| Show BLOODY BATTLE WITH MOB DeputSheriffs Fire Upon Men Who Try to Lynch Negro 4 Calpiirln pitched battle envly Thursday morning a mob that sought I to lynch a negro charged with purse I snatching and twenty deputy sheriffs i who are guarding the jail several members of the mob were shot down i In an attempt to rush the jail The number of the injured is unknown the estimates varying between two and eleven There are three negroes In the Jail One John Pratt was arrested m a charge of snatching purses from women wo-men He was Immediately Indicted by the grand jury and It is believed the mob was after him > Cairo has been In a state of unrest since the murder was discovered on November 9 of Miss Annie Policy a shop girl who was alleged to have been slain by Will James a negro After a long chase through Alexander and adjoining counties a mob captured cap-tured James taking him from the custody cus-tody of Sheriff iavls The negro was taken to Cairo mid hanged in the public pub-lic square |
