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The Harriston, Mississippi shooting was a mass murder that occured on September 28, 1913 in Harriston, Mississippi, a village in the Yazoo valley, near Fayette. Two mulatto brothers, Walter and William Jones, went on a shooting spree, killing at least 8 people and wounding at least 14 others, before they could be captured and killed by a lynch mob. The term race riot was used throughout the contemporary media to describe the incident, although most victims of the Jones brothers were actually black.

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Shooting started at 2 a.m., ended 10 a.m. Jones brothers were high on cocaine three white men, four negro men, a negro women killed riot lasted six hours, white and black shot at each other on sight Company of National Guardsmen arrived from Natchez, arrest all outside their homes Will Jones strung up and riddled with bullets.

Walter Jones, 20, began shooting in the negro quarter, killed woman, Thead Grayson, went home aroused his brother William, 18. Ran through main street firing at everyone in sight. Went to home of fromer Constable Frank Keinstly, knocked at the door, killed him with a shot through the head, wounded his son William by a shot to the hand, when he reached for a gun. Brothers made their way to the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railway station nearby, shot conductor Appleby and flagman W. C. Bond, killed Claude Freeman, who was waiting for a train, then fired at a train arriving from Natchez, then ran to a cottonseed warehouse, hiding. Sherriff Hammet and former sherriff Gillis arrived from Fayette at abou 5 a.m. Warehouse surrounded by posse. Hammet led men to warehouse, Will Jones dashed out, hiding in grass, shot and killed Hammet. Gillis wounded by shot from seedhouse. Call for troops was sent to Governor Brewer. Will Jones tried to dash towards a nearby coal chute, was killed, body then strung up to a telegraph pole and riddled with bullets. Walter Jones killed Tom Weeks sitting on the coal chute with a shot through the heart. Train from Natchez arrived with guardsmen. Posse stormed seedhouse, found Walter Jones, hanged him. Posse then made way to the brothers home, found two men, wanted to lynch them. Milita officers persuaded them to let them go. Shooting apparently was planned. According to their mother one ot them talked about "shooting up" town, she thought he was joking

Teller Warren found in hut in negro quarter, apparently one of the first victims. Walter Jones killed Johanna Aiken and Thead Grayson in negro quarter Wounded: Orrin Gillis, Ed Appleby, William McCaleb, William Keinstly, W.C. Bond, William Dennis

Victims

 * Homer Aiken
 * Johanna Aiken
 * Edward B. Appleby
 * Thead Grayson
 * Claude Stewart Freeman, 28
 * Grover B. Hammett, 33, sheriff
 * B. Frank Kinstley, 43, constable
 * Teller Warren
 * Jesse Thompson
 * Tom Weeks

Motive
At the time the shooting was largely blamed on cocaine.