Two More Lives Counted As Toll In Emelle Strife

Two More Lives Counted As Toll In Emelle Strife / EMELLE, Ala., July 7.-The slay- ing of two additional negroes Sunday brought to six the number killed in disorders arising from a Fourth of July argument between a white ga- rage operator and a negro family. Two negroes and two white men pre- viously had been slain. Both negroes killed Sunday were shot to Heath by armed bands of white men who have searched the vi- cinity since Friday when three of the negroes involved in the original ar- gument fled. One of the two slain Sunday was a negro woman who was shot when her husband, James Eyer, failed to halt his automobile at the command of a group of men riding through an Emelle street in another car. The other was a negro man, as yet unidentified, who was shot in a house near Narkeeta, Miss., 10 miles west of Emelle, to which he had been fol- lowed by a posse. He fiered at Clar- ence Bush, wounding him in the el- bow. Bush returned the fire, killing the negro. The four killed previously: Charlie Marrs, white posseman. Grover Boyd, white garage opera- tor. John Robertson, negro. Jacob Robertson, negro. All were shot to death except Ja- cob Robertson, who was lynched by a group of men soon after Boyd and Marrs were killed. The correspondent of the Tusca- loosa News said 200 armed men still were searching for Ollie and Esau Robertson, brothers of the slain Rob- ertsons, and for Tom Robertson, father of all four. The three escaped after the initial outbreak, which occurred when Ja- cob Robertson shot Boyd during a quarrel over an automobile battery Boyd had sold the Robertsons. Two More Lives Counted As Toll In Emelle Strife / EMELLE, Ala., July 7.-The slay- ing of two additional negroes Sunday brought to six the number killed in disorders arising from a Fourth of July argument between a white ga- rage operator and a negro family. Two negroes and two white men pre- viously had been slain. Both negroes killed Sunday were shot to Heath by armed bands of white men who have searched the vi- cinity since Friday when three of the negroes involved in the original ar- gument fled. One of the two slain Sunday was a negro woman who was shot when her husband, James Eyer, failed to halt his automobile at the command of a group of men riding through an Emelle street in another car. The other was a negro man, as yet unidentified, who was shot in a house near Narkeeta, Miss., 10 miles west of Emelle, to which he had been fol- lowed by a posse. He fiered at Clar- ence Bush, wounding him in the el- bow. Bush returned the fire, killing the negro. The four killed previously: Charlie Marrs, white posseman. Grover Boyd, white garage opera- tor. John Robertson, negro. Jacob Robertson, negro. All were shot to death except Ja- cob Robertson, who was lynched by a group of men soon after Boyd and Marrs were killed. The correspondent of the Tusca- loosa News said 200 armed men still were searching for Ollie and Esau Robertson, brothers of the slain Rob- ertsons, and for Tom Robertson, father of all four. The three escaped after the initial outbreak, which occurred when Ja- cob Robertson shot Boyd during a quarrel over an automobile battery Boyd had sold the Robertsons.