The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-24
NEGRO LEADER
shot TODEATH
Five White Men Wounded, One
Fatally, After Argument
Over Ten Cents.
TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT
Town of Norlina, N. c., is Quiet
Follwoing Day and Night
of Strife.
tBy Associated Press)

NoRLINA. n. c., Jan. 24.--Alfred
Williams and Plummer Bullock, two
negroes, were taken from the Warren
county Jail at Warrenton by a masked
mob early this morning and shot to
death.
No effort was made TO modest the
other eleven negroes who were con-
fined In the Jail in connection with
the race clash here early Sunday. Bull
lock was said 10 have been the insti-
gator and Williams one of the leaders
OF the clash. About $50 men were in
the mob that entered the Jail. The
two negroes were taken into the
woods about a mile outside Of town
and their bodies riddled with bullets.
Efforts 10 communicate with War
renton by telephone were fruitless but
persons who reached here from the
scene Of the lynching said the town
was quiet early this morning, and
that military company ordered out
by Governor Morrison had taken
charge. II was said only the jailor.
John Green, a negro, was on duty at
the jail when the mob surrounded it
and that he was quickly subdued, The
keys to the jail were taken from him
and the mob entered, found the two
negroes they wanted and carried them
away It was nearly an hour before
the crowd around the Jail knew def
nitely that either of the negroes had
been taken away.
Coming into town from his home in
the country, Sheriff r. r.. Davis was
stopped by crowd of masked and
heavily armed men not far from the
sail. after they had hred upon him,
They explained that they were guard
ing the iail and that they suspected
that he was one OF the attackers. At
that very moment. the sheriff declares.
the mob was within the Jail.
Very little disorder accompanied the
lynching The members OF the mob
are believed to have come from the
vicinity of Norlina, where the trouble
started. Citizens of the town were
on the streets. but apparently took no
part in the lynching The home guards
company, under the command of
capt. Tasker Pope, was being called
out at the order of Governor Morri-
son at the time OF the lynching.
NoKLINA, N. c.. Jan. 23.-Eight
men. fye white and three negroes.
were wounded, two perhaps fatally. in
road station between 1 and o'clock
this morning and now 13 negroes,
charged with participation in the
shooting. are in Warren county Jail
at Warrenton. in default of bonds
ranging from $500 to $1,000.
The wounded men are r. l.. Trailor.
white; Lloyd Trailor. white; II. A.
Rainey, white; w j. Upchurch, white;
IL A. Inscoe. white Claude Jones.
negro: Jerome Hunter, negro, and
Robert Moss, negro
All in Hospital.
All OF the white men, save w. J..
Upchurch and Tnscoe, arc In the Hem
derson hospital where physicians
stated tonight that Traitors condition
is critical. Jerome Hunter, the negro
most seriously hurt, is in a hospital
at Raleigh. where small hopes are en-
tertained for his recovery. Robert
Moss. slightly hurt is in Jail and
Claude Jones is at his home under
guard.
The difficulty this morning followed
bad feeling which has been growing
since Tuesday. On that date, accord
ing to Chief OF Police s. p Fleming
of Norlna, Plummer Bullock. negro,
went into the store OF j. 2. Williams,
a merchant OF Norlina, and sought TO
buy 10 cents worth of apples from
Brady Trailor clerk. The negro pro-
fessed dissatisfaction with his pur-
chase and wanted his money back
The exchange was effected, after some
words, whereupon the negro cursed
Trailor. IL is said. and threatened him.
Negroes We're Organized.
According TO the chief OF police, the.
Traitors received word last night that
the negroes were organizing to make
gSod Plummer Bullocks threat. Be-
tween / and 2 o'clock, perhaps score
had gathered at the Seaboard depot,
some OF them il Is said, with shot
guns.
Raby Trailor. brother OF Brady, ap-
preached Matthew Bullock. apparent
~ the leader of the negroes, and
While they were talking. according 20
the evidence brought out in the pre-
liminary hearing this afternoon, Je-
rome Hunter, negro, walked up and
fred at Trailor from close range. The
white man feli@and Hunter shot him
twice as he lay on his back
The shooting then became general
and in It W. ]. Upchurch, engineer of
a switch engine and H. A. Rainey and
VI. A. Inscoe, car inspectors, were shot
as they were about their work on the
railroad yards.
Negro Leader Escapes.
Matthew Bullock. said to have been
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