Show A M orl liless daiil into earnil liy a mob i mum alie mob tanil the ks from tl jailor anil dal lai to ol 01 till DARD special r service HARKIS DUEG va aobert bland who on thursday last attempted to commit a criminal on mies annie gee aged ag years a daughter of lion charles gee united states inspector of lumber at sitka alaska but whose family resides in prince george county a abort distance from disputant a station on the norfolk western railroad was taken from the jail of prince george county today to day and lynched A mob consisting of fifty mounted men veil masked vent to the residence of henry king the negro jailor and demanded the keys of the jail he stoutly refused to surrender the keys or go to the jail and unlock the door alie men then burst open the acors of the jailers jailors jai lors residence and again demanded alie keys on refusal to give them up aliey placed a rope around bis neck and dragged him to the jail several hundred yards from the bouse despite tins treat meat king baill refuted to tell where lie keys to the jail were just before the ail was reached alie keys were beard rattling in kings pocket the men then took the keys from him and carried alm into the jail and made him lead the way to the cell in which bland was confined bland had nothing to bay when the lyn chera came to bis cell but was perfectly quiet he was tied hand and foot and carried five ards from the jail where be was swung up by a rope to the branch of a tree lie begged piteously for life but thelin chers were deaf to bis appeals for mercy his body was riddled with bullets and left dangling from the tree where be was found at daylight this morning bland was about twenty one years of age and a worthless character lie was arrested on thursday night by a posse of men who went in pursuit of him and be bad been dent on by magistrate austin tor trial at alie november term of the county court |