Show IN THE HANDS OF A MC thread of lunching lynching A white ulu man shot and killed key west fla june 27 this city has virtually been in the hands hand of a negro mol mob and a white man was wag kill ed by the mob Sll Tinus ailus johnson charged with assault on a white w woman mrs afro margaret atwell was con du ducted acted to the courthouse for a hear bear ing the courtroom court room was crowded ond and C B u pendleton a well known eit citizen I 1 n rose and asked are there ther enough white men present to negro there was a chorus ot of yes yea ani ana the crowd closed in on the prisoner the sheriff and his deputies drew their revolvers and held the crowd at bay while johnson johnsoa was at once hurried back to jail A big mob gathered in front of the building and one of the negroes cried out to lynch pendleton and a rush was made for him through the efforts of himself and friends rendle wn made his escape in a carriage the negro mob then gathered about the jail building to prevent the lynch ing ing of johnson and open threats were made ads by them to kill any white while man that might come to the jail william gardiner a white man while sitting in fronton front of the courthouse the negro neg ro mob approached him and ordered hin him to move lie he arose to obey and as so soon on as his back was turned there ring rang out the crack of a number of rifles and gardiner received a mortal wound from which he died two hours later |