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Show oo Negro Killed by a Mob Armed With Hatchets Baltimore, Md., Dec 25. King Davis, Da-vis, a negro, who Saturday night Bhot and killed Frederick A. Schwab (white"), at Fairfield, was taken from the Brooklyn, Md., Jail early today and killed b a mob. Davis was chopped to death with hatchets. The lynching was conducted with secrecy," the town authorities having no Inkling of it until Chief of Police Irwin was notified by a nowspaper carrier who found (he body as he was delivering his papers No guard is kept at the Jail at night, nnd there is no clew to the . jierpptrntcrs of the do&fh Thc Iront ' floor oT the "Jafl v was" 'Ton ml' 'fVhaVi ' been burst open and the lock had i been cut off the door of tho cell in which Davis was confined. The trouble which caused the shooting of Schwab started in a saloon sa-loon at Fairfield. oer a game of pool between Frank Schwab, a brother broth-er of the dead man, and Davis. Schwab claimed the negro called him vile names. After the party left the saloon. Frederick Schwab took up his broth- crs quarici wun u.ii io, i UU vwj" a pistol and sent a bullet through Schwab's hJU"t. Davis then fired j two phols at Frank Schwab without ! effect The negro fled but was arrested an i hour later He asserted that he shot In self-defense, declaring that Fied-erick Fied-erick Schwab hud struck him. |