Show texas sentenced to jiang dallas tex oct 10 16 effle effie jones a negro has been convicted at tylor tyler smith county ol of the murder oi of riley IV V stewart a prominent and influential democrat of cast texas and the death penalty assessed stewart was murdered ou the night it ol of the oi of may ilay last efflo jones crushed his lead head with a blow from a club ile he confessed baying that lie ho had bad been hired to commit tile the crime by william jones ot of longview Long view because sten art carried life insurance in which jones was interested william jones was one of the most prominent white democrats in this section of the state A few nights after the murder yi s friends broke into 1 the tylor jail and shot I 1 him am to d eath sparing the negro to be dealt with by thelah the law etwas it was the most sensational lynching lunching lyn ching texas ever had and many white men are under indic indictment tal ent for murder on account of it |