The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-21
DEATH THREAT IN
DARK ROUTES GUARD
BAILIFF BIVINS, FORMER or
FICER OF BRONWOOD, IS
ORDERED TO LEAVE

ELLAVILLE, Ga-Receivine
warning from group of men iH tba
dark Friday night at the home nj
Henry Harvey, one of the men nam VI
ed i'll the Will Jones lynchinp partr
in Schley county, where he was guard.
ing Mr. Harvey at the direction nj
Sheriff r. Z. Battle, Bailiff Clarence
Bivins was told that if he wanted IN
live he had better leave at once He
left Immediately.
Sheriff Battle carried me out to Mr.
Harvey's home last evening to stand
guard ovey him." said Mr.. Biyins
Along about 9 O'Clock ! went out into
the yard to get bucket of water
Some one called to me from near tbe
road a short distance away in tbe
dark and asked me if | was there IN
guard Mr.. Harvey. | replied that
was. There were at least six men in
the party. One of them called to me-
that if | wanted to live to leave-and
| left. | didn't even go back in the
house. My son-in-law, Otto Nelson,
was there with me to keep me com.
pany, and we got into his car and came
back to town. | took them at their
word and didn't stay any longer"
Witness Tells of Lynching.
Will Jones, a negro found dying at
a roadside, near Ellaville several days
ago, his body riddled with bullets,
was lynched by white residents Of
Schley county, it was disclosed by
witness before the coroner's jury.
This witness was R. F. Allen,
respectable white farmer, living in the
same neighborhood as Jones Allen,
Coroner Rigsby said, swore that the
negro came to his house late Sunday
night, saying he had shot two men
in his yard, and asking Allen to give
him protection. Allen carried Jones to
the farm of Lucius Hart, a negro, at
Lowe, near the Sumter Schley county
line, and Hart secreted himself in an
clubhouse there. Returning to his home,
Allen further swOre, he was seized by
band of men and forced to accom-
pany them to the hiding place Of
Jones.
The party reached the Hart farm
about 9 o'clock in the morning, ac-
cording to Allen, and Jones was sez-
ed there. He was taken a short dis
lance away, in Schley county, and
shot to death within a few feet Of
where he was found later and carried
to Ellaville jail by Sheriff R. f. Bal
lard and George billiard, marshal OF
E1laville.
Investigations conducted by indi-
viduals into the causes leading to the
alleged lynching disclosed that Benny
DeVane and John Harvey, the two
white men alleged to have been shot
by Jones, were in the negro's yard il
not actually on his porch, when wound
ed. What they were doing there has
not been explained by either OF the
men, according to reliable information
received here, and it is expected that
their presence in Jones yard in the
middle of the night will play an in,
portant part in the trial of the alleged
lynchers.
Harvey, who is in a serious condl-
ton. was shot in his back, several
shot puncturing his lungs.
Nine Men Wanted.
Johnny DeVane, Benny DeVane
Arthur DeVane, Tom Brown, Henry
Harvey, George Phillips, Clarence
Robinson and two enlisted soldiers
names of the latter unknown, are
charged by the coroner's jury with the
crime Benny DeVane is in jail, and
Harvey is under guard at his home
All the others have disappeared, al
though they are men of families oper-
ating farms in Schey and Macon
counties. All reside in Schley county
except George Phillips and Clarence
Robinson, who are residents OF Macon
county.
Bailiff Bivins is former policeman
in the town of Brentwood.