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COTTON MARKET WIDOLHRNETE . . i sx o B 0 PREVIOUS CLOSE .. w.. oo 97%c Vol. 101, No. 271. ob Lynches Two Kidnap-Slayers Of Young Brooke Hart; | Governor Rolph At Once Promises Pardon To All Members. ‘ouzens Is Angered By Interruption Of Probe By Chase Bank Official clls Aldrich That Com mittee “Will Not Be Dictated to.” OLUNTARY WITNESS il Investigators Find Bank Lent 6 Million Dollars ;0 General Theaters. By NATHAN ROBERTSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, —(#)— Senator ‘ouzens (R:-Mich.) denounced an nterrupton of the senate’s stock arket investigation Monday by v. W. Aldrich, president of the ‘hase National Bank, and said the nquiry committee would not be ‘dictated to.” This took place after the inves igators had received evidence that he Chase National bank lent $6,- 00,000 in 1930 to General Theatres Jquipment, Inc, for market opera jons in Fox Film stock, designed o strengthen the market prelim inary to large refinancing opera ions. (‘ouzens expressed resentment at an interruption by Aldrich to ex-' plain that Herman Place, Chasel vice president, was not a director of Fox Film ecorporation in 193]1 when it paid dividends of §54,104,- 000 despite losses of §5,560,304. [t was the second time Aldrich had voluntarily taken the witness <tand and the outspoken Michigan senator plainly showed his dis pleasure, Couzens had justt remarked that when the dividend was paid, thel company’s obligations were larger| than ils surplus. Aldrich moved up to the table and sat down beside Couzens to remark that Place, who was then on the witness stand, was not then connected - with the Fox company and knew mnothing about it. “I'm not questioning Mr, Place,"‘l Couzens retorted ‘angrily. “I'm | making some observations and notl charging anything against the Chase bank and I don't want any | interruptions from you, l “Mr. Aldrich interposes observa tions whenever he proposes to do‘ sO,” Couzens continued. “I resent jt, the committee wfl\‘ not be di(:tgted to by Mr, Ald rich or anyone else. “I don't see that any comment from Mr. Aldrich at this time is necessary.” Aldrich returned to his seat without replying to Couzens. s e OVER WEEK-END Motorlife Service Station and Lamba Chi Alpha Report Burglaries. The Motorlife service station at the intersection of Prince avenue and Meigs street, and the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house across the street were broken into Sun day morning. A small sum of money was stolen from the service tation, and. a quantity of food stuffs was ‘taken from the frater nity house, it was reported. The robbery took place some time early Sunday morning after the closing of the station, and be ore the college students returned from Atlanta where they attended the Georgia-Tech game. No ar 'sts have been made. J. F. Brooks, New Orleans, was released Sunday, after being held in connection with an auto obile accident at the cormer of Washington and Lumpkin streets, vhen he hit a car driven by How rd Jarrell Saturday night, Mr. Jarrell was slightly injured but no serious damage was done. Gislen Silvey was arrested by Plainclothesmen Woods and Nelms Sunday, and is being held on sus picion, Police believed he assisted \larie Webb in escaping from the tockade last week. A lighy weekend was recorded it police headquarters, a total of only 15 arrests being made: eight v drunkenness, one for disorder v conduect, two on suspicion, one n a warrant, and three for reck vs driving. Police are still working on the robbery at ‘the S. A. L. depot carly Saturday morning. Two spe il agents of the railroad are in “";{i'ns‘ cooperating with the city ice, GLOOMY OUTLOOK LONDON-—(#)—A gloomy outlook or wheat still prevails, the World International Wheat commission found when it met today o review the developments of the past two monihs, ATHENS BANNER-HERALD % Full Associated Pregs Service TODAY’S BEST | HUMAN INTEREST STORY | ettt | By DALE HARRISON l NEW YORK,—(f)—Tonight Broadway’'s “Dan the Dude” will sleep in Beth David ceme- l tery, hardly a Derby distance | from Beltmont park where, in season, sprint the horses that l “always ran fast for Dan.” ! Somehow when the Broadway ! crowd read in the papers Nov. 14 that *Daniel Harris” had | jumped or fallen from a win- ! dow of a seventh avenue hotel, I it did not associate the name with the character it had I known so well. To Broadway, Daniel Harris had always been ! “Dan the Dude.” ; The body went to the morgue ] and lay there unclamed, l Last Saturday a policeman dropped into the Seventh avenue - store of Isadore Yer eskefsky — ‘“lzzy the Cigar Man”—and inquired abouty Dan the Dude. Izzy had not seen Dan for a week ; “There’'s a body at the morgue,”’ said the officer, bit- ! ing off the end of one of Izzy’s cigars,, “and the mname they i got is Daniel Harris. “I'll go down and see,” the cigar man sad. ‘“But is most likely isn’t the Dude.” But it was. The gambler for whom the horses “alwayg ran fast had died roke—he who once was rated half a millionair. Friends collected enough ‘ money, and more, to save the ‘ body from potter’s field and the fun< was held today. T §s Winder Man Facin inder Man F £ Murder Charge in Saturday Shooting ; i WINDER, Ga. — A charge of murder has been placed against Roy Smith, prominent husiness man of this city as a result of the fatal shooting Saturday of H. Brannon Williams. Mr. Williams died at the General hospital in Athens Sunday. | Funeral services were held Mon ;day afternoon at two o’clcok from the Winder Christian church. Mr. Williams is survived by his widow and three children, three sistess, and four brothers, among whom are John M. and Pau: Williams of Athens. It was alleged that the shoot ing ' occurred in Williams’, cotton buying office when the latter re quested Smith, who wasg engaged in an argument with another man to leave the office. Mrs. Pearl Ashworth | . - | Dies in Rome Home: ’ Was Former Athenian ‘ Mrs. Pearl Ashworth, 48, form erly of Athens, died at her home in )Rome Sunday morning. Funeral isorvinps were held this morning in Rome. Mrs. Ashworth is survived by her husband, C. C. Ashworth, dis trict manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, and two 'brothers, W. W. Suttles, St. Louis land W. B. Suttles, Chattanooga. ' She was a member of the Bap \tist church. Returning Students Find Other Topics Interesting Besides the Actual Game l Not¢ all of the thrills of a foot ball game are confined to the gridiron nor its tragedies, not its humor. Georgia students return ing Sunday at various intervals during the day and night had talked themselves almost out on the subject of the game itself but lat the last conversational round up there were still some new stories being told about the game’s side lights. 4 Among them: ‘ X one Tech man, dashing into the Georgia stands, apparently for an heroic single-handed massacre, and leaving just as suddenly, al though nrot under his own power. The crowd booing the police of ficer, leading away a young gentle= man, apparently of Georga tenden cies, who seemed to be somewhat nonplusséd at the whole proceed ings. z The Governor of the State, The Ex-Governor, now United States Senator, The chidf-of-Staff, The | WALLACE CONFERS | e chnmiminitie Secretary of Agriculture Comes Unannounced to | i Warm Springs. ‘ ' NO NEW MOVE SEEN i . - | Recovery Council Talks m] | Progress At “Little i White House.” | ir WARM SPRINGS, Ga. — (#) — | Secretary of Agriculture Wallace !joined the recovery council talks IMonday at the “Little White { House.” i l Mr. Wallace arrived unannoun ced by motor early in the day. He !said the main purpose of his visit was to take up with the president ithe problem of liguor control after ’ Ipxjohibition repeal. l With his arrival, Mr. Roosevelt had with him today the three heads of the recovery campaign.[ General Hugh 8. Johnson, indus trial administrator and Secretary Ickes, public works admin;‘stmtor remained over Monday for further talks with the chief executive. ! There is nothing in prospect in |the way of new recovery movos.! lßa.ther, the president appears tc| be checking up on the situation | ]:md at the same time having his { principal aides enjoy his vacation with him. Control of liguor wunder the nearly completed arrangements b_vl the government will come under the authority of the agriculture adjustment act and probably un der supervision of this agency. “you can say for me,” said Wal lace, “that Secretary Wallace, a‘ “tpersonal dry, ‘is working to have the treasury handle as muc¢h of the liquor regulation as possible.” | ! Mr. Roosevely turned today to a| | coordinated demestic recovery pm-i gram in further conferences with General Johnson and Secretary | | Ickes. | . Henry Morgenthau, his actingi ‘secretnry of the treasury, tooki j over the commodity dellar momne tary program Monday in Washing [ton with fresh instructions from the president, This program is !gofn;: ahead and early moves by :§Morgenthau to project it farther ‘lalong its course for early fulfill ! ment were helieved in prospect. ‘ While, Mr. Roosevelt has ingist lea upon a vacation during his stay ‘ lhoro and also a rest for his impor | tant official callers, nevertheless ‘thorc\ are signs that things are ' Imoving along in the meetings : 7 here. l General Johnson had some 22 codes here for presidential appro ;lval. He gave assurance Sunday i night that “unavoidable violations” ;lnr the hotel code going into effect Monday would. be pardoned for a Ilt.pn day period. |Case of Meningitis l . Reported in Athens \| A case of meningitis, one of the | most deadly of-all diseases, is re { ported in Athens by the city and [county health department, swith riot‘fices in the city hall. l| Other diseases reported during ' |the past week were two cases of !meas]es. one of scarlet fever, and‘ '|one of tuberculosis. ' No epidemics are in the offing at present, but Dr. W. W. Brown, | eity and county health officer, | :‘warns all people to be extremel}" 'careful in the prevention of dis ‘eflso. and to see a physician at the‘ slightest indication of trouble. : Charman of the State Democratic five of the biggest men of the State of Georg", present in a body. | Another youhg gentlem&n try ing desperatey to get change for a dime so that he could purchase peantuts. ; | And here’s another: “'m a damn yankee, How do you get out to East Point?” An ex cited Georgia partisan hurled the question at the man ehind the desk in the lobby of the Henry Grady | Hotel. Getting his answer, he dashed away as qQuickly ag he had run up. She was young. She was blond. She was beautiful. But she hadn’t Iheard that Georgia men need no lintmduction. Score: 0. There was a ministerial conven tion being held at one of the lar ger Atlanta Hhotelss A somewhat inebriated gentleman strolled into (Continued on Page Three) Athens, Ca., Monday, November 27, 1933. Ihanksgiving Service To Be Tuesday Night At University Chapel Dr. Louie D. Newton, pas< tor of the Druid Hills Baptist . church, Atlanta, will deliver i the Thanksgiving address at the seyenth annual service sponsored by the University Volunteer Religious association Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock in the chapel. Dr. Newton’s subject will be, “When We Think.” | The University Glee Club guartet, consisting of Deming ‘Whiting, J. L. Oliver, Ed Cun ningham and Hugh Green, will sing two numbers, accompanied by Mike McDowell, who will also play the organ prelude and postlude. Miss Virginia Frick and Claud Green will “also take papt in the program., J. Milton Richardson, presi dent of the Unviersity Y. M. C. A., will preside. The public is invited. \ Rumble, Langford and Jones Reassigned to Ath ens Churches. 1 ATLANTA—(#)—New congrega tions will be served this year by 117 ministers of the North Geor gia conference, Methodist Episco pal Church, South. 1 This number of changes was made in the announcement of ap pointments which brought the sixty seventh annual session of the conference to a close yesterday. The conference will be held here again next year. In the appointments read by Bishop John M. Mgoore, seven pas tors were transferred out of the conference and eight more were brought in from ‘other districts. One of the featues of the clos ing: day events was the marriage of Misg Selma Pederson and the Rev. Young Allen Oliver. ; Athens-Elberton district, J. W. Veatch, presiding elder, Apalachee, Y. A, Bailey, E. A. Caldwell, supply. Athens, Firsy church, Lester Rumble; Oconee Street, J. A. Lang ford; Young Harris, 1. B. Jones. Athens circuit, D. L. Hagood; Bishop, W. (. Davis; Bowman, E. E. Purceil, Buckhead; S. H. Se well. Canon cireuit, G. T. Shell, Carn esville, R. J. Kerr. Comer and Colbert, R. W. Allison. Commerce, A. Lee * Hale. Crawford, H. L. Wood. Danielsville, R. W. Han cock. Elberton, First church, J. F. Yarbrough. Elbert circujt, C. C. Knowles, Hartwell, H. T. Smith. Hart circuit, H. C. Bryant, supply. Lavonia, 8. H. Dixon, Lexington, A. S. Ulm. Little River, J. A. Sprayberry. Madison, E. ¥. Demp ‘sey. Middleton, W. A. Woodruff, ;Princeton. J. W. Nichols. Royston, A, E. Crutcher. Tignall, J, A. Griffies. Washington, J. G, Brand, Watkinsville, Carl Stanley. Win terville, A. K. Barton, Director Wesley foundation, First church Athens, John B. Tate. Gainegville district, B. H. Smith, presiding elder. Bethlehem B. C. Mateson. Blairsville, T. E. Sherwood. Brockton, M. M. Brack man. Buford, J, 8. Thrailkill. Chicopee, G. M. Spivey. Clarks ville, J. B. Smith, Clayton, J. A. Davis. Cleveland, E. O. Vickery. Cornelia, A. E. Silvey. Dacula, S. A. Dailey. Dahlonega, Walter Mil lican. Duluth, ‘N. G. L. Powell, Flowery Branch, J. H. Smith, supply. Gainesville, First church, G. M. Acree, St.. Paul, B ©. Swetnam. Homer. Max Whitte more. Hoschton, R. I. Johnson. Jefferson, E. G. Thomason, Jef ferson circuit, H. 1.. Smith. Law renceville, W. W. Cash. Lumpkin circuit, E. W. Dunegan. Laula circuit, T. L. Noble, supply. Mays ville, W, L. Brackman, New Holland, Jesse Warwick. J. P. Smith, supply. Tallulah Falls, W. E. Chappel. Toccoa, J. P. Erwin., Toccoa circuit, J. B. Ward. Wind er, W. T. Irvine. Young Harris, A. B. Elier. . —_————— I.‘OCAL WEATHER ———————————— Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. TEMPERATURE Highost ,scs "visd vend sus.BLo TOWBEL it - ai4s ddiiii e 29N MOBR +iiu wive Beik dnis w 909 NOPBBEE Siis . i Pisna ssa 90 RAINFALL | Inches last™ 24 hours .. <... .00 Total since Nov. ¥ .. .. +. 147 Deficiency since Nov. 1 .... 118 Average Nov. rainfall .. .. 2.89 - Total since Jan. 't .. .. ..3153 Deficiency since Jan. 1 ~..13.75 g | i ATTACKS AL SMITH % Detroit Clergyman Says ‘ . “Boloney Dollars’ Edi torial Is “‘Boloney.” IS INITIAL BREAK: Must Answer Anyone Standing in Way of Gold Program. NEW YORK — (AP) — Father Charles E. Coughlin, Deu'oil.'s'cru-‘ sading clergyman, arrived, in New York Monday, again asserting that Al Smith’s ideas on “boloney dol lars” were a ‘“lot of boloney.” “It is the first time that I have taken issue with Mr, Smith on any question,” Father Coughlin said, “and I regret that I had to‘ do it. “But anyone standing in the way of President Roosevelt's monetary program musi be answered.” Father Coughlin declined to ela borate on his address of Sunday night in which he sharply attacked Smith for an editorial upholding the gold standard and terming “boloney dollars” any bug gold dollars. He would reserve that for Monday night, he said, when he will make an address at the hip- | podrome. - | “Tonight,” said Father Coughlin,! “] ghall summariye my ‘four pré vious speeches on the administra tion’'s monetary policies—and no doubi elaborate a little.” He would advocate, he said\‘ maintenance of a gold smndnrd‘ “gupported by silver brought back so its normal value.” | Attacks on the President’'s mon etary moves as profuctive of un sound currercy were “a lot of bo loney”, Father Coughlin said. He was met at the train by a police guard. The vaulted celling of the Grand Central station re sounded {o the cheers of a large] orowd whjch had gathered to greet the clergyman. Asserting that Presidefit Ro@®se- | vely stands for ‘sound moOney and will not be stopped by “bankers and their puppets,” the Father | Coughlin in a speech Sunday at tacked Alfred E. Smith for his editorial in the New Outlook in which he calleq for a return to the gold standard. Without immediately referring to Mr. Smith b{ name, Father Coughlin asserted in his opening remarks that “A Catholic gentle man of high social standing . , .| has 'loaned his illustrious name to a cause that is inconceivable.” “We find no fault with Mr. Smith for defending the. principles in which he believes,” Father Coughlin said. “We do find fault with him for not ascertaining the facts before the unkindest cut of all was delivered.” Key Men Quit, Demand ing 1929 Wages, Yard Operation Is Blocked. CHICAGO, —{(®P)— Striking em ployes of the Chicago union stock vardg Monday caused a virtual ces sation of the livestock market. Only about 800 men were on strike, seeking 1929 wages, but they were the key men of the yards, the handling crew. Trains and trucks poured in as usual, but there was no method of getting them un loaded, exeept for the few heads that salemen for commission houses were able to drive out of the cars, The main entrance to the yards on Halsted street wag picketed by scores of strikers. Inside the yards, many trucks were parked in all available space, all loaded with livestock which could not even be weighed. The union which called the strike i¢ the livestock handlers union, and officials said that 1,700 men were out in sympthy. However, govern ment livestock authorities said that only about 800 were out. No employes of the big packing plants have been affected, vet. but the operations of the plants are limited of the livestock in the killing ' pens on Saturday. Other union which are involved include the cold storage workers as dociaton and the packing house butchers union. The demand for wages paid in 1920 would result in an increase of approximately 50 per cent. 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R AR SR R % g : R % & s ,;A e PR R e 3 R g 53% i R R sl ¥ ? ot 2 5 RS 1t so R ¥ 3 i BT R2%{ SR - ot s A R 3 SRR TR o R S o 4 oA R S T Ber R : R 88, - Rs 2 o & £ 3 SR, 3\ Re L 3 R 5 23 ~85 . £ > " RIS 7 & P % o Inflamed by the finding of the body of young Brooke Hart, kidnaped and slain by Jack Hoimes, left, and Thomas Thurmond, right, accord ing to their own confession, a mob of several hundred, with thousands looking on, Sunday night stormed the San Jose prison, seized the two prisoners and lynched them. ; Deputy Sherift Describes San Jose Prison Storming Says Mob Seemed Insane; ’ Not “Fazed By Tear Gas Defense. SAN JOSE, Calit—(@®)—Here is the story of deputy sheriff John Moore on the lynching of John M. Holmes and Thomas H, Thurmond, confessed kidnap-killers of Brooke Hart; “The inside of the county jail was fogged with tear gas when the mob rushed in behind the bat tering ram. ; “I was standing on the stairs, inside the steel mesh door. With Deputy Sheriffs Earle Hamilton and Howard Buffington. We had only a few gas bombs left and we knew they huad us. “The mob brushed past us to Holmes’ cell on the second floor, and four men stood me against a wall, searched me and took my keys. They went in for Holmes, who was hiding in the lavatory of his cell, ? “He came out crying ‘l'm not Holmes, I'm not Holmes,’ but one of the lynchers rushed up and grabbed him by the neck and told him to shut up. Another fellow cracked him in the jaw. “Holmes went down and when he got to his feet another man hit him, and another, wuntil he lay sprawled at their feet, unconscious. “They pulled him to his feet and stood him against the wall, still unconscious, while other kept hit ting him in the face with their fists. They finally put a rope ‘around his neck and dragged him head firs¢ down the steps. “Then they went up on the third floor and found Thurmond hang ing by his hands to the iron grat ing of a high window inside the lavatory, where he thought they woudln’t see him. “He didn’t ¢ry to deny his iden tity but he came out sniveling and his face was very white. I have never seen human beings look so terrified as Holmes and Thur mond. “Thurmond kept repeating ‘Don’t string me up. For God’'s sake don't string me up. And they hit him as they did Holmes and dragged him down the steps with a rope around his neck. “They took both men across the street, threw the rope ends over (Continued on Page Twe' Roosevelt Will Be Asked to Petition Congress For Increased Army and Navy WASHINGTON—(®)— President Roosevelt, whose budget bureau already has approved an increase in naval and marine forces, will be requested to ask congress for funds .to raise America’s army strength from “below the danger line.” It is at that point now, says the army’s highest ranking officer, General Douglas Mac Arthur, in an annual report to the sec.retary of war which will be transmitted to the president. Mary army offiecrs were oqti mistic Monday about the prospect of getting some of the things rec ommended by Mac Arthur, chief of staff. ¢ Mac Arthur found that although the United States is 17th in_ world A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday IORK, SIS GREEN Explains Why. October Figures Show Slight ' In crease in Unemployment \ WASHINGTON —(®)— A slight increase in American Federation of Labor unemployment totals last month was attributed Monday by Willlam Green to reports that more men were seeking work. The federation president said preliminary reports showed 10,076, 000 out of work in Octobgr, a fig ure 11,000 higher than September total. Then he added: “This slighty increase is due to the fact that although emplOyment‘ gained a little in October the gain was not enough to absorb those seeking work for the firsy time.” He warned that “wholehearted cooperation of our entire citizenry"l will be needed during the worst months of winter and asserted that the “NRA program is keeping the employment situation under better cdontrol than is usual at this time of year.” Ordinarily, he said, October shows a seasonal decrease of about 450,000 in the number of men at work. The one exception S&ince 1928 was last year, he added when there was an unusual busi ness increase, 1 He found, too, that average wages increased 1.4 per cent fmmf September to October; that the} cost of living yose only 1-2 of one per cent; that the total huyin,':‘ power of all workers went up 2.2 per cent even after deducting higher living costs; that all work ers’ “real buying power is now 23.1 per cent above March.” OMMERCE OFFICER WOUNDED BY ROBBER COMMERCE.—Lit Smallwood is in a serious condition as the result of bullet wounds sustained early Sunday Mr., Smallwood, member of the Commerce police force, was shot while attempting to arrest a burglar breaking into a filling station. A nurse from Athens was called to the case. strength that alone is no cause for particular worry since America’'s needs are different. But in recom mending an increase in regular army enlisted strength from 120,- 000 to 165,000; expenditure of around $200,000,000 on aircraft, modernization and motorization ot artillery and similar projects, and restoration of other funds elimi nated in recent years, Mac Arthur added: “In the cbvious state of unrest now prevailing throughout the world . . . an efficient and depend able military establishment . . . constitutes a rock of stabHity. .. . It is my conviction that at this moment the army's sterngth in personnel and material and its readiness for employment are be low the danger line”. . 5 . opt NRMER I ’ lhék', ; SRR E Uil Thurmond and Ho‘m?t o R Left Dangling From Trees Near Jail. . sy o SHERIFF IS HURT Six Thousand Witness Lynching; Tear Gas Fails to Halt Huge Mob. ' SACRAMENTO,—{(P)—Gove i o E ernor James Rolph, jr., said 't.o-fl day the lynchng in San Jose . last night of Thomas Thurmond - mond and John Holmes, con | fessed kdnapers and slayers | of Brooke Hart, should result in fewer kidnapings throughout the country, and that he would . bl pardon any one arrested, for ; the lynchings. . | SAN JOSE CALIF.—(P)—Thoma mas H. Thurmond and John H, Holmes, confessed kidnaper-slayers of Brooke Hart, were lynched here { Sunday night by a mob of 100 men | who smashed their way into the icounty jail after'a 2-hour battle to |suiz<* the pair. i , ) o | A whooping, cheering crowd | estmated & 6,000 persons looked on.. Thurmond, first to confess, was unconscious when dragged to St, Jameg park, 100 yards from the jail, partially stripped and hanged to. a tree. Faiin Holmes, a powerful man, fought {for his life in vain. Twice he {wrenched his hands free and (liftcd the noose from his head, but the third time it was put there to ‘|stay and, still kicking, he' was vanked into the air. ; i s ‘| In the glare =of ““torches and | fashlights the bodies dangled for half an hour or so—a mdcabre pic ture for the thousands who had |assembled swiftly after the news of the lynching movement had spread through the city. Then the lifeless forms were cut down and there was no further attempt to interfere with officers. i ; Thurmond's body had Been slightly burned by flames from !blazing newspapers held up by the mob as torches during the hanging. Hart's Body Found = = The lynching, occurring only a If;-w hours after the torn body of iyvoung Hart, son of a wealthy Sanse !.Ios» merchant, had been taken from San Francisco bay, climaxed Iu spectacular battlée between offl-j | cers barrcaded in the Jjail and the determined mob. ¥ The muttering throng -began gathering about the jail about 9 p. m. The jail, an antiquated br!ek,}. building to the rear of the court house, had been prepared against ithe possibility of a lynch move ment but was unable to withstand the improvised battering rams of the attackers. Automobiles, parked across the alleys about the j&fl buiding, did little to impede the bzulvzmce of the besiegers. : | Two shots, fired from the crowd fas a signal, started the first attack, Officers within the jail let lnose with three tear gas bombs. Blind led and wesping, the attackers feil back. % ! By this time some 3,000 persons !hud gathered to watch., The lin {gering tear gas from the fiest !thrvv bombs was still hanging like {a thin veil about the building | when the second attack begamn A Ljstw-i, pipe about 8 inches in difm leter and about 20 feet long was lused as a Pattering ram and the | front dvor broken down. | Doors Battered In ; ! After waiting a few moments {for the gas to lift, the mob storms= 'led ahead once more, playing a | fire hose on the building as it ad-" | vanced. A second group seized an | other pive and joinel the attask. iers. The steel doors of the jail {gave way and the mob poured in, jencouraged by cheering thousands | outside. Sheriff William J. Emig, whose ‘| quick action had resulted in the arrest of Thurmond while the lat-* iter was making a ransom demand { by telephone to the Hart home a | week after the young victim had been put to death, was knocked senseless. Other officers were man- I handled and brushed aside. i ! Once inside the mob laid hands on | the whimpering Thurmond, | dragging him to the street and |raining blows upon him. * ) | Holmes likewise was dragged jout and pummeled., | The meb selected a limb of a [ tall tree, looped a rope about the | unconsciuos Thurmond’s neck gnd { hoisted him aloft while the crowd {of thousands whooped its ap=-" | proval. | Mob Selects Tree i i The business of choosing a limb {for Holmes ‘' required about tqv;; | (Continued On Page Three)
