The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-27
GOOD Time IS HAD
BY ALL AS negro
IS PUT TO DEATH
Body Of CoIored Man Who At.
tackled White Girl Strung
From Tree Limb
PARTY INVITATION AFFAIR
Killing Takes Place Near Home
OF Parents Whose Daugh-
ter Was Victim
BULLETIN

OOAALExlN
Mariana, Fla, Oct. 27-(F-Na.
tional guardsmen were ordered into
Mariana by Gov. Dave Scholtz Sat-
urday afternoon as mob stormed the
county courthouse in search of Z
Negro, after one Negro was lynched
Friday night and his body strung
from a tree here.
Mariana. Fla. Oct. -R-A
Negro accused of killing a white won-
an met death at the hands of a mob
during the night after crowd OF
several thousand had gathered to see
the lynching.
The body Of the Negro, Claude
Neal, shot and mutilated with knives.
was brought into the courthouse
square here early Saturday and strung
from the limb of tree.
He was slain in woods on the
banks Of the Chipola river and his
body dragged several miles behind an
automobile to the Greenwood home
OF George Cannidy, whose 23-year-
old daughter Lola was attacked and
slain last week. There a dozen or
more shots We're pumped into the
body and it was further mutilated
by knives.
Send Out Invitations
Neal had been taken from the iai.
at Brewton, Ala, early Friday and held
captive near here, while word was
spread for "all white folks" to come
and see the lynching. During the
early part of the night, several thou
sand people gathered at Greenwood.
The crowd was so large that its
leaders decided not to kill the Negro
Immediately. The mob then began to
break up. While hundreds Of persons
fingered at the Cannidy home for
the Negro to be brought there. how
ever, others slipped him into the
woods and killed him.
Whether the Negro was shot to
death and mutilated afterward or
whether he died in agony from his
wounds could not be determined.
After the body had lain In the
Cannidy yard for some time, it was
dragged into Mariana and hoisted in
the square.
The sudden appearance Of the body
ended a night Of suspense and excite
ment for this county seat Of Jackson
county and the little town OF Green
wood where the farm girl was attacked
and killed.
No officers were identified in the
crowd. Earlier J. p. Newell, executive
secretary of Governor Dave Sholtz
had called Sheriff w. F. Chamberliss,
who declared he believed he was
capable of taking care of any situa-
ton that might arise.
Governor Authorizes Troops
The governor authorized the callink
out Of the National Guard il officers
thought such move necessary after
the Florida Cou1cil OF the Associa-
ton Of Southern Women for the Pre-
ve.-tion Of Lynching and the Nationa
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People appealed for troops.
The crowd swelled until in late aft
ernoon several thousand persons were
present. Political leaders addressed
the crowd to kee..' it quiet and the
lynch committee Of six," members Of
which said they represented the mob.
declared the Negro would be brought
to the Cannidy home for the family
to do with as 1t wished before he
should be lynched at q pigpen q halt
mile away where the body Of the girl
was found hidden under freshly-cut
pine boughs.
The crowd slowly dwindled during
the night until only few were left
but the promise to lynch the negro
at the scene Of the crime was not
made good for suddenly his body was
dragged in front Of the Cannidy home
and left in the yard.