Show GIVEN TIME TO PRAY louis ana aria mob advancing in the art of lynching in the presence of a crowd of about 1200 persons composed of whites and lie negroes groes phil davis walter carter and clint thomas all negroes were lynched within a short distance of belcher la the men were executed for participating in the fatal shooting of robert adger a popular business man the negroes their crime they stated that they were trying new guns and when adger appeared on the street that it was quite natural to turn furn the guns on him no shots were fired at the lynching the negroes all being hanged to a single limb of a tree the negroes were given an opportunity to pray betor being hanged |