Emelle Mob Organizes After Death Of White

Emelle Mob Organizes After Death of White A mob said to number between two and three hundred people was organized in Emelle, Ala., on the Fourth of July after a negro by the name of Robertson had killed a white store keeper by name of Grover Boyd following an argu- ment over. the possession of an automobile battery. Grover Boyd was summoned to the reseue of Clarence Boyd, a nephew, when Tom Robertson and his sons were beating him severe- ly about the body. Grover Boyd was instantly killed by one of the negroes when shot with a pistol in the back. John Robertson was shot down by the mob and Jacob Robertson was later lynched by the mob. Charlie Marrs, another white man, died*later following the uprising and since that time the number of negroes who met death at the hands of the mob is said to be four. Posse is still searching for some of the negroes who par- ticipated in the killing of Marrs and Boyd. Governor Graves has taken a hand in the affair and has direct- ed law enforcement officers to the scene to quell the mob. Governor Graves is in direct and constant telephonic communication with the situation. Emelle Mob Organizes After Death of White A mob said to number between two and three hundred people was organized in Emelle, Ala., on the Fourth of July after a negro by the name of Robertson had killed a white store keeper by name of Grover Boyd following an argu- ment over. the possession of an automobile battery. Grover Boyd was summoned to the reseue of Clarence Boyd, a nephew, when Tom Robertson and his sons were beating him severe- ly about the body. Grover Boyd was instantly killed by one of the negroes when shot with a pistol in the back. John Robertson was shot down by the mob and Jacob Robertson was later lynched by the mob. Charlie Marrs, another white man, died*later following the uprising and since that time the number of negroes who met death at the hands of the mob is said to be four. Posse is still searching for some of the negroes who par- ticipated in the killing of Marrs and Boyd. Governor Graves has taken a hand in the affair and has direct- ed law enforcement officers to the scene to quell the mob. Governor Graves is in direct and constant telephonic communication with the situation.