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Show llir Mi.ltl.t-,1 In ( 01. rl Hon mwA, John liavin, a negro, wna hanged In the court boune yunl at U-wibiirg, Tenn., by a mob tf r.oU men. for tha munler of Kobert Adnlr, a farmer living liv-ing near that city. Adair's body waa fouud In a terribly mutilated condition Dear bla home. Ho bad Blurted out in puraultuf a tenant who wna Bleating; hia corn, and when hi .body waa fonud the stock aud barrel of aau.ull rifle and a knife covered with blood were alao found near him. The knife waa Identified Iden-tified an the property of Ha vie. The aherlff organised a potae and went to the houno of llavla, and found a pile of bloody clothea, but the murderer bad fled. Ho waa raptured belt at mlta from town, but 001 wo til ba bad Wan i twice wounded. He waa brought back and the aherlff and lie v. John llarria made an appeal to the people lo allow the law to take Ita cuurae. The atob, however, wuadeaf lo all enlrcatiea, and bung the negro In Ihe court honae yard. , |