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Uses Officer’s GunSenatobia, Miss., Oct. 17 — Five unidentified Negroes were found slain here today as a posse searched for Jesse Williams, 45 year old Negro, who killed Deputy Sheriff Jeff Walker Williams, 23, with the officer’s own gun.The slain Negroes are said to have been relatives of rlie Negro sought for the slaying of the deputy sheriff.The five bodies were found near the place where Deputy Williams was killed seven miles southwest of here Sunday.An unconfirmed report said thatWilliams, the Negro sought for killing the deputy, had been apprehended by a posse Monday.Deputy Williams was killed with his own gun as he went to the home where Williams was visiting to question a woman. The Negro was said to have been drinking.Wild Prison RiotfB* Th« Prom)Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 17—A riot in the Speigner state prison twenty miles from here was cut short yesterday as guards sprayed convicts with gunfire, killed one and wounded twenty-four others while a nervy warden subdued another group with a scrub brush. One prisoner escaped.Carl Singleton, IS, who led four teen fallow inmates in a dash for liberty, fell fatally wounded in the first volley from the guards.Was a Scrub BrushFourteen prisoners,Singleton ,ran across of the prison .onlygrey-haired Wai nHe shoved one hand in a pocket nd told the fleeing group all ight, boys, you can walk In with me or go in like that fellow on theground.Ten turned bad: but four fled. The warden's only weapon, he said, was a scrub brush snatched from his automobile and thrust in his pocket like a gun.Three of the four who were tracked down, but Pittman, 16, Montgomery county prisoner, escaped.who followed an outer yard to encounter A, B. Smith.Prohibition Battle Fatai f Bj the V*M»clated Pref*Nville. Ky., Oct 17 — A pistol fight m a Negro cabin u » d bfederal prohibition officers as a cpr-iThe battle lasted an hour. Po lice said they seized rifles, pistols, ammunition, dynamite bombs, fieldequipment, a printing press and a great deal of printed matter urging the rebellion.Jalisco was the seme of bloodshed in the irregular religious rebellions from 1926 to 1929.aPaaiiral for prisoners, brought death late Saturday night to Frank A. Mather, 49, prohibition agent, and Bluch Soyars, 57, special Logan county aep-uty sheriff.Police Chief McEndree of Russellville led a party of city ind countyofficers to the cabin when told there was a disturbance there. Finding several white men and Negroes in the cabin, the local officers ordered them not to leave pending investigation.Mather started toward the door and was ordered by Soyars to halt' Both men pulled pistols and exchanged shots. Mather fell with two bullet wounds and died an hour later. Soyars fell with one bullet in the chest, and died Sunday.County Attorney Whittaker, after a preliminary investigation in county court later said the local officers testified they did not know the federal agents were using the cabin asa base of operations, or were raiding in the county.Thorough InvestigationWilliam 51. Woodruff, prohibition administrator of the Sixth d strct with offices in Cincinnati, said reports to him were that “our men had properly identified themselves the local officers at Russelvilie.” He said the matter would be thoroughly investigated “to dtermine whereinthe responsibility lies.”There were eight prisoners, arrested during raids conducted while the Logan county fair was In progress last week-end, and four federal menin the cabin at tbe time. The prisoners scattered after the shooting, but the officers had previously taken their names and expected to roundthem up soon.The two men slain were the only ones who fired.rIs!cGnnnbtrI8rlt;/NOTICE TO PARENTSHallowe’en pranks in which children have done damage have been reported to police. Parents are asked to co-operate to pre*' nt this. fPhervsLe Hern measures w 1 be taken. James B Re1d„ig-14-dJ-adF Chief oI Policewn:OitfiU:
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Boone News Republican
Boone, Iowa, US
Mon, Oct 17, 1932
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