Six Persons Are Dead As Result of Race Riot

Six Persons Are Dead As Result of Race Riot Governor Bibb Graves Monday morning offered rewards of $300 each for the party or parties re- white men and four negroes in sponsible for the deaths of two a series of disorders in and near Emelle, Ala., July 4 and 5. The white men killed were at Grover Boyd, garage proprietor Emelle, and Charlie Marrs, a farm- Rob- The negro dead: John er. ertson, Jacob Robertson, an un- identified negro, slain at Narchet- ta, Miss., and a negro woman nam- ed Eyer. Search by posses and state law enforcement officers continued be- for lieved to have escaped into Misses- three other negroes who were sippi. Peace Reigns Emelle, July 7-Rifles and this pis- strife-torn tols village completed were sheathed today and the and four negroes-slain in disor- burial of its dead-two white men ders arising from an Independence Day debt dispute. Four other negroes, each with a of $300 on his head, still price were at large, but virtually all of several hundred white possement had given up a three-day fami- man hunt, instituted after a negro with a ly white family over the sale of an engaged in a gun fight automobile battery. Official rewards which have been tives, posted Governor Bibb Graves for the four negro fugi- said Montgomery, “are not merely at for negroes who killed white men,” but would be paid “for the arrest white or black, responsible at Emelle.” and conviction of anybody, Promises Thorough Quiz “I this business and anyone impli- am going to go to the bottom of cated is going to be prosecuted,” he asserted. An unidentified negro man and Dial, a negro woman, were the shot Viola commands to Sunday Previously, searchers when death early of white not obeyed. were Grover Boyd and Charlie Marrs, in white men, were killed and turn both a negro was lynched and an- other were kinsmen of Tom Rob- fled fatally shot. Both of the ne- groes who, with three sons, and ertson, has not been apprehended. The unidentified negro shot to death yesterday, officers said, re- plied with bullets and wounded Clarence Bush, a white man, to upon a search being at a railroad depot a of ordered to submit Nar- here. her husband failed to of chetta, The negro woman was slain halt Miss., ten miles west his when automobile at the command possemen. Row Over Battery On and his sons attacked Independence Day Tom Clar- Rob- ertson Boyd after he had reclaimed which ence automobile battery for him. an the negroes had failed to pay Clar- Grover Boyd, an uncle of fa- ran to his aid and was tally ence’s, shot by one of the negroes. A crowd gathered, lynched Ja- Robertson, who had participat- of cob in the attack, fired the home and John ed Robertson, a relative, killed shot him to death when he and wounded Jim Ayers, another Charlie Marrs, a white posseman, white man. Jacob Robertson, negro, one Sum- of Negro Fugitive Caught several sought by officers in in ter connection with the disorders the county since last Friday, at Montgomery Monday night who death of six people, was brought by Emelle, which have resulted in to State Officer E. Potter Smith, im- arrested him. The negro was Kilby mediately committed to on Prison, warrant charging him with white where he is being held the a murder of Grover Boyd, a man. Reaper office at the right price. All kinds of office fixtures at the Six Persons Are Dead As Result of Race Riot Governor Bibb Graves Monday morning offered rewards of $300 each for the party or parties re- white men and four negroes in sponsible for the deaths of two a series of disorders in and near Emelle, Ala., July 4 and 5. The white men killed were at Grover Boyd, garage proprietor Emelle, and Charlie Marrs, a farm- Rob- The negro dead: John er. ertson, Jacob Robertson, an un- identified negro, slain at Narchet- ta, Miss., and a negro woman nam- ed Eyer. Search by posses and state law enforcement officers continued be- for lieved to have escaped into Misses- three other negroes who were sippi. Peace Reigns Emelle, July 7-Rifles and this pis- strife-torn tols village completed were sheathed today and the and four negroes-slain in disor- burial of its dead-two white men ders arising from an Independence Day debt dispute. Four other negroes, each with a of $300 on his head, still price were at large, but virtually all of several hundred white possement had given up a three-day fami- man hunt, instituted after a negro with a ly white family over the sale of an engaged in a gun fight automobile battery. Official rewards which have been tives, posted Governor Bibb Graves for the four negro fugi- said Montgomery, “are not merely at for negroes who killed white men,” but would be paid “for the arrest white or black, responsible at Emelle.” and conviction of anybody, Promises Thorough Quiz “I this business and anyone impli- am going to go to the bottom of cated is going to be prosecuted,” he asserted. An unidentified negro man and Dial, a negro woman, were the shot Viola commands to Sunday Previously, searchers when death early of white not obeyed. were Grover Boyd and Charlie Marrs, in white men, were killed and turn both a negro was lynched and an- other were kinsmen of Tom Rob- fled fatally shot. Both of the ne- groes who, with three sons, and ertson, has not been apprehended. The unidentified negro shot to death yesterday, officers said, re- plied with bullets and wounded Clarence Bush, a white man, to upon a search being at a railroad depot a of ordered to submit Nar- here. her husband failed to of chetta, The negro woman was slain halt Miss., ten miles west his when automobile at the command possemen. Row Over Battery On and his sons attacked Independence Day Tom Clar- Rob- ertson Boyd after he had reclaimed which ence automobile battery for him. an the negroes had failed to pay Clar- Grover Boyd, an uncle of fa- ran to his aid and was tally ence’s, shot by one of the negroes. A crowd gathered, lynched Ja- Robertson, who had participat- of cob in the attack, fired the home and John ed Robertson, a relative, killed shot him to death when he and wounded Jim Ayers, another Charlie Marrs, a white posseman, white man. Jacob Robertson, negro, one Sum- of Negro Fugitive Caught several sought by officers in in ter connection with the disorders the county since last Friday, at Montgomery Monday night who death of six people, was brought by Emelle, which have resulted in to State Officer E. Potter Smith, im- arrested him. The negro was Kilby mediately committed to on Prison, warrant charging him with white where he is being held the a murder of Grover Boyd, a man. Reaper office at the right price. All kinds of office fixtures at the