff Blackwood of Miss issippi county was at the station there to meet them and expected to accom- pany them to the penitentiary at Lit tie Rock
 Taking a circuitous route from Sar- dis, the mob with the negro crossed the Mississippi river into Arkansas at Richardson'S landing in Mississippi county There the party was met by another mob of about 20 men, who had been waiting for the men and the ne gro since noon
 It was planned to take the negro back to the Craig plantation, but later it was decided by the mob to make a stop on the levee, where the lynching