Show negro lynched for theft of 75 cents macon ga passengers on the cen aral of georgia train coming through byron ga brought an account ot the lynching ot a negro named john wilkes at that place sunday night the negro robbed two small boys ot 75 cents when marshal johnson made an effort to arrest him the ne gro attempted to shoot the officer quick work prevented this however and a general mix up followed with the result that the negro was arrest ed and locked up at a late hour persons dragged the prisoner from the jail and after carrying him a short distance the body was riddled with b illets it was then burned upon a log flie prepared tor the occasion |