Show LYNCH FOUR NEGROES Reign of Terror Breaks Loose in a Louisiana Parish WHOLESALE HANGING FEARED Jail at Pontcliatouln from Whlcli the Men Were Taken is Filled With Colored Prisoners Fourteen Were Held Suspected of Burglary Mob Demanded Keys from Sheriff He Befused and Prison Doors Were Then Broken Down and Four Men Were Dragged Out and Hanged New Orlcan Sept 21A reIgn of terror broke out in the bloody Tang poah parish again last night when four negroes were hanged after the jail In i the village of Pontchatotila baa been broken open and the prisoners suspected sus-pected of robbing the family of Henry Helfelter had been taken from their cellB airs Louisa ITclfelter the wife i had been choked and frightened by the black ruffians so unmercifully that she lost her mind There were fourteen colored auspeolsr in the Pontchatoula Jail Last nlfht at 9 oclock a committee of white clti zena called on Sheriff NK to give up the keys but he refused Axes wore brought and the Jail Immediately broken open Pour of the suapncts were hanged to a tree about two blocks away after being made to confers They were Isaiah Rollins aged 18 Nathaniel row man aged 47 Charles Elliott 23 and George BIckman 20 Th Ir uoolos swung until morning when they were cut down and turned over to the Coronet Coro-net The Coroners Jury retunod the verdict Hanged by unknown hands Mayor Jackson la doing all lie can Ic restore order but IB making slow progress pro-gress as committees of citizens an scouring the parish arresting all the negroes they can get their hand on These are being crowded Into the little jail at Pontchatoula and a wholesale hanging Is feared The better clement of the colored population Is fleeing to the churches where the time Is being spent In prayer |