Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-03-21 | Page 1 | Hanged by a Mob

S K HANGED YA MOB Negro Swung From I Railroad Bridge 5 Miss at Terry Iss Terry Miss March 20JerrY Bell a negro was lynched tonight by 0 mob that hanged him to a railroad bridge Bell was dlscJoverod at 4 I oclock this Bel morning in the room of n young oman o-man visiting 1 the family of R C lerry Ho escaped to Bryan Miss where he was arrested After being brought back to Terry hp wac arraigned and bound over to the Circuit court uiuccrs intended tended to take the negro to Jackson tomorrowfor safekeeping but the mob took him at 9 oclock tonight Later developments Implicate another an-other negro Charles Holllngsworlh whom thfc mob meant to hang a the same time and ilaee with Dell but ho fouijht his way through tho small army of men and although fifty snots wore fired at him he escaped In the darkness dark-ness I Is generally thought he 1 bullats lie found in the morning riddled with QlUfts