Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-04

the mob that carried on, the first
| lynching in this scctiOn Of tho State
in many years.
Works Quickly and Quietly.
So Gui"tlv did the mon work that
residents in tic rcighborhood Of tn.
store we're not :war" OF what Was
going on. One resident said that at
his home. about 200 yards distant. he
could hear only low talking. and
| iher" Was not the slightest sign OF
! disorder
That f.imore is the negro who was
WIZ! Johnson ia IN. killing is the
authorities belief. Both Johnson and
( fillmore Were together in Mckcnncv
| when the latter was captured. and
johnson took TO thu woods, being
captured a snort time later near that
town. Fillmore 'hHd IN his possession
/ u pistol ANA gold watch taken from
III" body OF the murdered man. lie
! vas wearing Il pair OF shoes STOLEN
from Elmor,'s store. and had an
amount OF money and a quantity Of
cigarettes taken from the pace
! Johnson went 10 his death wearing
"a shirt stolen from E!murc's store.
which the murder.rs robbed. after
waylaying ana killing the postmaster
and taking his store KEYS
Gilmore claims he won the watch
ana Iistol from another negro in
crap game Tuesday. ANA claims he
knows nothing Of tho murder Re
yoEd saying mis-, hc refuses to talk
! At the jail!
Mob Forms Quickly.
shortly after fillmore and Johnson
were captured at Mckenncy last night
about II o'clock q mot quickly formed
and attempts made 10 get the negroes.
Sheriff BoisseaU. Of Dinwiddic. and
several deputies, with drawn guns
held the infuriatcd citizens At bay un-
I'll tho a[ival of Deputy SeaGo and
'wo men from brunswick. While tho
binw !ddic officials held back tho mob
the trip TO the county Jail was
started by the Brunswick officers
The mob continued to grow and. In
short time. over 100 automobiles
We're III pursuit OF the officers and
prisoners.
At point about seventeen miles
from Mckcnuey and nine milc< from
the county scat the mob caught up
with its prey. Deputy Scago and his
two men were helpless ana never had
"a chance To save johnson. who was
seized ana quickly swallowed in the
crowd. The pleas Of the officers that
Gilmore is innocent was needed By
the men. who seemed intent on get
ting only Johnson. Deputy Seago
managed to get away in safety with
ElmOrc and rushed him TO Lawrence
Vile.
The Gve-milc stretch to Tobacco. Il
small town on the VIrginian Railway.
about nifty miles from here. was
quickly covered by the mol. and the
procession halted at tho store yard
'of tho murdered man. y moose was
placed around Johnson's neck and he
oil 81. t,1
ing his guilt.
He was then strung Ia the tree in
silence and in a few minutes. the mob
had dispersed. the blacks body left
swaying i'm the woods
Both fillmore and johnson were ap-
preached by Crrol Dunn. merchant of
Mckcnncy, about II o'clock last night,
near the station in that town. lie
covered the negroes with his gun and
ordered them TO throw NJ their hands
Johnson dartcd into the darkness anl
disappeared. while Gilmore made an
attempt To- draw his gun. When Dunn
threatened to Kill him. the negro
dropped The gun and submitted 10 ar
rest. Search was made for Johnson
and he was captured Il short time
later in the woods near McKcnncy.
Were "Hratjnr'' Their Way.
Johnson and Elmorc said they were
from near Norfolk ana We're fbcatlNE
their way on freight trains through
that section OF til" country.
Thr killing OF Elmorc was similar
in many respects To The brutal muir
der OF Stephen g White" postmaster
and storckecper at iiarpcr's Home
Dinwiddic County. about two weeks
ago. iInrpcr's Home is not far from
where Mondays murder was COM
mItcd, and both killings, coming close
together. aroused feeling in both
counties. ana is tclicycd 10 have been
the cause OF the lynchinG in TINT
community. which has been regarded
as peaceful and law abiding.
Since this mornings lynchins fears
are entertained for the safety "t lia-
leigh iiaskins and Judge Griffith. ne
grocs who have confessed the muir
der of White. and who will 60 on trial
at Dinwiddic Courthouse before
| Chesterfield jury tomorrow morning
Feeling was high against these men
when they We're captured and. with
the murder of Gilmore ana the lynch
ing Of Johnson. Dinwiddic authorities
fear mob violence VIII break out at
| pinwiddic tomorrow. Both negroes
are held in iail here. hut are Schrd-