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rs' . A few woeke ago Boonstra met j with a similar mishap, and was not hurt. His home Is at Lafayette, Indiana.Prosecutor t18r-SEEK FUGUEtions of T as Eviden Amputatec1SE-iIndDISMEMBEFCRUSHnyngDeath Toll in Rosewood, Fla.Race Riot Now Placed at Six.ralnl-layretopikelurrync-om•ta-Court Order; Search of Town, Q Hearings*ialer,IonaaetheatedinerOU0ingIoneftttheln-forOf!thevasbeatgo rtheris-iclimai-jonngalls-ROSEWOOD, Fla., Jan. 0.—(Associated Press) Armed posses of white men, numbering between 200 and ' 3lt;)0, tonight, were . searching for Jess© Hunter, escaped negro convict for whom last night, in connection with an attack on a white girl,’ resulted in the killing of two whitemen and four negroes and the wounding of four other white men. Sheriff Elias Walker said only six were killed despite reports of a larger number. In a telegram to Governor Hardee, the sheriff said the disturbance hod quieted to the oxtent th‘at it waa believed local officers had the situation well under control.Following the clash between tne races, the negro section was fired and nearly destroyed, six houses and a negro church being burned.All negroes have fled Rosewood and are believed to b© hiding In the woods for protection.C. P. Wilkinson, a merchant of Sumner, and Henry' Andrews, superintendent of the Cummer Lumber company, at Otter Creek, were killed when they advanced on a • negro house la,st night to. see Sylvester Garriier, negro, who was believed to know the whereabouts of Hunter. Their companions then rained bullets on the house, the negroes returning the Are. The number of negroes in the house, was estimated at 2o.Before dawn, the white mens ammultion was exhausted and the negroes escaped before the supply could be replenished. A search of the houie revealed that. Sylvester Carrier and his mother, Sarah Carrier; had been shot to death. Lesty Gdrdon. a negro woman, was shot to death as she. was leaving her burning dwelling, it was reported. This afternoon, the body of Mingo Will lam a, ne$ro, wa3 found on a road about twenty miles from Rosewood. He had been shot through the jaw.theBASTROP, L of Louisiana tlt; bidlee found ion Dec. 22 pc witnesses on t as those of W« Richards, is re« trict court her torhey Genera “the most dam in the history This story, w legal officer o startle two coi in vivid maitos In proparat tion, Judge O court tonight dren! between maturity may court room di the hearing. I ties to condu search for clt; all persons eni Gruee The story c to Daniels and been told in a morrow it wl most vivid Portions of be placed-in t logical specln Bastrop tod a}detective ser* leans.They .coiisl! the stumps—the limbg ofthey were f« waters of the lake.They consis of the skull c heads of both They will t mutely, but tt They will t written repoi{CoiatimlIo ng the lank f 6neState Prison Boa
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Sat, Jan 06, 1923
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