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Rh THENEGRO 241 been published in the New York Daily Tribune (Sun- day, August 16, 1903, p. 4). It was given to its read- ers in the following manner, to wit : — WANTS BLACKS KEPT OUT Indiana Editor Starts Movement Against Negroes. Laporte, Ind., Aug. 15= — To prevent the settlement of any negro in Northwestern Indiana is the object of a movement begun by A. J. Bowser, editor of The Chesterton Tribune, in which he is finding much sym- pathy and support. The county jail at Valparaiso was under heavy guard last Sunday, and the streets were filled with crowds of angry farmers and Normal School students clamoring for the life of a negro tramp who on the previous day had assaulted and dangerously injured the wife of a farmer in Porter County. The counsels of cool men prevailed, and no attack was made on the jail, but the intense excitement extended through the country districts, and did not subside for several days. This state of affairs led to the sug- gestion of Mr. Bowser, Had the negro never been in the country, no such practice as this would have come in vogue. A DOUBLE LYNCHING EXPECTED Mob in Wyoming Threatens Jail Where Two Murderers Are Confined. Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 15. — Advices from Lander this morning indicated that the town would probably be the scene of a double lynching, with James Keffer and James Bollard the victims. A large crowd of excited men gathered about the Lander jail last night, and for a time it looked as though the prison would be stormed at once. The mob was armed with rifles and revolvers, and two or three men carried ropes. After a brief consultation among the leaders, how- ever, the crowd apparently dispersed. Since then,

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