Show I BODY OF NEGRO BURNED BY MOB Throng Toy Toys With Mutilated Form Mother Forced to View Figure n BY United Press Frist KOUNTZE Texas D Dee Dec c. c 8 The 8 The body of ot David Gregory negro con ex-con cx-cori- cx vict viet accused of ot attacking and murdering murdering murdering murder murder- ing a white woman was burned inI inthe in inthe I the negro s section tion here today after a bloodthirsty mob tore ou out the heart hear t and wrangled for hours before tossing toss tossing ing the mutilated form on a a huge pyre Gregory hunted for the slaying o of f Mrs Mellie Brockman near Kountze last Saturday was shot from froma a a. church steeple at Voth by officers late yesterday He died en route to KoUn e and nd a Q the highway highway high way demanded the body Fori For hours hours' the mob of tOO toyed with the body slashing and kicking it through the streets Mother lother Sees Body The form w was s rolled before the thedoor door of Gregorys Gregory's mother and and- she was forced to view IL You done right ight white folks she said mid calmly Hours of 01 argument ensued over disposition disposition dis position of ot the body Some wanted Some wanted to hang it in the negro section and andle le leave ve it as grim warning Another group shouted for a 3 burning Body Tossed on Pyre Finally boxes and debris were piled high In the center of ot the negro dis and the body tossed on top Sheriff Sherif Miles D. D Jordan first refused refused re re- re fused to surrender the body bedy when stopped by the mob between Silsbee and end Kountze However believing belie escape with the body was impossible and that serious trouble was impending impend impend- ing tag he acquiesced A shot was vas fired into the body as asIt it fell to the ground from the sheriffs sheriff's car A A. log chain was produced and attached to the nc neck k and the march up and down the streets began Women omen in Mob Women and children witnessed the gruesome spectacle as the mob cut and tore at the bod body Hunt for lor Gregory began after Mrs Brockmans Brockman's body was found in a D wo woods ds near noor here which had been set fire officers believed in an effort to conceal the slaying She had been shot once in the head with a a. a charge from a shotgun A negro answering the description of 01 Gregory had been seen teen in the vIcinity vicinity vicinity vicin vIcin- ity a few minutes before carrying a n shotgun officers said in filing the charge of ot murder against him I |