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Keowee Courier
Walhalla, Pickens, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina
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In Macclenny, Florida, a mob lynched three Black men implicated in the murder of farmer John Harvey and shot a fourth to death, amid fears of further violence if fugitive Jim Givens is captured.
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Macclenny, Fla., Oct. 6.—Macclenny was quiet early to-day following the lynching here early yesterday of three negroes and the shooting to death of a fourth, but further trouble was feared in the event of the capture of Jim Givens, colored, who shot and killed John Harvey, a farmer, Saturday night last. Posses late last night were on the trail of Givens, and it was believed his capture was only a matter of time.
Harvey was shot and killed at a turpentine camp about ten miles to the northeast of here.
The three negroes lynched—Fulton Smith, Rayfield and Ben Givens, brothers of Jim Givens—were implicated, it is said. The quartet escaped, but Smith and the Givens brothers were captured and placed in the Baker county jail here. A mob surrounded the jail not long after midnight yesterday, forced Sheriff Sweat to give up his keys, took the three prisoners to the outskirts of town and, tying them to trees, shot them to death.
The body of Sam Duncan, a fourth negro, was found within the city limits yesterday morning.
It is not known whether he was implicated in the murder of Harvey.
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Macclenny, Fla.
Event Date
Early Yesterday (Oct. 5 Lynching), Saturday Night Last (Oct. 4 Murder), Reported Oct. 6
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john harvey shot and killed; fulton smith, rayfield givens, and ben givens lynched and shot to death; sam duncan shot to death; jim givens at large, posses pursuing.
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Jim Givens shot and killed farmer John Harvey at a turpentine camp northeast of Macclenny. Givens and three others escaped but Fulton Smith and brothers Rayfield and Ben Givens were captured and jailed. A mob took them from jail after midnight, tied them to trees on town outskirts, and shot them. Sam Duncan's body found in city limits, implication in murder unknown. Further trouble feared if Jim Givens captured.