Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — Cornerod Negro Kills Two. [ARTICLE]

Cornerod Negro Kills Two.

Cornered in a house by a determined band of infuriated citizens bent on meeting out summary justice to Peter Price, a negro, charged with insulting a young woman, Price in his desperate efforts to escape cut and killed George Hooks and M. McGran and seriously cut Charles Davis. The affair occurred at laeger, a small town five miles south of Panther, W. Va. Price, on seeing hl* pursuers, took refuge in a small room in the rear of a saloon. The mob battered down the door, and as they entered the room Price threw himself at them with the ferocity of a tiger, a knife in each hand. Hooks and McGran fell to the floor and two revolvers in the crowd were discharged at Price, inflicting but slight wounds. With one desperate swing of hie knife the negro ladd open Davis’ abdomen and then leaped from the window. He was pursued and captured by officers, who hurriedly sent him to the jail at Welch to avoid the vengeance of the mob.