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Mi TBits TO LYNCH IMO-tilleen Hundred People Attempt to ! I ake Prisoner Irom Police.! Lynn, Mass., Aug. 22,—A mob of I 1.500 people with shouts of “lynch hintT tried to take away /ienry Taylor, a negro, aged 30, from a reserve officer Thursday night and had severely pounded the colored man when seven police officers succeededin getting the prisoner to the station house before he was seriously hurt. Taylor, who was but recently released from the state prison, was detected last night, it is alleged, In the act of breaking into a store. Officer Crawley, who attempted to arrest Taylor was struck over the headwith a heavy chisel, and, although j dazed, grappled with the negro.! Taylor broke and- ran down the 'street, with Crawley in pursuit and! discharging his revolver for assis-i tance. The policeman. although bleeding Irom ills wounds, captured j fhe negro. **
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Waxahachie Daily Light
Waxahachie, Texas, US
Sat, Aug 22, 1908
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