Show BOTH MEN MENG Colored G Murderer is Hanged Hangel by bya a White Mob 4 TAKE TA HAND HAD t c DECIDED DECE THAT T HIS H W JJ COMPANION MUST MST DIE DI DIt t Broke Into It Jail Ja at Emporia Emporia Va Took Tk I Out O and Strung Hint Sim I Up Military Was Protecting the I Jail Jai But J t Withdrew r Upon Orders Odes Prom From the Sheriff Sheri he 4 t Richmond Va Vu V March a c 24 The series of o ot f exciting events in Gr J vie county I the t he past pas week we k today in a double d lynching at Emporia Bob Cot Cotton Cotton Coton ton ton t on the negro who according to his confession c killed d Sanders Sae and Weller and a OGrady The white man ma who was with him In the cabin when Wen the murder occurred o were hanged haged by a mob vari variously variously van estimated at from 1500 to 2000 20 strong song This morning the sheriff sherif of the coun county county ty t y discharged discharge from duty the military mitry that hat t had bad been sent from this city at athis hig his request and Major in command of the troops notified Gover Gorer Governor nor Tyler stating at the same sam time that that he thought that If the prisoners were wee left lef unprotected by bj the military they hey t would be b lynched The governor replied as follows The Te responsibility is on the sheriff sherif I If he lIe orders you to withdraw you can cando cando cando do nothing but obey We have done everything ever possible to fo uphold law and prevent mob violence and are still sill sti prepared to render reer every aid necessary necessary I sary Accordingly According Major en entrained entrained entrained trained his men and started d for Rich Richmond Richmond Richmond mond This was about 11 1 Hardly was the train tin out of sight ight when a mob entered the j il n took tok Cotton hanged him to the limb of a tree and fired forty fort bullets into his body Later despite the te protests of cooler heads heads who claimed that the guilt guit of the white man had not been established another other crowd c composed large largely largel ly l of o negroes ne entered eee the jail jai over oer overcame overcame came the resistance of the few who tried tIe to protect OGrady took him out and him hm also Three Tre other aher prisoners prisons whom Cotton charged chare with having hain committed the Block murder and and robbery robbers were dis discharged dIscharged charged by the judge and left town At last accounts account the town had hd resumed reum d dI its wonted quietude I Governor Gover Tyler said sid this evening I Iam Iam Iam am greatly distressed but I could not ke keep the soldiers there without declaring declaring declaring ing martial law and I could not feel that the prevailing conditions warrant warranted ed that We were irene given to understand that protection would be b given the prisoners confidence was wa The Te abused result shows bow that this |