Trail of Blood by Negro

Item

Title
Trail of Blood by Negro
Source Type
Newspapers
Publisher
The Russell Register
Publication Place
Seale, AL
Publication Date
11/15/1912
Transcript
Trail of Blood by Negro. Wetumpka, Ala.-Two men are, dead and another was fatally wounded in a manhunt participated in by 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.