Hide Article Text (OCR)
LYNCHThreat to Shoot Them Down “Like Rats Checks Bloodthirsty Croivd. Intent Upon Lynching Negro TrioBARNSTABLE, Mass., Aug, 19,—A mob of nearly men and women carrying ropes early today itormed the local jail, threatening to lynch three Cape Verde Island negro prisoners charged with highway robbery and criminal assault on a young white woman at Buzzard bay.At 2:30 this morning 25 automobiles whose occupants in-200eluded women a • well n* men, drove mi to the local jail. They demanded the three negroes, John Dies, lion-jsunin Clone* and Joseph Andrews,from Sheriff Irving I*. Ilctaanthal. There were bouts of ''let's getthem'* as the Tnob approached butwhen the jrill defender* fired In the nJr the crowd halted.Chief Warden James Boland warnedthe mob hack, shouting that nt the first attempt to attack the jail they would be shot down like rail”The warning had its effect, hut the crowd remained outside the jail nearly on hour and a half before die perrtng, ' V * 1.A VhjDies and Oomez were held in flfi.OGO lie ill tMdh yesterday and Andrews whs to be umUnged today. All three have been identified by Miss Gertrude Butler and william KldredRC as tho menwho held them un and criminally n®. mi lilted Miei Bvtler s' bayscrty In tho wetlr.A crowd yesterday aitfoptiHl to «et John Dies from the Wirtham lockup, but dispersed when the police fired over (heir hoods.BALL SCORESNational league| At Philadelphia (1st game) R. II, E, Pittsburgh ... Ml 101 12?—U 20 0 Philadelphia . 010 000 020— 3 111 llaftcHes — Murrbou and Brottem; Meadows, Betts and Itruggy,1 ■■ m » m\t Philadelphia (2nd game! K, II, IC Pittsburgh Old ww noo— 1 7 2Philadelphia . 000 102 1lt;C— I 12 0Itattrrk* — /Ann and HctimtiH: flubbell anil lie nil nr.At Boston—■ R II* K.t hit'll go ... MO ono 200- 2 4 nI lost nit . HOI 000 20*— 3 0 3Batteries — Freeman and 01 ar rcli; Wat%on, bt|uMltin and tl'Neill.At Brooklyn— R. 11 K.Hi. lam Is .... Ill Oil 100— OHOBrooklyn . MO oio 003— 1 IS 1ttatterb* — PMffrr and Alnawnrth; MlIJo* smith Sdwpp and Krueger.At Nw York— li* ILK*C Inr In not I 110 010 000- 3 12 0New York . . 310 010 (Ml*— g 12 0ilatterfoft — ftlxry (lunriuf andWtogo Hargrave; Barnes and Hnym. r
Newspaper Details
Casper Daily Tribune
Casper, Wyoming, US
Fri, Aug 19, 1921
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Ysabel C.
NY, USA 19 Mar 2021
Other Publications Near Casper, Wyoming
Casper Herald
Casper Independent
Casper Junior College Chinook
Casper Press
Casper Record
