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Show REGRO IS HANGED BY ANGBY IB Crowd Storms County Jail To Spirit Away Prisoner Sus-i Sus-i pected Of Attack On Girl; j Identified Through Prints UNION CITY, Tenn., April 18. (U.R) A crowd of angry citizens forced their wav into the county jail here this afternoon, aft-ernoon, took George Srnath, 20, negro, and handed him to a tree in the court house yard. The negro was being held inspected of ha vine: attacked and beaten a daughter of Eon Howard, farmer, last night. The town was packed with the usual Saturday crowds. Before noon, a mob began milling about "there'll be a bonfire in the old town tonight." Mob Kushos Jail-Sheriff Jail-Sheriff Jack Hubbs and deputies held the crowd off three hours but shortly after 2 p. m. the mob rushed rush-ed the jail, tore down the door and hazed the negro. Hundred of women and children witnessed the hanging. Spectators cheered. The negro broke into the Howard How-ard home last night and tried to attack the girl but she fought him off. He was trailed and later dentified through fingerprints and by the girl. The body of the negro, dressed in a bottling plant uniform, was still hanging from the tree at 3 p. m. The crowd still milled about the square. |