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VOLUME XI. NO. 17Baptist MinisterLeads Georgia MobIn Recent Outrage(■y Associated Negro Press) NEW YORK. N. Y., Aug. 1—A sto^y of almost unbelievable brutality and injustice has come to light from Geor gia in the form of a sworn statement by a Colored clergyman. It tells of the lynching by a Georgia mob of a Colored man 72 years old, his offense being that he defended two Colored girls from attack. The affidavit follows:“I wish to inform you of an outrageous lynching which occurred atMilan, Ga., May 14, 1919, Telfair county, Mr. John Williams, sheriff.On May 24, at 1 o’clock at night,John Dandy and I^ewis Evans, while.;went down into the Colored people’s section of the town and went, to the I home of a widow, by the name of Emma McCollers, who had two daugh- ■ ters. They knocked, but the occupants refused to open the door, and | Dandy shot through the organ and the machine. That frightened the girls and they ran out to another old lady’s | home.Her name was Emma Tisber; she is a widow with two little children. The white men went after these colored girls; the girls ran under the porch and hid. These white men broke down the door and tore up the floor. The old widow lady got frightened and ran and jumped in the well, and the children screamed for help Brother Berry Washington, 72 years old, ran out with his shot gun in his' hand. When he got near the hall he met both of the white men.‘John Dandy. 25 years old, with a wife and two children, asked the old man what he came out for. He said 'To see what was the matter with the women and children.’ Then John Dandy fired at him and said: 1 will kill) you, old man.’“The old man fired and killed him (John Dandy) first. He fell with his pistol in his right hand and a cigar-
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Phoenix Tribune
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sat, Aug 02, 1919
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