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Show WORK OF ARKANSAS MOB. Unable to Capture a Negro Murderer They Lynch His Brother. Portland, Ark. A posse of citizens on Sunday lynched Joe Blakely, a negro, brother of Sam Blakely, who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Cair near here Saturday morning. Unable to catch the alleged murderer of Cain the posse lynched the brother, aftei he declared that he intended to "get' Bud Harper, who had killed the Blake ly brothers' dog. Trouble over the dog resulted in Cain's death and the lynching followed. |