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Show RIOT BETWEEN BLANKS ND WHIT: A NefTO Murders a White Man and Then Banged to a Trwe. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 13. AMicopa' Florida, special to the Teleqram says: A si' I,' ous riot occurred last night between ' ,' whites ard blacks, crowds of whom f , gathered in the public square to witnei, tight-rope performance. A negro naii VJ Henry Ilinson used insulting languairej R the presence of white ladies, whereui Jefferson Chittin, a prominent young wl man, ordered him away. Hinson shot C ! tin, killing him instantly. A free tight f'V lowed, in which Johu Jones, a negro frill J of Hinson, was killed. In the confusB lliu son escaped, but Marshal 1'iirdy orB i ized a posse and captured him. He v' ' brought hark and placed in jail, hut a n rt took hltn out and hanged him to a iree. I" ' |