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Show FLORIDA MOB SHOOTSSiXflfGMS I " KA KB riTV. Fla.. May IT? Htv n. groeta mem lynrtic! her aundav Hflrr h party of more than dnaenmen, maa-querading maa-querading . aa riffh-era. appeared at th county Jail and epcured psKeiMn f the m'-n by preaentlng a bogua telegram to the li year-old aon of the sheriff ordering order-ing the re lea a of th black to the alleged al-leged poee of officer. - Th negro were hetng hld here for aafekeeptna on the charge of murdering B. B. flmlth, a aawmlll man of Wadea-bo Wadea-bo rough. Leon county, and wounding another an-other man named Regiater. May 1?. The men. who had com from Tallahassee Talla-hassee to thf city In automobiles, took th negroea about a mile from town, compelled them to at and abreaat and aout ten men commenced firing with rifle and plalola until every on of th prlannera had been riddled with bullet a. The tiring lasted about half an hour and st daybreak cltlaena found the negroea mutilated beyond recognition. Th plena of the mou were tnat daring, dar-ing, though but for an unusual combination combina-tion oi clrcumatancea they would nover have been pu-ceefil. The sheriff of Columbia county was nut of tho city end left the Jail In chare; nf the bo v. who, aroused In the early hours of th morn Ins, allowed th neroea to bo taken from the Jail without knowing the sinister sin-ister purpose nf th mob, The telearram which the leader of th mob ahowed the hoy waa auppoeedly from the sheriff nf I .eon count v and atated I that the sheriff hsd received Intimations that a mob waa being Mrmed In Tails-hen Tails-hen see to take the negroes frvm the Lake City Jail. Th message ordered that th men be carried further south to frustrate the hup pert ed mob. The telegram appeared authentic, ss the six negroes have been moved frequently. Realdents of Leke City knew nothing i of the lynching until a fusillade of die- i Lant phots waa heard. A few cltlaena 1 went in the direction of the firing and ; found the bodice, but th lyncher had disappeared. The crime for which the negro were held created strong feeling In Jon county, coun-ty, ss th men shot were prominent, and a generai race war waa predicted. It was proved that the negmea had establlphed a veritable arsenal and were prepared for trouble. Tq negroes were flrat taken to Tallahassee, then sent tn Llv Oak for aafekecplng. and brought to Lk ,Clty aim dava asro. |