Deseret Evening News | 1902-02-17 | Page 1 | Masked Men Overpower Jailef

I I I MASKED MEN OVERPOWER JAILE St Louis Loula Feb I ib 17 A special to the Pull Pott from tram New Nt Madrid Mo Ito says Baye that Past last night a crowd of oC masked men overpowered overpowers the time jailer and took a Il negro Louis Wright a II short hort distance I from roam town and Imaged harped him Richard mehar t and Fringes PrInis l gave an aim entertainment here Ilane Saturday night when ben an altercation arose between tn one of the musicians and some of at the white whitetown whitetown whitetown town boys boya Several of 01 the buys boys under undertook took to take mike the hue musicians out when the negroes ou eu the th stage began to shoot Several whites In iii the were hit bit but nn no one was WAI seriously huL Time The negroes negro run ran out nut time the back lck way Wa to their private car which tina o cur rounded by armed men inca but no waa done owing to the arrival of the th town own marshal All the negroes ware vote riot put In jail anti and na as the result of an MO the name of the one who did dla ho tic shooting wai sti discovered He IT wms lynched anti and the will be Several of time the prisoners were beaten Saturday night