Show NEGRO HANGED BY A MOB MOil IN TENNESSEE or 1 T T Tenn Term Nov 13 John Davis DaIs a negro was hanged In InI f 4 4 LEWISBURG L I the court house yard today by a mob of SilO men for the murder mU der 4 of Robert A Adair farmer a living near this city body 4 4 was found in a terribly mutilated condition near his home this morning 4 He had started out in pursuit of a tenant who was stealing his corn and 4 when his body was found the stock and barrel of a small rifle and a a 4 knife covered with blood were also found near him The knife was 4 4 Identified as the property of Davis The sheriff organized a posse pease and 4 went to t the house of Davis and found a pile of bloody clothes but 4 the murderer had fled ft ed He was captured half halo fa a mile from front town but b ut 4 not until he had been twice wounded 4 He was brought back and the sheriff and Rev Rey John Harris B ms made madean madeI 4 4 an appeal appt al to the people to allow the law to take tak its course The mob 9 however was deaf to all entreaties and hung the negro in the court courthouse 4 house h use yard tt t t t i t t t t t t t i t t tt t |