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Show MAKE WAR ON NEGROES. Illinois Mob Makes General Onslaught on Colony of Negroes. I An unknown negro, aged about 17 j years, was lynched by a mob near the ' village of Santa Fe, Ills., Bunday afternoon for attempting to assault the 10-year-old . daughter of Branson ! Davis, a farmer. The lynching was followed by a general onslaught upon a colony of negroes living in tents in a bridge construction camp. The tents wer burned and dozens of shots were exchanged between Ihe whites and blacks. Several negroes were shot, hut so far as known none was killed. No whites were hurt . |