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Show IB OF ONE THOUSAND IN W VENGEANCE ON FLEEING NEGRO Brnfal Attack on Invalid Woman Arouses People of OUnmwa, Iowa to Wild Fury Wife of Traveling Salesman and Four-Year-Old Child Awakened at 3. A. H.v by Horrible Brute Bending Over Bed Weak Woman Fights Desperately Until Beaten Into Insensibitity With a Curtain Pole Terrified . Screams of Child Arouses Neighbors Fiend Hakes Escape. Ottumwa, la., Feb. 21. Angered by the brutal attack by a negro upon Mrs. Charles M. Johnston, the Invalid wife of a travollng salesman, a mob of one thousand men and boys tonight surrounded sur-rounded the Jail, thirsty for vengeance ven-geance upon the unknown culprit Four negroes were locked up as suspects, sus-pects, and John Junkln, a negro suspected sus-pected of the murder of Clara Rosen, two weeks ago, was hustled out of town to avoid the mob's fury. Company G of the national guard was held in the barracks In readiness for action. Mrs. Johnston was in bed with her four-year-old child at 3 o'clock this morning when she awoke to find a negro bending over her. Before she could scream for help the negroh seized her throat and began to choke her. Despite her weakness, as the result of a recent operation, Mrs. Johnston fought desperately. She tore herself loose and cried out At the same time, the child screamed. . The negro became alarmed. There was a curtain pole an inch in diameter which was used as a window prop within reach. The negro grabbed this and beat the woman until she became unconscious. How long the negro remained 16 not known. The cries of the child finally aroused the neighbors. They found Mrs. Johnston lying on the floor. Beside Be-side hor was the curtain pole, covered with blood. The news spread rapidly. Soon armed posses were on the trail of the fleeing negro. Members ' of the guard were posted in places where riots were feared. The homes of the negroes were placed under guard. The city Jail became the point of attraction for the excited men who formed the mob. The trail of Mrs. Johnston's assailant was followed by bloodhounds to a deep ravine near Rutledge camp, three miles from Ottumwa, Ot-tumwa, but there lost. The mines were searched with the- help of miners, min-ers, but the man had disappeared. Other posses of armed men searched other parts of the county all day. While this was going on, the crowd around the Jail continued to grow. Threats wore made against the negro, ne-gro, Junkln, and the police became alarmed for his safety. Toward night the officers took him out of the Jail by a rear door. He was placed in an automobile and takon to Chilllcothe, ten miles west of the city, put on board a Burlington passenger train and taken to Albla, where he was locked up. The mob contented Itself with yelling yell-ing Its hate as the first, second and third suspects were brought into tho Jail. The police had been provided with a good description of the guilty negro by Mrs. Johnston, and after each man was brought In they announced an-nounced to the crowd that the man captured had no part In the crime. , The men of sober minds In tho crowd argued with the more violent to give the police a chance first It was felt as the night wore on that the danger point had passed. Still there were evidences of unrest In the more isolated isolat-ed parts of the city. There have been a number of assaults as-saults upon white women by negroes within the last two years, which con- I trlbuted towards arousing the people. The flret wua an assault upon Mrs. George McBrlJc. A negro was tried for the assault but was acquitted. Mary Mahoney, the next victim, died in a hospital, and Oscar Hogan. a negro, is selvlng a life term In the penitentiary peniten-tiary for the crime. Agnes Yates, a telephone operator, was followed home from work and attacked. A negro was charged with the assault, but the Jury acquitted him. Mrs. Johnston lrwln was assaulted by Loroy Edwards, a negro, who was convicted and given a life sentence. The murder of Clara Rosen and the assault upon Mrs. Johnston brought the crimes to a climax. John Junkln, a negro, the only suspect sus-pect now held In the Rosen case, Is booked on a charge of larceny. Thus far there has Joveloped little evidence to connect him with the murder, and many believe that a similarity of the crimes, the Rosen murder and the Johnston assault, were committed by the same person. Late tonight two more negroes were brought to the city Jail through a crowd which blocked the street. There were cries of "Lynch them," but tho main body of the mob seemed willing to await definite news. The physicians attending Mrs. Johnston John-ston say that she will recover unless the Bhock to her heart proves too great. An examination showed that the curtain pole did not Injure her Internally, In-ternally, though there Is danger of blood poisoning from tho wounds. Commercial travelers of the city raised a purse of $1,200 as a reward for the an-est and conviction of the assailant |