Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-16
NAMES OF 7OF
MEN WANTED in
CASE REPORTED
Five OF Them Are Related.
Three Being Rrothers-FeeI-
ing Subsiding

Jones, a respected negro farmer, was
found dying following the wounding
Sunday night by him Of Henry Har-
vey and Bennie DeVane when they
called at his home and are alleged TO
have fired at him when he attempted
to escape from them. Sheriff r. E.
Battle believes all have left the
county. Even Harvey, who was the
more seriously wounded of the two,
was not at hi shome when the sheriff
called there, and he is believed to
have been carried by friends or rela-
tives outside the county.
From an unofficial but thoroughly
reliable source it was learned today
that warrants have been issued
against the following seven Schley
county men, in connection with the
baffair:
BENNIE DEVANE,
JOHNNY DEVANE,
ARTHUR DEVANE,
HENRY HARVEY,
CLARENCE ROBINSON,
TOM BROWN,
GEORGE PHILLIPS.
| Two unidentified soldiers, believed
to have been from Camp Benning,
are also accused under John Doe war
rants.
DeVanes Are Brothers. Il.
The three DeVanes accused are
brothers. Bennie DeVane is one Of
the two men wounded by the negro
Jones Sunday night, his hurts being
lslight, and he is regarded as leader
of the lynching party. Johnny De-
Vane is the husband of the young
woman who was accosted by the ne
gro Funnoy on the highway two
weeks by being asked to ride with him
in his buggy, an alleged innocent re-
mark about this incident on the part
of Jones having resulted in his death.
according to popular report and be-
lief.
Clarence Robinson is brother-in-
law of the DeVane brothers, having
married their sister, and lives in their
neighborhood in the Hopewell vicini-
ty north Of Ellaville. Tom Brown
IS not relative Of the DeVane8
or Mr.. Harvey, but resides i'll their
section, and is well-to-do farmer.
George Phillips is a son Of Rev. Har-
dy Phillips, well known and re-
spected Primitive Baptist minister
living midway between Ellaville and
Oglethorpe. The son resides in the
Lowe neighbofhood not far from tho
Sumter county line near where the
shooting Of Jones took place. His
mother, a highly respected aged lady,
died about two weeks ago. He il
not related to the DeVanes or Mr..
harvey, it is understood.
Harvey Hardly In Mob
just what led to the warrant be-
ing drawn against Henry Harvey IS
not known here, as it is certain that
the seriousness Of his wounds from
the negro's shot gun prevented hin,
from participating with the mob.
Yhether all of the others were identi-
fled by r. F. Allen, the chief wit
ness before the coroner's jury, as
members Of the mob, also has not
been established. No official in
formation IS yet to be had, Coroner
IL. Y. Rigsby stating that an agree
ment was had at the inquest not TO
give out the names or the terms Of
verdict until arrests had been ac-
complished.'
Sheriff Battle, who is farmer
and devotes most Of his time to his
farm, resides six miles south of Ella.
vile, in the Friendship section, close
to the Sumter and Marion county
lines. This is distance of at least
ten miles from the DeVane neighbor-
hood, and considerable distance from
where the lynching of Jones occurred.
The tense feeling in EllaviIle and
Schley county is reported to be sub
siding today, although it is declared
the community leaders and church
element are holding to their express
ed determination to see justice Gone
and the accused men brought to trial,
feeling that a cloud has been cast
on the good name of the community
which must be removed by stern ac-
tion.
Drinking In Mob.
According to information that has
leaked out concerning developments
at the inquest, Benny DeVane acted
as spokesman for the lynchers. sew
eral of whom were drinking. The
two soldiers were picked up by the
lynchers, after Allen had been taken
from his home by the party, and
while the mob was on its way to seize
Jones' The names Of these two men
have not VET become known, and il
is generally Said that they joined the