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Show Negro Clotty Guarded Againtt Mob Violence LIBERTT. Mo, Aug. IT (By V. P ) Fearing mob violence, authorities author-ities are closely guarding "Tallow" Jackson, negro, arrested early this morning In th home ot Mrs. Robert Rob-ert Baker. - Awakened early -in ths morning by ths crash of window glass. Mra. Baker saw a negro attempting to gain entrance, Procuring a revolver, she fired four ehots at th Intruder, then, gathering her four children, fld. Her scream and th ehots attracted at-tracted neighbors, who called Sheriff Sher-iff Joseph Elgin and two deputies. depu-ties. When Ihe officers arrived they found Jackson in the home. A negress, with whom Jackson Is said to have been living, and a white man named Carter were also takea by ths officers for questioning. |