Show negro igro debbe I 1 in court house lard john davis a negro wae was hanged banged la its the court house yard at lewisburg tenn by a mob of men for the murder of ot robert Fobert adair a farmer liv ing near that city adair a body was found in a terribly mutilated condition conditi ont near his borne home tie ile bad had started out la in pursuit of a tenant who was stealing his corn and when hie his body was found the stock and barrel of ofa a small rifle and a knife covered with blood were also alsop found near him the knife was identified as the property of davis fhe S sheriff organized a posse and went to the house of davis and found a pile of bloody clothes but the murderer bad fled lie ile was captured half a mile from town but not until he had been twice wounded lie ile was brought back and the sheriff and rev re john llama harris made an appeal to the people to allow the law to take its course fl 1 a e nob snob however was deaf to all entreaties and hung the negro in the court honeo bouses yard |