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FOUL ATTACK.Last Saturday ni^hl the news reached lure it.at Messrs.;John Hall and Can Darling, prominent citizens across the river, had been foully dealt with at the hands ot an infuriated negro mob at a negro dance. Fron reports gathered here, it seemsthat there was aj negro present at the house who was wanted bv the State for anAold tine. Mr. Hall, who is an officer, started to place him under arrest, when the whole. cowardly bunch jumped on him with every kind of weapon they, could get their hands, on. He I was knocked insensible in a,smoment and his gun taken! away from him afterwards, j The fiendish brutes then pro ; ceeded to kick and heat him and finally shoved him off the . edge of the gallery and left him | for dead. Mr. Darling, almost as soon as the row started, although unarmed, seeing the; black scoundrels about to overpower Mr. Hall, rushed boldly jjn to render what assistance he i\could to his friend. A portion, of the negroes .seeing his in ten*5 4ion, made a rush at him, and •by force ot numbers, they Tivercame hint and as in the case of Mr. Hall, thev continued jto abuse and kick him. Hot In of these gentlemen were left ! lying where they had fallen, j and the negroes tied. |Monday night a terrible cry j ■rent the air, that sounded like i this, “Oh! white folks have ' mercy.” The next morning one negro was missing, anil the ’others buie evidence that theyhad had dealings with some p'feret ropes and the ropes had i had the best of the affair. The; other ne gro, one Jobe Broad in- iax, was brought in Tuesday evening in rather dilapidated condition. *1e was so sore he could hardly move and a bandage around his forehead hie from view quite a number of bruises and wounds. The six were carried to Seguin Tuesday evening by Sheriff Dukes ■of that place.In all Mr. Hall received six licks and Mr. Darling five.---Luling Signal.
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Lockhart Weekly Post
Lockhart, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 10, 1901
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