Salt Lake Herald, circa 1899: "President Ben E. Rich of the Southern States mission, who is in from Chattanooga to attend the general conference, brings news of another mobbing in the Southern States in which two young Mormon elders narrowly escaped with their lives.
The victims were William P. Jacobs and William H. Jensen. While leaving the postoffice at Albemarle, Stanley county, N.C., they were stoned mercilessly, and but for the poor marksmanship of the crowd, both would probably have been killed. As it was they escaped with a few slight injuries.
The assault occurred on the 15th of last month and was preceded by threats, the elders being jeered and scoffed at as they walked through the streets. After making their escape the men appealed to the county authorities for protection and were followed by an angry crowd to the court house. Serious trouble was feared, a deputy sheriff, in the absence of his chief, joining the mob instead of giving the elders protection.
As Jensen and Jacobs were leaving the building, the crowd, backed up by the officers of the law, became more demonstrative. The elders were beaten over their heads and their faces smeared with paint.
A very dramatic scene ensured, according to President Rich. The pleading of the elders went unheeded, but a respectable old lady, prominent in the town, climbed up on the court house steps and raising her hand, cried out, "Stop that, men, if you are men. You have gone far enough."
The injunction was heeded, and the elders were at once released, but they were followed out of town by the mob and finally sought the shelter of the woods, wandering around all night in a raging storm."
William never fully recovered from the beating. But he also contracted maleria during his mission, which ultimately killed him.
Shortly after his mission he married Josephine Martina Nilsson on November 6, 1901, but died 8 months later; and at the time of William's death, Josephine was pregnant with their daughter, Wilma Josephine Jacobs--who was born February 13, 1903. She died ten months later on December 2, 1903, from meningitis.
The victims were William P. Jacobs and William H. Jensen. While leaving the postoffice at Albemarle, Stanley county, N.C., they were stoned mercilessly, and but for the poor marksmanship of the crowd, both would probably have been killed. As it was they escaped with a few slight injuries.
The assault occurred on the 15th of last month and was preceded by threats, the elders being jeered and scoffed at as they walked through the streets. After making their escape the men appealed to the county authorities for protection and were followed by an angry crowd to the court house. Serious trouble was feared, a deputy sheriff, in the absence of his chief, joining the mob instead of giving the elders protection.
As Jensen and Jacobs were leaving the building, the crowd, backed up by the officers of the law, became more demonstrative. The elders were beaten over their heads and their faces smeared with paint.
A very dramatic scene ensured, according to President Rich. The pleading of the elders went unheeded, but a respectable old lady, prominent in the town, climbed up on the court house steps and raising her hand, cried out, "Stop that, men, if you are men. You have gone far enough."
The injunction was heeded, and the elders were at once released, but they were followed out of town by the mob and finally sought the shelter of the woods, wandering around all night in a raging storm."
William never fully recovered from the beating. But he also contracted maleria during his mission, which ultimately killed him.
Shortly after his mission he married Josephine Martina Nilsson on November 6, 1901, but died 8 months later; and at the time of William's death, Josephine was pregnant with their daughter, Wilma Josephine Jacobs--who was born February 13, 1903. She died ten months later on December 2, 1903, from meningitis.
Salt Lake Herald, circa 1899: "President Ben E. Rich of the Southern States mission, who is in from Chattanooga to attend the general conference, brings news of another mobbing in the Southern States in which two young Mormon elders narrowly escaped with their lives.
The victims were William P. Jacobs and William H. Jensen. While leaving the postoffice at Albemarle, Stanley county, N.C., they were stoned mercilessly, and but for the poor marksmanship of the crowd, both would probably have been killed. As it was they escaped with a few slight injuries.
The assault occurred on the 15th of last month and was preceded by threats, the elders being jeered and scoffed at as they walked through the streets. After making their escape the men appealed to the county authorities for protection and were followed by an angry crowd to the court house. Serious trouble was feared, a deputy sheriff, in the absence of his chief, joining the mob instead of giving the elders protection.
As Jensen and Jacobs were leaving the building, the crowd, backed up by the officers of the law, became more demonstrative. The elders were beaten over their heads and their faces smeared with paint.
A very dramatic scene ensured, according to President Rich. The pleading of the elders went unheeded, but a respectable old lady, prominent in the town, climbed up on the court house steps and raising her hand, cried out, "Stop that, men, if you are men. You have gone far enough."
The injunction was heeded, and the elders were at once released, but they were followed out of town by the mob and finally sought the shelter of the woods, wandering around all night in a raging storm."
William never fully recovered from the beating. But he also contracted maleria during his mission, which ultimately killed him.
Shortly after his mission he married Josephine Martina Nilsson on November 6, 1901, but died 8 months later; and at the time of William's death, Josephine was pregnant with their daughter, Wilma Josephine Jacobs--who was born February 13, 1903. She died ten months later on December 2, 1903, from meningitis.
The victims were William P. Jacobs and William H. Jensen. While leaving the postoffice at Albemarle, Stanley county, N.C., they were stoned mercilessly, and but for the poor marksmanship of the crowd, both would probably have been killed. As it was they escaped with a few slight injuries.
The assault occurred on the 15th of last month and was preceded by threats, the elders being jeered and scoffed at as they walked through the streets. After making their escape the men appealed to the county authorities for protection and were followed by an angry crowd to the court house. Serious trouble was feared, a deputy sheriff, in the absence of his chief, joining the mob instead of giving the elders protection.
As Jensen and Jacobs were leaving the building, the crowd, backed up by the officers of the law, became more demonstrative. The elders were beaten over their heads and their faces smeared with paint.
A very dramatic scene ensured, according to President Rich. The pleading of the elders went unheeded, but a respectable old lady, prominent in the town, climbed up on the court house steps and raising her hand, cried out, "Stop that, men, if you are men. You have gone far enough."
The injunction was heeded, and the elders were at once released, but they were followed out of town by the mob and finally sought the shelter of the woods, wandering around all night in a raging storm."
William never fully recovered from the beating. But he also contracted maleria during his mission, which ultimately killed him.
Shortly after his mission he married Josephine Martina Nilsson on November 6, 1901, but died 8 months later; and at the time of William's death, Josephine was pregnant with their daughter, Wilma Josephine Jacobs--who was born February 13, 1903. She died ten months later on December 2, 1903, from meningitis.
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