Fortnight ago two Negroes, Pig Lockett and Holly White, held up a white couple on the highroad near De Kalb, Miss., took from them $45. Last week feeling in De Kalb ran high against Pig and Holly. Therefore two policemen put them in an automobile, started to transfer them to Scooba, Miss, for a preliminary court hearing. Townsmen intercepted the motor, bound the policemen to trees, hanged Pig and Holly from other trees 14th and 15th lynchees of the year.
Last week county officials had started no legal action against the...
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