ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM. Another Lynching Reported Over the Kelly Poisoning

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Source Type

Newspapers

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The Times-Picayune

Publication Place

New Orleans, Louisiana

Publication Date

5/14/1897

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ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM. Another Lynching Reported Over the Kelly Poisoning.- Birmingham. Ala.. May 13. A tblrd negro is reported to have been lynched near Jeff, Ala., at an early hour this mumlng, for tho poisoning of the Kelly family, resulting in the death of Joshua Kelly, and dangerous Illness of thirty other persons, which crime caused the lynching Tuesday night of Amanda Franks and Mollle Smith, negro girls in tbe employ of the Kellys. one of whom confetaed to the crime. Implicating the other. The latest victim of mob tioltnce Is said to have been Jim Nance, alias Williams, a discharged negro laborer, who is thought to have instlgat d tbe poisoning through the irirl, in order to wrtak revenue nptn the Kell.is. Nance b.s been mla-lng since Monday, nnd an armed poase has been diligently searching for bim. It is reported that he was founJ this morning In a swamp and anot to death, C.t.zcns of jeff deny tae report, but Nsnee's continufd absuee, nd the fact that search f r hiui tin beta abaj-doned by the posse, tend to c nnrui the story of bis destb. The lorouer s Jury to-day returned a verdict in the case of the two lynched girls. vf death at the band of unknown parties. In the case f tbe ftate a;aIost the Ph.cnix Carpet Company, In the riiuinal court h-re, wbervin the defendant rouusted the constitutionality of the apeciiil privilege tax law tvassed at the last tealou of the legislature. Judge Greene to-day decided tbat th law U constituticnal. Tbe iasc was (nought to test the law. nd will go to the supreme court, where final dtcUion will he binding uirougbout the state. The grounds for contest were: 1. That the tax is n t levied uniformly on all uerauus. 2. That tbe law wss passed after Jan. 1. when lb enses be"ume due ior the year and will not be payable under it operation until next year; aid .!. That the counties have no law rlibt t their uauMl half interest, le the cuuaiuuiu nai. ;ne ruvitege tax uelnc a suecial t snd uot Sitblect to the, reoral reasaiatiotii goveni ng rcniTJl Tbe thirty-seventh animal conclave, Grand Commandery Kn ghta Templar of Alabama, came to a close bere to-day. Sclma was chosen a tbe place for the next meeting. The folK.w ng ..fflcrr were el. cted: Right eminent grand "xmoiauier, lnry Matthews, of Mt nt-gomery; very eminent deputy grand com-mande.. Thillp Mllli.o-.ise, of Selnia; gjnratls-aimo. Wlllism Oakley, of Decatur; captain general. K. M. OunUnKham. of Birmingtiam; prelate, R-v. o. p. r'ltsl muxins. of Bumiug-bam: seuior warden. Rotwit. Moulthrop, of Eafala; Jnnl.ir warden. George h-olotk, of liirmi gham; treanrer. James CtjIIIct. of Troy; Uec rder. U. Clay Armstrong, of Montgomery; standard besrer. Lewis Huihsrd .f sielma; sword besrer. Charl-s West.ott. of Montgomery; warder. El word .Met t 1, of Mobile. The Shrln-rs held a t ig i ara ie this after on and tonight Initiated thirty six candidates. Tomorrow an excursion and picnic to Blount Springs will be given.

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