Race Riot In Sumter County Takes 6 Lives

RACE RIOT IN SUMTER COUNTY TAKES 6 LIVES Two White Men, Three Ne- groes and One Negro Wo- men Dead. A race riot caused by an attempt on the part of Clarence Boyd. Emelle merchant, to collect a $4 debt from a negro by the name of Robertson. Boyd sold Robert had a son. Boyd had sold Robertson a battery for his automobile, and Boyd went to where Robertson was the 4th of July and demand- ed payment. Robertson did not pay the bill and Boyd proceeded to take the battery off the aut mobile and take it back to town. Later in the day, Robertson with his father and two brothers went to the Boyd home and called young Boyd out and assaulted him. Grover Boyd father of young Boyd seeing the difficulty, rushed out to assist his son, and was shot down by one of the negroes. Clar ence Boyd was badly hurt in the fight, but will recover. The negro who killed Boyd was seized by white men who had rushed to the scene, and a mob hanged him and riddled his body with bullets. The other four escaped. Charlie Marrs, another white man was kiled and four negroes including Esau Rob- ertson who shot and killed Grover Boyd. The Sheriff was summoned and a large posse gathered and a search was started for the four negroes who escaped. The man hunt lasted until Monday night, and a few are still on the lookout for them. Three other negroes were killed during the hunt, in- cluding one woman who was kiu- ed when members of the possee returned the fire of a negro rid- ing in the same automobile with the woman. Negroes who had noth- ing to do with the trouble were not molested. Boyd and Marrs were prominent men of Sumter county. The ne- groes outnumber the whites ten to one in that community, but they did not take sides with the Robertson negroes in their attack on Boyd and Marrs. Sheriff Scales states that quiet has been restored and no more trouble is anticipated unless the escaped negroes are ap prehended. Law enforcement offi cers were hurried to the scene from Montgomery and Birming- ham. J. H. McKinstry and Mayor W. T. Parker say they saw four ne- groes on the evening of the fourth that fitted the description of the four that esiaped. They were re- turning from Macon, Miss., when they came upon a wrecked auto- mobile of the type the men escap- ed in. They asked Mr. Parker to bring them to Aliceville. They said they lived in Macon (and when Mr. Parker suggested that they send to Macon for help, they said they wanted to get to Aliceville. Parker declined to take them to Aliceville, and left them in the road. Parker and McKinstry had not heard of the Emelle trouble at that time. RACE RIOT IN SUMTER COUNTY TAKES 6 LIVES Two White Men, Three Ne- groes and One Negro Wo- men Dead. A race riot caused by an attempt on the part of Clarence Boyd. Emelle merchant, to collect a $4 debt from a negro by the name of Robertson. Boyd sold Robert had a son. Boyd had sold Robertson a battery for his automobile, and Boyd went to where Robertson was the 4th of July and demand- ed payment. Robertson did not pay the bill and Boyd proceeded to take the battery off the aut mobile and take it back to town. Later in the day, Robertson with his father and two brothers went to the Boyd home and called young Boyd out and assaulted him. Grover Boyd father of young Boyd seeing the difficulty, rushed out to assist his son, and was shot down by one of the negroes. Clar ence Boyd was badly hurt in the fight, but will recover. The negro who killed Boyd was seized by white men who had rushed to the scene, and a mob hanged him and riddled his body with bullets. The other four escaped. Charlie Marrs, another white man was kiled and four negroes including Esau Rob- ertson who shot and killed Grover Boyd. The Sheriff was summoned and a large posse gathered and a search was started for the four negroes who escaped. The man hunt lasted until Monday night, and a few are still on the lookout for them. Three other negroes were killed during the hunt, in- cluding one woman who was kiu- ed when members of the possee returned the fire of a negro rid- ing in the same automobile with the woman. Negroes who had noth- ing to do with the trouble were not molested. Boyd and Marrs were prominent men of Sumter county. The ne- groes outnumber the whites ten to one in that community, but they did not take sides with the Robertson negroes in their attack on Boyd and Marrs. Sheriff Scales states that quiet has been restored and no more trouble is anticipated unless the escaped negroes are ap prehended. Law enforcement offi cers were hurried to the scene from Montgomery and Birming- ham. J. H. McKinstry and Mayor W. T. Parker say they saw four ne- groes on the evening of the fourth that fitted the description of the four that esiaped. They were re- turning from Macon, Miss., when they came upon a wrecked auto- mobile of the type the men escap- ed in. They asked Mr. Parker to bring them to Aliceville. They said they lived in Macon (and when Mr. Parker suggested that they send to Macon for help, they said they wanted to get to Aliceville. Parker declined to take them to Aliceville, and left them in the road. Parker and McKinstry had not heard of the Emelle trouble at that time.