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Several Hurt, At Least Two Likely T o DieSbelbyvHIe Mob Attempts To Lynch Negro Charged With Assault; Failing, it BumCounty CourthouseDefendant SavedGuardsmen Bayonet And Shoot Mob Members; Reinforce-ments Ordered By Governor To Control SituationBy O. K. BARNES Associated Prrts Staff WriterSHELBYVILLE, Term, Dec. 18.— A mob of several hundred persons, two of the number already slain and others wounded, milled about the ruins of the county courthouse here tonight as an army of national guardsmen hurried here to quell disorders growing out ol m futile attempt to seize a negro.Fed by gasoline, poured on by the mob, flames destroyed the $150,000 brick building which a few hours earlier had held the object of the mob's fury—a negro charged with assaulting a 14-year old white girl,Negro Spirited AwayThe negro was whisted away, clad in a soldier's uniform, and taken to Nashville.From over the state, 500 guardsmen were mobilised and rushed into Shelbyville under orders from Gov. Hill McAlister.Angered by the ruse and apparently intent upon showering their wrath on guardsmen and the county officers, the mob allegedly sprinkled the 75-year old Bedford county courthouse with gasoline and set fire to it. At 8 o'clock tonight the building was a mass of ruins with the mob. estimated between 300 and 500, milling about the square.Dynamite Explodes Firemen said the mob hindered them in fighting the flame*. Dynamite. which had been tossed into the courthouse building during the height of the disturbance In the day, exploded tonight, but no one was injured.On request of Dr. C. T. Carney, an alderman, tonight a police guard was placed around the water works plant He said he had received word that an attempt would be made to burn it Three bloody attempts of the mob to invade the courthouse and carrySee GUARDSMEN FIRE. Pan* 9
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Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 20, 1934
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