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Show TEXAS MOB HANDLES NEGROES ROUGHLY. FORT WORTH. Texas, Feb. 27 For three hours a mob ol a thousand or more nin and boys had full possession pos-session of the "downtown section of the city, during which time half a dozen doz-en negroes were roughly handled. Scores of thorn were chased until they oludod the mob, and thousands of dollars' worth of damage was dono to buildings occupied lv negroes. Tho trouble began whon a picture show for ncgroos openod Its doors nt S o'clock. Bricks were hurled, into the building, wrecking tho place and scattering scat-tering its occupants. Tho mob then began a systematic hunt for negroes, swooping through the principal thoroughfares thor-oughfares In tho holght of the troublo the excitement ex-citement waa added to by the accidental acciden-tal shootlnp and killing of 'a negro porter by, a bartender. At midnight a hard shower of rain dispersed the rioters. riot-ers. JLf ,t -i r ' Many nogroc wfcre""Monlh "but none perlously hurt. |