Alabama Town Scene Of Fatal Racial Clash

ALABAMA TOWN SCENE OF FATAL RACIAL CLASH Two Whites and Five Ne- groes Are Slain In Fierce Fight Emellee, Ala., July 5.- Six were killed and two injured persons as gan the result continu- that fury. be- of a race riot here Friday and was ing with The Saturday dead: unabated Boyd, white. Grover A man named Marrs, white. Four negroes, one of the latter having been lynched early Satur- f day. The injured: Clarence Boyd S n white. A man named Ayers, white. Emelle is 20 miles from Living- 3 ton. The trouble was said to have b developed following an argument between the Boyds and some H negroes over payment of a debt a which one of the negroes owed C Clarence Boyd for an automobile battery. The negroes are reported to at armed, and have Geirger, returned Boyd’s called he to store a Clarence Boyd outside. When came out of the store he was said have been hit by one of the to negroes, he Grover shot and when his son came to his rescue was by another negro. A posse of 200 white men was and moved to capture organized the negroes. fighting Marrs During the white man named was another hot where attempt- the while the posse ed to search a house negroes were believed to have been hiding. Jim Ayers, of Sumtheville, was wounded, being shot in the arm with a load of bird shot by one of d the negroes. who shot Marrs and Ayers The negro killed the by house was shot and mem- bers of the posse and was then fired. An explosion of shells and cartridges marked the murning of the house, from which no one escaped. The negro who struck Clarence Boyd was found hanging from the limb of a tree this morning. The negro that shot G.C. Boyd has not been apprehended. Following the death of Marrs, a concentrateted rush was made on t the negro’s house and the building set afire. s When the fire had died down the embers were searched and the bodies of two negroes who had been burned to death in the home were found. It Intermittent battles between whites and blacks, but with no n bloodshed continued through yes- terday afternoon last night, e while search was continued for the t negro alleged to have shot G. T. Boyd. n Posses were formed to scour the 11 section around Emelle for the 5 slayer. This morning, the body of one negro alleged to have been one of s the ringleaders in tre race riot, was found hanging to a tree near here. He was said to have been the e negro who hit Clarence Boyd with a bottle during the first argument. Officials said he had been dead for some time. e Sheriff W. G. Scales, of Sumter it County, charge of the sit- who took uation last night, was leading the posses today although the officials slayer in search of negro some ex- s. pressed might that of the the Robertson slayer the belief e have been one negroes y d burned to death in the home. r in Emelle is a small mining com- in munity in Sumter County, in west n. central Alabama, near the Miss- t issippi-Alabama line. The popula- a- tion is between 200 and 300, mostly a negroes. The major portion of the battle by n ended shortly before noon with a posses of more than 300 enraged m citizens engaged in a search for ve the the negro race riot have shot set and off alleged to is when he as killed a white man. ALABAMA TOWN SCENE OF FATAL RACIAL CLASH Two Whites and Five Ne- groes Are Slain In Fierce Fight Emellee, Ala., July 5.- Six were killed and two injured persons as gan the result continu- that fury. be- of a race riot here Friday and was ing with The Saturday dead: unabated Boyd, white. Grover A man named Marrs, white. Four negroes, one of the latter having been lynched early Satur- f day. The injured: Clarence Boyd S n white. A man named Ayers, white. Emelle is 20 miles from Living- 3 ton. The trouble was said to have b developed following an argument between the Boyds and some H negroes over payment of a debt a which one of the negroes owed C Clarence Boyd for an automobile battery. The negroes are reported to at armed, and have Geirger, returned Boyd’s called he to store a Clarence Boyd outside. When came out of the store he was said have been hit by one of the to negroes, he Grover shot and when his son came to his rescue was by another negro. A posse of 200 white men was and moved to capture organized the negroes. fighting Marrs During the white man named was another hot where attempt- the while the posse ed to search a house negroes were believed to have been hiding. Jim Ayers, of Sumtheville, was wounded, being shot in the arm with a load of bird shot by one of d the negroes. who shot Marrs and Ayers The negro killed the by house was shot and mem- bers of the posse and was then fired. An explosion of shells and cartridges marked the murning of the house, from which no one escaped. The negro who struck Clarence Boyd was found hanging from the limb of a tree this morning. The negro that shot G.C. Boyd has not been apprehended. Following the death of Marrs, a concentrateted rush was made on t the negro’s house and the building set afire. s When the fire had died down the embers were searched and the bodies of two negroes who had been burned to death in the home were found. It Intermittent battles between whites and blacks, but with no n bloodshed continued through yes- terday afternoon last night, e while search was continued for the t negro alleged to have shot G. T. Boyd. n Posses were formed to scour the 11 section around Emelle for the 5 slayer. This morning, the body of one negro alleged to have been one of s the ringleaders in tre race riot, was found hanging to a tree near here. He was said to have been the e negro who hit Clarence Boyd with a bottle during the first argument. Officials said he had been dead for some time. e Sheriff W. G. Scales, of Sumter it County, charge of the sit- who took uation last night, was leading the posses today although the officials slayer in search of negro some ex- s. pressed might that of the the Robertson slayer the belief e have been one negroes y d burned to death in the home. r in Emelle is a small mining com- in munity in Sumter County, in west n. central Alabama, near the Miss- t issippi-Alabama line. The popula- a- tion is between 200 and 300, mostly a negroes. The major portion of the battle by n ended shortly before noon with a posses of more than 300 enraged m citizens engaged in a search for ve the the negro race riot have shot set and off alleged to is when he as killed a white man.