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Show SIX NEGROES ARE LYNCHED BY MOB Colored Men Held as Suspects in Killing of Sheriff More-land More-land Meet Surnmary Vengeance. Cylvester, Ga.. Jan. 21. Six negroes were' taken from the jail here last night by a lynching party. They were being held as suspects in connection with the killing of Sheriff Moreland of Lee county. A seventh negro, James Keith, whom the uathoritles believe they have the strongest evidence evi-dence against, was removed from the jail in time to save him Several automobiles appeared at the jail last night, carrying several men who overpowered the jailer, took the six negroes and started northward toward Sasser, Terrill county, where Sheriff Moreland is buried. Forty or fifty men acting with precision pre-cision took the negroes from the jail and sped away In automobiles. Starkvillo is a hamlet three miles from Leesburg, the county scat of Lee county. Lynchers Cut All Wires. The party cut all wires leading north from Sylvester and the fate of the negroes was not definitely known until hours after they had been lynched. lynch-ed. At about 10 o'clock last night Sheriff Sher-iff L A. Potts and his jailer at Sylvester Syl-vester were awakened by four or five men who announced that they had captured a negro and wanted to place him in jail. They were admitted bearing bear-ing a negro bound with ropes Suspecting Sus-pecting nothing the officers watched the strangers as they calmly loosened the bonds. Suddenly tho visitors seized seiz-ed the officers and took the keys to the cells Several inoro automobiles appeared bearing other men who joined join-ed those In the jail. The negroes were rushed out, bundled into the machines and started north. The officers were unable to telephone ahead to stop the lynching party because several wires had been cut. Lee county citizens found the bodies of tho men hanging to one limb within with-in full view from the road. Apparently Apparent-ly they had been strung up and then became targets for the men who had taken them from jail. Four of the victims were of one family Felix Lake and his three sons, Frank, Dewey and Major. The fifth was Rodlus Soamore. Moreland was killed at the home of Felix Lake when he went there to arrest a negro. It was reported that more than one of those In the houso shot him and all wore arrested later. rn |