Show CONFESSED TO MURDER AND MOB LYNCHED HIM HI q New Orleans Oct 24 Tom Crompton r a negro was lynched near Centerville Miss today toda It is alleged that he lie con confessed confessed confessed that he murdered Ely Eb Whitaker a farmer Whitaker ke was murdered yesterday and andall andall andall I all last lust night a posse of men suspecting foul play pla searched for him With this posse po se was the negro Crompton Today roday he begged leave from rom the searchers to go home but after he had gone the pos posse e followed him finding it Is alleged that instead of going home he had gone to the spot where Whitakers body hOdy lay and cutting oft the head arms and legs leg with an ax had dropped them into a sink sinkhole sinkhole hole near neat his cabin 1 II |