Show OVERPOWER THE JAILER AND LYNCH A NEGRO ST. ST LOUIS Feb 17 A A special to the I Post Post Dispatch Dispatch from New Madrid Mo says that last night a crowd of masked men overpowered the Jailer and took a negro Louis Wright a short distance from the town and hanged him Richard Pringles Pringle's negro minstrel show gave an entertainment there Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- night when an altercation arose between one one of the musicians and some of the white town beys Several Sever l of the boys undertook to take the musicians o out t when the negroes on the stage began began began be be- gan to shoot Several whites In the audience audience au au- au- au were hit but no one was seriously serious serious- ly hurt The negroes ran out the back backway way to their private car which was soon surrounded by armed men but no violence wan wao done owing to the arrival of ot the town marshal All the negroes were put ut in Jail and as a a result of an examination the name of the one who did the shooting was discovered He was lynched and the others will be released Several of the prisoners were badly beaten Saturday night |