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Show DEADLY RACE RIOT IN MISSISSIPPI TOWN IIATTIESBURG, Miss., Nov. 6. Two men were fatally wounded, over 500 shots were fired in a race riot and a great excitement prevailed at Wiggins late yesterday. William 5mith, a negro, in resisting arrest, shot and fatally wounded Deputy Mitchell. Smith escaped, but was captured and placed in jail. Late last night a mob dynamited the structure, struc-ture, fired several volleys Into his cell and left the negro for dead. While the mob was storming the jail a crowd of negroes began firing at the besiegTS. Over 500 shots were exchanged ex-changed and D. Melarke, a white man, was fatally injured. Several negroes ae supposed -to have been shot. This morning Smith was found alive in the jail, but his arms had to be amputated. |