The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-04-29
By w. H. MILLHAEM
United Press Staff Correspondent

United FreSS Statl Correspondent
LEMARS. Ia. April 30. (UP(.
National guardSmen Patrolled
streets and country roads in Ply
mouth and Crawford counties last
night and today after a period
of rioting during which judge
was almost hanged and 50 men
were wounded in Il battle be-
tween officers and desperate
farmers.
A checkup of hospitals showed
that more than p farmers and
almost as many deputies received
cuts and bruises i'll a bitter half
hour fight which enSued when
authorities undertook to sell the
farm of J. +. Shields near DENT
SOM sGpawfeed> county Sunder- a
mortgage foreclosure.
Almost 500 soldiers. ordered
out by Governor Clyde l.. Her
ring. roDed off streets in DeniSon
and Lemar last night. parOlIed
county roads. and kept bayonet.;
fixed in preparation for threat
ened further riOting.
The situation ut Lemars close
Iy reSembled civil war with lGO
of the troops deploycd over the
countryside and farmers maSSed
bv hundreds on the nearby farm
of William Durband. one Of
those listed TO he sold under
foreclosure.
The farmers became SO angry
Thursday over threatened mort
gage foreclosures that they drag
ged 54-year-oid Judge c. c.
Bradley from his bench, smeared
his head with grease and dirt,
hanged him and released him
only when he began losing conScl-
BUSINESS. They were just as an
CRY Yesterday.
Governor Herring termed tn"
"lynchiug" an act of "hoOdlumS.
declared he would stamp out
the rebellion. and sent troops in
to the county which for months
has been a focal point OF the
rural uprising against depression
conditions.
The troops included 100 ma
chine gunnerS. General Charles
n. Grail of DeS Moines. was in
command. He brought If medi-
cal corps men with him. Colonel
Glenn c. Hayes, griZzlcd Rain
bow division veteran, and Major
Ralph \. Lancaster We're in
charge Of troops from Sheldon,
Sioux City and Lemars.
While the soldiers mobilized 10
meet any emergency. another
"army" assembled on the nearby
farm Of William Durband. where
foreclosure Of a mortgage has
been prevented for two weeks by
farmers who prevented authori-
ties from holding sales.
The farm war broke out with
renewed fury Thursday after
weeks when it smoldered while
awaiting action by the new fed,
eral government.
The first outbreak came at
Primghar, 80 miles northeast OF
here. when officials tried to sell
Il mortgaged farm. Assembled
farmers attacked sheriff and
% deputies, with sticks and
stones. halted the sale and forced
the officers to kiss an American
flag as an apology
4 few hours later, farmers
stormed Judge Bradley's court
room and demanded a promise
that he would not permit anv
more foreclosure sales. BRADLEY
told them he could make no sucf
promise.
The farmers then dragged tbs
veteran jurist fro mhis bench
tossed him. blindfolded, into
truck. took him outside the city
beat ana abused him. took off nj,
pants. placed a greasy automo'
bile hub-cap on his head as {
Grown" mixed dirt with the
grease that streamed down over
his forehead put a moose abou!
his neck and lifted him twice
from the ground. When he be-
gan losing consciousness. they
left him painless, in the highway
but first forced him to kneel at
the roadside and offer up a pray,
er for Justice to all men"
Wilbur DePSee, %, son of q
Presbyterian minister. brought
Bradley back to town in his auto,
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