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Show NOB GATHERS FOR LYNCHING Illinois Negroes Threaten Vengeance Should Negro Murderer Be Lynched; a Race War May Result ST. LOUIS. July 81. -A special to the Post Dispatch from Mound City. III., says negroes are gathering here anticipating an attack on the, jail by whites to lynch Sam McDonald, who killed Homer Morris during a picnic near CUin. Saturday. Threats by whites have caused much excitement and a bloody clash Is probable proba-ble If the latter attempt to mob McDonald. McDon-ald. . An attempt at lynching was made last night when officers brought McDonald to the county jail here from Perks. The mob was foiled by deputies, who placed the negro In a vehicle and drove Into the country until the excitement had cooled down. |