Show HORRIBLE PATE OF A NEGRO mob breaks into jail take out the rapist hane hanz and then burn him MEMPHIS july 22 24 the jail of shelby county within the city limits was broken into az by several hund hundred reil inen men at midnight and arid lee ee walker a black man mail aged 22 years was taken out and strung up to a telegraph aph pole a few hundred yard yards from fron the jail afterwards his bode body was cremated I 1 in III the yard of a lumber firm r near bv the negro culprit was a native of north mississippi and arid bis his calendar crimes are among the blackest in hi tory within the tile past week he made four attempts to commit corn att ra rape 1 e two being successful one victim be being i li g a small smal I 1 colored eirl girl enree and arid one it half aldge years ars 0 old ld who was badly lacerated and n nil the ot other h e r a married woman worna 11 of bis his own owl color he ile made a full confession lie ile had 1 just t been released from front the penitentiary w if eie he had been serving a sentence for rave wild wild disorder reigned about the jail as the mob gathered gathered to wreak vengeance the gates of the south mouth wall of the massive structure were forced with a bar of railway iron used as a battering ram on t the tie shoulders h ders of men and after several attempts squads of men crowded crowde I 1 their way within the walls sheriff mclendon was struck over the head with a chair within the tile jail door doo rashe as he tried to keep the mob out he lie was carried upstairs placed in bed and received surgical a attention lention none of the tile mob were masked and arid they seemed tn to be mainly young railway switchmen A railway bar was wa used after s several veral attempts gotten inside the jail and the two I 1 iron roll d were butterer down rome cupy ing half an boar hours before the they reached the jail where the victim was the man was marched out amid the yella yells no mob b all the jail doors being thrown wide open but no other prisoner prisoners were interfered with the mans clothing was torn from front b his Is body as b be t moved with the mob to williams lumber yard yards north of the jail where he be was 8 strung tr 1 I u up to a telegraph pole he was naked F alighted a gas lamp near by making him plainly visible toabe to the throng lieras he was lacerated with eniver and his throat was cut before being finally hung his ills hands not riot having been tied be clutched cheI at tho the rope when raised ott olf his feet the bight vi RS a ghastly one ile was a roan powerful 0 e erful build his head lead towering above fh those of the mob who surrounded him ata at 2 this mornine mornin st bis his mortal remains were only ashes among the embers of or the funeral a Iyre ion which he had been destroyed |