Show I CHEER GHEER GOVERNOR THEN Kill NEGRO South Carolina Mob Approves the Law but Violates Violates Violates Vio Vio- lates It WOMAN FIRES FIRST SHOT Negro Micr Ra ner Shot Shut to Death While Co of State for forLaw Law v nod and Order Gr Greenwood enwood S. S C. C Co Aug Au- 10 Bob nob Boh Davis Davis Da Da- vis the tho who on onIon Ion Monday a afternoon afternoon after after- noon mn made mado o a a. fiendish assault upon MIsa l 11 Jennie Brooks and a few hours later ravished a year old ne negro negro ne- ne gro gh girl l In tho the woods near Greenwood Greenwood Green Green- no-I no wood was shot to death leath by a posse of or citizens within the shadow of the home of or his his' victim tonight Governor Heyward of South Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina appealed to the mob moh In vain aln When Chen hen he had finished his speech begging begging beg beg- ging that the law be bo allowed to to take It Us Its course the mob cheered him ham vo- vo then thell took Davis out of the governors governor's sight and riddled him hint with bullets The rhe plan to burn the negro b by slow degrees was abandoned A negro woman was OS permitted to fire tire the lust shot Into th the victim Militia In Ill Camp The militia of or the entire western section of or South Carolina is In summer cramp camp with the federal troops at Chickamauga Chick Chick- a and it was Impossible to get Iet troops to prevent ent the lynching The men cum composing posing the tho posse were determined angered citizens and It is doubtful If the pre presence ence of or the tine sol soldiers lers lla ha e e prevented the lynching The Tho train which bore Governor Go Heyward Heyward Heyward Hey Hey- ward to the scene passed the mob ob with the prisoner In charge a few miles out of or Greenwood The governor had the train stopped and proceeded to the Brooks home where when the mob ha had taken tak tak- c en n n th the for identification 11 Miss lIss d hh th the the- m-gru m and the gO r l hf-l held the mob long ix r. make mul a J speech h ut til leis Ids Throat I h t r tr r 1 tl |