Trail of Blood by Negro

Item

Title
Trail of Blood by Negro
Source Type
Newspapers
Publisher
Fayette Banner
Publication Place
Fayette, AL
Publication Date
11/21/1912
Transcript
Trail of Blood by Negro., Wetumpka, Ala.-Two men are dead and another was fatally wounded in a manhunt participated, scores of citizens of Elmore county, and a mob of citizens is scouring the woods near Floyd for a negro believed to be the cause of the bloodshed. The dead are Claude Kidd, member of the, possee, and a negro named Berney., John Chrisitzberg was shot and fatally wounded by the unknown negro, now sought by the mob. The trouble started when the negroes caused a horse to run away.