Eureka Reporter | 1903-07-31 | Page 2 | In Hands of Mob

IN HANDS OF MOB rioters and officers clash at danville ills mob being foiled A race war broke out at danville ills saturday night while a mob of COO goo men was on its may ft ay to the coun ty jv jil 11 to lynch james wilson a bloomington ne negro ro who had con teased to assaulting mrs thoma thomas burgess wife of a farmer an un known negro shot and killed henry getterman white a member of the mob the murderous begio a refugee from evansville ind named ji jo W mayfield was then lynched by the mob and three other ither negroes who attacked the whites were beaten badly the mob finally resumed its march to the county jail determined to lyrah wilon wil on when the mob reached 9 jail it was fired upon by the nine pers person onEl were wounded and the crowd scattered