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Show NEGRO IS RESCUED FROM A MOB IN PHILADELPHIA Strikes Two White Boys and Is Pursued by Fnllj a Thousand Infuriated Persons. . . . l ! PHILADELPHIA, Sept 8. While trying to. escape an angry mob, James Parker, a negro, aced madly through the streets near Ontario park, beating with a blackjack every one who blocked his path. i When the negro was finally cornered in a cigar store it was all. the police could do to protect him Trom the crowd. Parker quarreled with two white boys and Is alleged to have struck them with i a blackjack. They yelled for help and a thousand persons who were in the park listening to the music pursued the negro, i After Parker bad been captured the crowd 'continued to parade the neighborhood neigh-borhood and captured several negroes whom they bound with ropes. The police po-lice were kept busy until a late hour rescuing the colored' men, eight of whom were locked up after having been taken from the crowd. |