Summarily Dealt With

Summarily Dealt With. Birmingham, Aln., July 13.-Near Conling last night a posee of citizens went to the house of John Durrett, -eelored, and called him out. Durrett refused to obey and sprang out a window to flee. when the posse fired a volley at him. Durrett fell to the ground peppered with shot and bullets and fatally wounded. Without walting to see the result of their shots the posse left. News from Coaling today was to the effect that Durrett is very low and will die. The shooting of Durrett is the outcome of the lynching of the nezro, Robert Harris, which occurred near Coaling day before yesterday. Harris assauted Mrs. Hodges, a wilte woman, and attempted to assault Miss Cobb, a 16-year-old white girl. He was run down by a posse, captured. identified by Miss Cobb and summarily swing up and riddled with bullets. The lynching caused many mutterings among the negro population, and Durrett was the leader of the element that was doing the londest talking. Durrett has an unsavory reputation, and is sald to have killed two men. Summarily Dealt With. Birmingham, Aln., July 13.-Near Conling last night a posee of citizens went to the house of John Durrett, -eelored, and called him out. Durrett refused to obey and sprang out a window to flee. when the posse fired a volley at him. Durrett fell to the ground peppered with shot and bullets and fatally wounded. Without walting to see the result of their shots the posse left. News from Coaling today was to the effect that Durrett is very low and will die. The shooting of Durrett is the outcome of the lynching of the nezro, Robert Harris, which occurred near Coaling day before yesterday. Harris assauted Mrs. Hodges, a wilte woman, and attempted to assault Miss Cobb, a 16-year-old white girl. He was run down by a posse, captured. identified by Miss Cobb and summarily swing up and riddled with bullets. The lynching caused many mutterings among the negro population, and Durrett was the leader of the element that was doing the londest talking. Durrett has an unsavory reputation, and is sald to have killed two men.