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ILLINOIS MOB FOILED IN ITS ATTEMPT TO LYNCH NEGRO Murphysboro, III., Aug. 30. The at tempt of a mob of several hundred to lynch Joe Deberry, negro, who will be tried for murder of a white woman, was frustrated at the Harnsburg, lu., jail early this morning. Deberry was smuggled out of jail under the protection of three companies of Illi nois state militia and placed in the ft local jail here. Deberry is charged with the mur der of Mrs. James H. Martin, who was found hacked almost beyond recognition in her home here about a month ago. Her husband, a prom "inent attorney, has since died from the shock. According to the police Deberry confessed killing Mrs. Mar tin while he was employed as a serv ant in her home because she insisted on his washing dishes when he was craved from drinking gin. Sulphur Springs, Tex. A mob burned at the stake yesterday King Richmond, a negro who was seri ously wounded, and the body of his VsHm. Tro in TavontTO fnr tVlf RlnV- ing of a deputy sheriff and fatal wounding of Sheriff J. a. tmuer, wno had attempted to arrest the brothers on a minor charge. The negroes, who had submitted quietly to arrest, opened fire while they were being searched, killing Deputy Sheriff Flippen instantly. They shot Butler twice and beat him over the head with their pistols, frac turing his skull, and then fled. A posse of several hundred found the negroes hiding in a thicket and in the exchange of shots Joe Rich mond was killed and his brother se riously wounded. They were then brought here and burned. I o o ' STREET SPEAKERS DENY ANY ACTION LIKE A RIOT Free thinkers arrested Saturday night for speaking at State and Con gress sts. without a nermit denv that there was anv show of a riot in the audience. The Examiner used an eight-column first-page story to say the speakers were rescued from lynching by Policemen Driscoll and O'Brien. The three speakers arrested were Chas. Kruse, J. F. Howland and Geo. Duval. Their defense will be that the appellate court has ruled that permits to speak on the street are not nec essary. Irving S. Abrams of the American Secular union, arrested earlier in the week, says Policeman Driscoll is the only one who molests speakers. SEVENTY HURT IN TWO "L" ROAD CRASHES WEST AND SOUTH Seventy people were nurt in two serious elevated accidents last night A city-bound Metropolitan "L" train, crowded with people return ing from Forest Park, telescoped an Elgin interurban last night near Sco ville av., Oak Park. More than 50 people were injured in the crash. Large section of the 'third rail was torn up when the two trains came to gether, throwing them into darxness. fhis probably prevented loss of life by electricity. Officials of the road blame the ac cident on the crew of the interurban, who failed to send back a signalman when it was delayed. F. H. Sherman, engineer of the "L" train, said the Tog obstructed his view of the track and that he was unable to stop wheayje saw the delayed interurban. Sherraffia was imprisoned in his cab and nar rowly escaped death. His legs were badly crushed. The other accident occurred at Jthe South Park av. station of the South Side "L," where an empty "dummy" crashed into the rear of an Evanston express loaded with people returning from a dance at White City. John English, motorman of the "dummy," is being held by the police. He can not explain why he failed to stop on seeing the train ahead. The 20 people who were bruised and cut were attended to in a nearby , hospital. tttftfftMaMiiMiiiitoilHH