PINCKNEY, TOM
PINCKNEY, JOHN M.
John M. Pinckney, His Brother and Another Man Slain at Hempstead, Tex.
Hempstead, Tex., April 25 – Bitter feeling over the prohibition question, which has been felt for several years throughout the county, ended in bloodshed at night. At a mass meeting called for the purpose of petitioning the governor to send rangers to enforce the local option law, J. N. Brown, a leading lawyer and a staunch anti-Prohibitionist, began shooting. In an instant the shooting became general. Three men were killed, one man was fatally injured and two others seriously wounded.
The dead are:
J. N. Brown, Congressman John M. Pinckney, and Tom Pinckney, brother of the congressman.
John Mills, a leading Prohibitionist, it is feared, cannot survive the night.
Armed men parade the street. Excitement is at fever heat. The governor has been notified and rangers are now on the way.
The night's affray may be traced chiefly to the recent election in which the anti-Prohibitionists suffered defeat. Since this election the county has been divided into factions. (Little Falls Herald, Morrison County, Miss, Apr 28, 1905 – vm)
PINCKNEY, JOHN M.
John M. Pinckney, His Brother and Another Man Slain at Hempstead, Tex.
Hempstead, Tex., April 25 – Bitter feeling over the prohibition question, which has been felt for several years throughout the county, ended in bloodshed at night. At a mass meeting called for the purpose of petitioning the governor to send rangers to enforce the local option law, J. N. Brown, a leading lawyer and a staunch anti-Prohibitionist, began shooting. In an instant the shooting became general. Three men were killed, one man was fatally injured and two others seriously wounded.
The dead are:
J. N. Brown, Congressman John M. Pinckney, and Tom Pinckney, brother of the congressman.
John Mills, a leading Prohibitionist, it is feared, cannot survive the night.
Armed men parade the street. Excitement is at fever heat. The governor has been notified and rangers are now on the way.
The night's affray may be traced chiefly to the recent election in which the anti-Prohibitionists suffered defeat. Since this election the county has been divided into factions. (Little Falls Herald, Morrison County, Miss, Apr 28, 1905 – vm)
PINCKNEY, TOM
PINCKNEY, JOHN M.
John M. Pinckney, His Brother and Another Man Slain at Hempstead, Tex.
Hempstead, Tex., April 25 – Bitter feeling over the prohibition question, which has been felt for several years throughout the county, ended in bloodshed at night. At a mass meeting called for the purpose of petitioning the governor to send rangers to enforce the local option law, J. N. Brown, a leading lawyer and a staunch anti-Prohibitionist, began shooting. In an instant the shooting became general. Three men were killed, one man was fatally injured and two others seriously wounded.
The dead are:
J. N. Brown, Congressman John M. Pinckney, and Tom Pinckney, brother of the congressman.
John Mills, a leading Prohibitionist, it is feared, cannot survive the night.
Armed men parade the street. Excitement is at fever heat. The governor has been notified and rangers are now on the way.
The night's affray may be traced chiefly to the recent election in which the anti-Prohibitionists suffered defeat. Since this election the county has been divided into factions. (Little Falls Herald, Morrison County, Miss, Apr 28, 1905 – vm)
PINCKNEY, JOHN M.
John M. Pinckney, His Brother and Another Man Slain at Hempstead, Tex.
Hempstead, Tex., April 25 – Bitter feeling over the prohibition question, which has been felt for several years throughout the county, ended in bloodshed at night. At a mass meeting called for the purpose of petitioning the governor to send rangers to enforce the local option law, J. N. Brown, a leading lawyer and a staunch anti-Prohibitionist, began shooting. In an instant the shooting became general. Three men were killed, one man was fatally injured and two others seriously wounded.
The dead are:
J. N. Brown, Congressman John M. Pinckney, and Tom Pinckney, brother of the congressman.
John Mills, a leading Prohibitionist, it is feared, cannot survive the night.
Armed men parade the street. Excitement is at fever heat. The governor has been notified and rangers are now on the way.
The night's affray may be traced chiefly to the recent election in which the anti-Prohibitionists suffered defeat. Since this election the county has been divided into factions. (Little Falls Herald, Morrison County, Miss, Apr 28, 1905 – vm)
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