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Show GIVEN TIME TO PRAY, Louisiana Mob Advancing In the "Art of Lynching." In the presenco of a crowd of about 1.200 persons, componed of whites and Bogpoea. l'hfl Davie. Walter Cartorand Clint Thomas, all negroea, wero lynched wlihln a short distance of Bob her, l a. Tho men were executed for participating In tho fatal shooting of Robert Adger, a popular business man. Tho negroes ronfj'itcd tbolr crime. They atnted that they ware trying new gtina and when Adger appeared ap-peared on the street that It was quite natural to turn tho retina on him. No allots wore fired at tho lynching, the negroea all being banged In a alnglo limb of a tree. The negroea wore given an opportunity to pray beforo being hanged. |