Two Negroes Lynched, And Third Sought

Two Negroes Lynched, And Third Sought Bodies Of Two Found Pierced By Bullets At Tuscaloosa, Ala. TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Aug. 14 (AP). -One of three negroes spirited away by a lynching party was still missing today after the bodies of his two companions were found pierced by many bullets. The three. Dan Pippen, Jr., 18: Elmore Clark, 28, and A. T. Harden, 16, had been indicted for killing Miss Vaudine Maddox, 21-year- old white girl, whose battered body. was found in a ravine. The removal followed increasing rumors here that an attack would be made on the jail last night to take the Negroes. Dan Pippen, Jr., 18. Elmore Clark, 28, and A. T. Harden, 16, who were under indictment in the slaying of Miss Vaudine Maddox in rural Tuscaloosa county several weeks ago. Pippen and Harden were the two found shot to death shortly before noon today. Officers reported that the bodies of the two negroes bore approximately 25 pistol wounds. Sheriff R. L. Shamblin, in announcing that armed men in two cars had overpowered his deputies and seized the negroes just inside the Jefferson county line, said the took many precautions to prevent anything of this nature. I believe the interference of the International Labor Defense lawyers in the case is directly responsible for this violence.” “Injection of the 1. L. D. in the Pippen trial. and subsequent declarations of intention to continue in the case had aroused public feeling to an intense pitch. Two Negroes Lynched, And Third Sought Bodies Of Two Found Pierced By Bullets At Tuscaloosa, Ala.