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Show MURDER AND LYNCHING IHEXAS Mob Hangs Young Mexican Who Had Stabbed Garage Ga-rage Owner. THORKDALE, Tex., June JO. The whittling of a stick led to tba killing of Charles Zeitung, a garage owner, and the aubsequeat lynching of a Mexican Mex-ican youth here laat night. ' Whether the boy waa a eitizea of the United States or Mexiefc ia not known. Tbe sheriff of Milam county in on hia way to Thorndale to investigate. The Mexican, a lad of about 18 years, whoea name haa not been ascertained, ascer-tained, waa aitting oa the sidewalk ia front of Zeitung garage laat night, industriously wielding hie pocket knife and making a pile of ahavings. Zeitung Zei-tung protested against tha littering up of the entrance to hia place of buaineea and ordered the youth to atop. Thia, according to bystanders, angered the Mexican, and- ha stabbed - Zeitnng through the heart. . The youth waa arrested and lodged m the town jail. Shortly after nightfall a mob of about 100 men' gathered, stormed the prison and secured the Mexican with little difficulty. Some of the party went for ropea, but others in the crowd were impatient and held up a Mexican truck farmer, who waa driving a load of watermelons to market. Tbe team waa unhitched and the four trace ehains fastened together. togeth-er. One end of the chain waa fastened about the neck of the youth aad another an-other ' boy climbed a telephone pole, throwing fhe free end over n beam. Tbe Mexican- waa hoisted about six feet from thtrouad and the free end waa made fast to a foot spike .in the '"lae crowd quickly -dispereed. ont ' the body hanged for an hour before it was lowered. ' . ' The lynching occurred on the principal princi-pal street of the town. |