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ONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930iTHREE NEGROES HELDUShoot One Man Through Heart, Wound Another and Throw Him Into Riverrr.Ililiboro. Mo, Oct 13.—\vFi—Tinee negroes, iwo men and a, woman, were in jail today for safekeeping alter iheir confession they had shot to death Henry Pwichot, 48, and shot and seriously wounded Pan;hot s companion. Paul Ritter, 38, bom of Ste, Genevieve, early esterday Alter being shot, Ritter was thrown into the Mississippi river.The slaying tools, place at Lit tie Rock boat landing, two miles north of Sle. Genevieve. The prisoners are IJ B. Lte, 28; Guy Taylor, 26, and Vera Rooers, 30 .When,-st'on3 ©I-lfor capture of the negroes became known, a mob formed and the negroes were spirited away from ste. Genevieve and taken to Hillsboro, about 30 miles away, to prevent possible violence.Before the shooting the negroes robbed Ritter and Panchot. Fan-chot's body, a bullet in the heart, was left lying on the bank of the ruer.After shooting Ritter, the negroes threw him into the river and then threw large rocks at him when he attempted to swim with his hands, his legs having been paralyzed by y, JauUet which lodged in the spine Ritter was rescued from the river by prohibition agents.PolioChlCag-jammedprobabJThreeFolicenia night us ficer fire jammed the robbi Two lt;x and Robe a gun in jammed as hog atwith a p to shoot weapon v found itWHO!AREBirds Aris a*itFour V» sidered e? have bee. tty Of Mi cording i kota gan W JJ hike, rep that he 1 was sure
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Bismarck Tribune

Bismarck, North Dakota, US

Mon, Oct 13, 1930

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