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Daily Public Ledger
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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Truck farmer Ithamar Yerkes shot four boys under 10 in Vicksburg, Miss., seriously wounding three and fatally injuring one, allegedly for stealing watermelons. Posses pursue him amid lynching threats.
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They Are Seriously Wounded and Several Posses Are After the Shooter—He May Be Lynched if Caught.
VICKSBURG, Miss., July 29.—Several posses are now in the hills east of here searching for Ithamar Yerkes, a truck farmer, who Friday afternoon shot and seriously wounded four boys, all of whom are under 10 years of age. They are Warren Cooley, shot in head and body; Frank Smith, shot in head, face and body; Murray Foster, shot in body and legs; Richard Kendall, shot in head and body, fatally wounded. The first two are white. Members of Yerkes family claim the youngsters were stealing watermelons, but this is denied by the boys. Yerkes used a double-barreled shot gun. He may be lynched if caught.
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Vicksburg, Miss.
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Friday Afternoon
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warren cooley shot in head and body; frank smith shot in head, face and body; murray foster shot in body and legs; richard kendall shot in head and body, fatally wounded. several posses searching for yerkes, who may be lynched if caught.
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Truck farmer Ithamar Yerkes shot and seriously wounded four boys under 10 years of age with a double-barreled shot gun. Members of Yerkes family claim the boys were stealing watermelons, denied by the boys.