| Show LYN BUT STILL LUES I 1 STRUNG UP AND VOLLEY FIRED AT HIM HE IS LEFT FOR DEAD BY moo MOB IS CUT DOWN BY SHERIFF law may do better job shooting of white man likely to end in murder then trial and execution dothan ala grover franklin tile negro who was w hanged banged to a trie by a mob of 0 maski I 1 men the other sun suit day la Is now in the hands handa ot of the legal alive alho and will piol ably survive to be hanged again this time by tile the law the conc concerning eining this case of attempted lynching lunching lyn ching ire are unusual franklin was seized on saturday at about eight 0 clock by the mob tile the night before lie had nen ben caught robbing ft a cash drawer of the mill of a cotton oil off where he be was employed on being found lie he ahot and arious wounded th h secret uy tr treasurer of of the conil all v rhe negro then ned fled lie he wan afterward pursue 1 by i and a force of deau ties illa man dian was finally by them and taki tak n to jail the of saturday night and all or of sunda Su niJi until evening lie ha I 1 admed boand the bars in the wean mean time woid ot of hla his attack had bad run rua ah uni the victim la Is a man f ido ida popularity with many friends and it was determined by some borne of thebe that the begio was not to b be allowed to remain alive un til III the I 1 lw iw try to hang him la in the event of death which la is consid conald erd end likely to occur chico or four of the official a 8 closest fric nils accordingly began the forma forina alon of f a mob of determined men who could be depended upon to wrest franklin anklin Pr ficklin the grasp of tho the sheriff two hundred men heavily armed and masked marked with black face cloths claths beio finally assembled they rode to the jail and demanded the pris oner in III the face of bluh fluh a force the lie sheriff was powe ilesa ileaR and the nogio was by the mob lie he wa was dragged to the northern part of the town shrieking for mercy all the while I 1 ikeie lei e lie was given two la to make hta his peace with god cut down in time and thin he was aas swung up to the limb of a lurge large tree in the meantime sheriff Shir lT dutler butler had gathered a force of his deputies re enforced by a few lit law abi ling citizens and this ihla body was in hot the members of the mob therefore the etore lefore hurriedly re mounted their horses horbes fired a volley of shots at the be negro riddling him as the be lieveld and dashed awn awa on the arrival of the shei I 1 it the negro was cut down it was found that he was visa still baill alive lie he was ut at once removed to a hospital it Is declared that lie he has a good chance for recovery paulk a condition la Is MY serious it lie he dies and the begio re covais rr franklin anklin will in all pro probably babil ity once more the of being hanged banged it was found that only one ona of the many bullets ulleta li fired at the negro had taken effect and tho the wound not vetious the IN til in theli buir bair had failed to string him lip high enough and lie he was enabled iua bled to touch the ground with alth his toes |
