100 Years of Lynchings by Ralph Ginzburg

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'Wbat n e s , at the root 'O f race h,atred? ,After spending' &w",e ra~ ,yea ts , wi'tb the ,su.hj,ec:t. I ho,]d w.lthpayc:ha,l,ogis,ts,t;'hat it [s t l I :n. ,conBC:~Otl I8guilt feeHngs, ,):ntbepart af 'therue-hater. The p e : r , s o n whobaws Negrnce u , s u , a l b ! ' ~atea,,o the!rpeo p~e b ee,id e N egroes,.He's,alrnost apl"('f'eBsh'lo,alkamr. - I f he's poor:. l I , e h a t - e s therieh", If ne'a r i r c b hehatealbe poor,. lfhe"8 a Democrat. hehates the Rerpubl i~c :ans,. ifhe ',8 a Protestant o r a ,Jew ~ be bates the Catl lo-U os,. T he :li'iea so n . is tha t the ril iee~ba.ter i,Binwa,,,d.~yama'nwbo h.ateshim8e~f. He finds it D'ecessary to ;sbift to othershis own u n eooseiou sfeelh:l,gs ,of gunt.. Henoe b e r ~ b o o s e aafJh~syieti:m a member Oil a minority group Wbo~8,~e8B'able to , def'endhJmseilf than the 8(Vel~R,geperson, . , 'Tobiaviet.bnhe: uhc 'On80iou;8~Y shUts his ow n , sbor toond . l ,gsand .gu nt--lad en d es:~reB . Jew s"he says~ :are d ec eitfu l ahd.m.ney ....ad ; N ,egto es. he ;9I\Y:6. 8.1~e8lotbfu~Bi~d llex' ..mad~A perf,ect ' e 'e X a .m p l e r .of , such 4 4p ~'o jeetlon," to , use theps.Y~bo:J, ( ) ,g ieal~elrmt Is,fcHlndi,n tbe Ne 'w York Her,aJd- "T r i b l J n . { ! r dispatch o f February '9, 19S,B t cOinta ined~n, thisb oo k:. 'w h ~ cb te l1 :a ,o ,f tbemobban.ging o~fa .N,elr{).aUe.l~edly fo r attel'Rp ,ted f'ape. The .Ien:d er' . o f the m.ob. i.t later'turn.out,is ,c onv lc tled fo rth.e v,ery ;same oltr,ense heasc :rib ed .to t'he Negro,.I :shtdln,()it diacollrs,e upon the hm-ror oi.fthe wh~gman"s, treatment o f the bl,a,ck 'man. in Ame,rican "~BWry~The f,aets, : inUd s b o o .k spe:ak to o eJo .qu 'entlyfo l" 'tb em ....8 e~ v'es ...I shan. o nly say that I ho pe. thep,ubUeaUol1 ofthis,b o o k , In th is Centennial o f the Civil War, wUlgLVEl I t>&I,Ul i8to , segre,gationlsts evei'ywhere to r E l r H e e t UPOID. thei .r .c om .-Unued.pers.ee'Q.t iQ'n. (),ftbebl~df(rn.n'n ...A 'few tec h nielfil points: M any' o f th e press .ac .o oU'o ts,c o n . t a i n r e d . 'in thi.s book appear verbaUm a l a , (Ji1~igin.ftn,p'Ub~Ushed. Otber,8 Dav'e been drasUcanyre'writtetl fo;r '(ilicsak!e of Cbt.r.lty or ,con,ei.8,eness. In a. numbsr o .l easew b e:retw Q o r m r O l " ' e newspapers , conta ined Clon fU,cUng r e . -ports . 0,1& l iv,en ~nddeD.tt the sevenlol reports b a.v e b eenreprinted. In easles where tw o t , 1 < f more n erW :spapersc on. ..tainan dUf,c re:nt b u t not confUeting-inftlnmatian . theinform,aUonf ' rom aU sou.l~c.. . . . . .L.. . ""k", .. .;. .. .,.,-j,.l. .......... . . i 1 ~ - . . . . . .


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O l'I!e s ,.to ry a .n d attributed to tbe n . 8 w s , p a . p e . r r which . pro-'Y :~dJedm. ( )8 t oftbe facts.. In D ! O ' e aBe havlefacts:~ Mre -ported in tb:ePress,.bHft altend ...


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There ;'. a I " r : e f t t thne G e r m : [ n .A nd :rt',sno t far o ft. -.,een )o'n,g~long. l o n g " on th~ WillY.-from, the song~WakeNioodeDlI i lJsN'Writ ' ten during Ute ClvUWarby tbeNe:,ro 'Composer Belirv Clay W,ork .


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NE,W YORK TRUTH S,lil'BK.R.April. 1',,1.890F IR '" I - N I E ' . ' ~ " R ' O " " A - 'J ' 'W '1 5 " '- ' ' p ' o ' I N T '. , . _ 1 1 ' 1 1 . < , ; ~ I . . ~ . , . 1 . 1 _ - ' . i "._ " I .. IK N I F E D I B Y IF E LLO 'W C A D'E :1SWEiST POINT . N,.Y ." Apr .. 15-James- W,e!bs.te~Smith,the first col,ored , cade: t in the bJst.oryof West Point,w,M,,eeently taken fr'om his bed. gagged" b o u n . d _ , Rnd . selverelybea~enf ahdtben bis earaWQre alit. , :H e says that !)e c a n . .not identi.fy his assanants. Tbe otber ea.de:ts e~a:irnthathe cUd.i th iMseJf.C'H.I(~ 'AIGOTRI:IJUNENovember 22. :1895

" "" A D ~ o ' , O . ' N , - C V - I - - " L - ~ L ! t;!"i',e-fV ... N ' ' . 0 . . r. 2 ' 1 - . N e - : ' j 1 i " , a , - h ' , e o , S - ' ~ .e~ 'e-in -_,_ _,;ll,g .. ",'. '. _' .D:" .I.\ilIi;:~, I ,I _y,.; _'_I _' 'Q!IiJI L._O __, IU _",.,_' &,~ef!liv,ed be :~e of tbe~3! 'nctd inr of a Negro i.nth.l:spart, o,t'Madison (]ollot, on Tu'esda,night, Hawas aec:u,sed.of'rtdln,g bis herse over a little whltegld and in,iurio,1 her,OnW,ednesday it was ,(Usco '"vered tha,t the w~anR Ne.lrohad been gotten ho ld af by the mo b . Tb e guUty onemad,ehia e$cape~BR ITO RIA .L F 'RO M TH :E SPRINGFIELD'(MA,SSA:CHIJS:mnS) WEEKLYREPDB.LICANJ.;n.uarr19J!lS:06

T h e :nob te ,a n d v a iU an t Anglo . .S a x o n , s (lif M anatee ,c ou nty,Fla.~are ,en,gag:ed]iusto,owin ,dernons,tra.t in,g t l l . e ,Bupe:rl , . .or .i :ty lo ftbe ! lace. So ,me d ays ago the so n 61th, ooun . tyaherif' and the Bon o f apo o : rn eg t:Q quarreled . and . theb lack w a s the v i letor I.n a . boys' fhrht. ' TbereuDon. tb .@!,sbedlf a h d . a number ,of bra.'S


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to , the n .eg f,o 's ca b in ,a .t:nigbt f in d . d .e m a .n d ,e d thRt 'U lebQYb e hand ,ed aver to theM. . Know: ing wbat w o u l d b e, bb1proboblef.aw+ the, ne,gro .refusedu)surrend'er his sen, Onthe eont,r.a. ry be: :seized ,a gu n. and whenthewh.~te mobIlred upon the: house nereturned t'heAre and kn~edthe:sherUf. 'Then t; 'he whiles in a : rage ' p iek~d Ijl)'f$ ~Qlg andrushed. upon t.he cabin door 00 batter it intand f l . loathe,rshotfro:m the neg~ot98 'umkU~ed . another whIteman an.fa . taUy wound . ed . n . thi~d .. Tb e mob retreated f'o r reinf'o r -ee--'mentH. and the aegrotook his.b o y and gun aDd, made offfor the ,s,w,ampB. At Inst acc,$unts h.enadnoit been cap..tured and to rtu red to d eath. b 1!Jlt~nnell of tbis tbenobJ:eand mnn~y wbnts,w'ere going a:bolttthe ,country tlr:~II,1In.to tbe cablhS o f inno c ent and derfen8e~e88 b lac k s .b um . i ng up thebemes o f som e.k lU ing .other,Bt, and o rd er . .ing 8. le1: i .era~ ex o d ill.8 o f negroes" t,hre81terling aboyeott,,on emplloyers 'O f 1000'1" who would no t discharge the~r n~gro help.K I I S ' S . . .. M < - 'M ' D o E . . . ' V . ' A . L L I j Q ; ' Y 'r r - F - ; : ; L . O ' R - ' I . D - - . A ' ) e . . . A ' - ~\'GU'i'VII'!I,_I ., . __.,r_ l - ,_,_ ,0,__-::.1 ,__ , __ ,~,_ ,0','__ ".,'" L ' .,' ,'.'~_._ ,_ '_ : _ - _ ,_., _ _ L.L .&,0'1. .,01April '28,. 18:99

Sam. Holt, the negro who i , B thought to ' bav ,e- m.a rde redAlfred Cr.ltnfOI+'d and as.saUed Cra:nfordJ~B wi.fe. Wal,bur.ned ,at the stake (line mUe and a ,qua.rter f.~om.New.nani .Ga.t Sund .ay afternoon. lull' 23rd~ 8t2,:8iO o'elockFut[y :2;.000 people su:rro:undedthe 8 , r t ! u . I I ~ 1 sa.pU.ml mw ld eb he wDsfas:bened and wa~ched the H a.m es.eat , a w nyb~B' flesh, saw h~s bodymutila ted by knives Rnd wit .-nessed the Clol ' l , tg,rt lons ollila body in bi,sextr,eme agony.Tw o , ,c ou nUea,. Oam.pben and Coweta,direetly inter ..eetllldintheerlmes of tberu~g'f\o~ and the entire statehave w aited w ith i .mpatience fo r the mo,m.e:n.t when . thene.gro would: pnytbe pen,altyforhis fiendish deeds. S.ucheu : ffe ,ri ng has 8:eldom been witnessed. . and . t ,b rougb i.t.aUthe negro ut,teredhard~y . 1 \ cry ~ Those who witnessedthe a'filai,rs8:w the neg'l'\omeet his die'ntb and . sa.w hlm 1OOr..tu red b e:fo retb e :fta,m es,wM ;h unf',e~D'nin Il.sat:i8:fae:t:ion..

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,any occurrence o fa Uk e ld nd ever b eard . o f in , thehfsmry0 " Georgia. A few 8,moulderin, , a s h e s scat,tered albou~tbapl :acot ,ab lacken,ed stake, are al1 tb at w as lel't to teU theato:I 'Yf No t fle:B the bOh. 'E!S ,o f the ne,I~O wer,e~ef ' t :inpeaee,but , were (ta l' !:rly sD ,a te hed b lV 8 l , c rowd ,o f peo,ple drs' IWDf'r-nM aU, d : i ! l " e e , U o n 8 : . who almostfoug'ht, Q,v,erthe burn.iftl'' b o dy ,o t the man:. e,a;rvi:ng it wi th their kniv,e'8, ,and, seek:"": log souv eni r,s , o : f tbe oecu:rl 'len:ce.,Ho l t went blthe stake w ith as m u ch .c o u rage as any' 00 :8 c o u l d P088;ib~y have po ,9sessed o n, tlueh an o cc asio n:",and.tjle 6u ly murmurtbat iSB,uedf,om bbJUps,waswben,Bnrrr kn~ve8 plun~ed. lnto bis,fteshand bbl. Ufe~,s, b l o oosi lz led in the fireb efo f,e hilt eyes,.TkeNbe c:ried" t'Oh. my Hod ! ' Oh:t Jeauls ."'The cro,wdtllat burned H olt b eUerved it had made nom iB,tak e o f h.is, gu i lt o r id entl,ty. A fter' thelrst flam,esIlckedath.is fee't bewaste!mpor.ari.lyremov,ed fromtil.esapling at wJ:dch thB.ehe is a,nid t l ( ) h a v e a d .m it,ted h~Bs u UL ,One of' the strangest featu res o f the entire! ,atTair Is'tliepart played in the eXlef:uUonby .anortbern man.. 'Thlsm an, w ho s,enam :e w o td d DQt b e d i vl.d : !ed b y th o ae! w h Qk new him , anno u need that,he w as f.,om tbenorth., whUehe!ca lml , ' ,saturated. HOJt~ '8 clotbing wi.th. k .ero sen ..eoU.: )l1",s. Cr,an: fo l ld . , th.e rape victim, WUDo,tpermlt , tedto ,:fdent~f,ytbe negro .. She Is ill Q,ndit w as~ho ugh:t, the!Ihock w ou~d b e to o great fo,r her. The , c rowd was i8ati~fted w i th tbe idenUfleat14)n, o f B:o~t b y M ra. Cranford'smo ,ther w ho Udno it. however" actually isee H o l ,t eomm:U:the er.bne~)f,asks,pla:yed nopa.,rt of'th.e lynching. 'There wal, nosec, t ' looy; .D Q ~t fo:r t to prev en.t anyone: ,seeing w bo U g 'h tedtlbll fire,. who , c u t o ft' the B'at's ' O rwh o t ook . the head. Out l l etru.nk of a tree nea:rb y was pinned the fo llo w Ing' p,Iac3Fd.: " W ; -- 6 " " u c '8 - t~ p' -'r:"""~''"Ou r " ,0- t'i,t]\-.o.----1ill - - - - i'!I i t ,w, .'1._ __', _ , V ;.:. .~ " "I ", . ,.' '~ . ..,Q'~: 1 I i& , . , rn . . , , o m : e ~ ~ ~

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S,PR INGPIR ,LD' ,(M ASSACHUSETTS)W B R J [ , L , Y REPUBLICAN,Apdl 28j 189'9' N E : G R O ' a U I N i E D A lUVE 'I 'N F L ,O R II!D ,A ~SEeDIND N IIO R ,O ' TH IIE N ' H A N GIE D:NEWMAN, Ga.. , Apr. '28,_.. . . ;8aMHolt. the m U M, e r e r o , fA lfr,ed Cranfo rd Ja.nd tb erav i:sher o f' the~a't,ter'B ' w i fe"W,q bur,nedat tbe 9,takie~.ne'ar N ewnan,Ga.,. tbi:B after-,:noon, j ,nthe preaence o f2 , O Q U p e o ' p , l . e , . 'The b ~ac k . m an. W,II,'first tortured before being oov lered wUh oU ,BllldburneL,Ariex",governor ofGeorg~amAde apersc,Jnal ,appeal to hist o lwn8peop~e to ),ettlle lawmke its COIJrSrl!" but witho~t'th.e iBU gb'tes,t avaU.E,efore thetoreh was appned 't~ ,.tile p,yre" tbln.egrowas d,eprived of hi,8ea'r,8~, t lng:ers And glenitalparts, 'o f' IIi.' b ()dy~He p~eaded plltlf~.:d),.fOirhis, U::f,ewbilefbe,m,uUlatJag,was,go:~n,g ant b u t sto od tb e: "o rd eal o ,f fire wi th 8u.rpriB~nl'frortitude.B,eiore tile body-was eool: , it w.as ,c:utto pieeu.,tb .eb o nea w ere cruBbedinto sma U bi'ts,and even t ile: treeupo:nwlldchtbe 'w~eteh m,et,his fate: wasUn~m opamd dis ..'posed 0 ' ,as, ti 'so u veni:r,s .." Thenegto "s heart w as c u tInto, Isever .al p,~eeeatalwasal;so, hi,s Hve.r. Those unableto,obtain the ghaatl_yreiHcB di.reetpaid their more fort,unawposse sso r,s ex. tr. av . a. gant. SUrRS fo r tlhem. ISmaUpieoea '0"'b o nes w ent fo r 20 oents: , and B b ~,t o f the Uv,er crb~plyc o o k e d . 8o~d fo r 10 een,ts . . A s so o n as the :negro ' w as I s e e nto b e dead there was atr~mendO:lnJ B.truggle among the:m'lowcl. , whiehhad wi, tnessed hi,s tral'h~: end" to seeurethescntvenira. A : rush. w ae m ad e t,orthe Brtake.~andtb08:enearthe b o d y w e're fo rc ed . againBt.~t a n a bad to , fi,ghtf'or theirfl '\eedoni. .Knlves w,e"e" , qu i ek~yproduoe . d and soon th ebody was di :Bmembe,red .One af the men who 1iftedtbe can. of k.erosene to then.egro ,'s b ead is said to , bea n.at,i.v I9o i i P,enn;9 :y lvania~ H is,nam e is k n!o w nto tbolewbo w~ ' r e with him. b u t they re~fuse to divalge it. Tb.emob was ,composed o 'i ,e,tti'zens, ofNewRan . Grillot :Palmetto and other' littietowns i.n theeoun tr ,yfound. ab o u t Ne,w D;all. and O 'f a . n th e fiarm,ers who .lIad rec eiv ed wOirdtha,t tbe: b tW,. lr. A tk inso n" a fO irm er :

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and effeetiually.Donot atainthehollo'l"' oftbe state: 'witha e,rime B,u c h aI, ,,"ou aile about to pe'rf,o,rDl.," Judge A. u , . ,Freemam of : N ' e w n , a n s : p o t , . , in a sbn.Uar stra,ln amdp red the mob to , retu,m, the! pri aoA .e :t' to , th e cUI,tot lV o f'thesheri:ff and, go, ho,me. ''lhe assemblag,e heal ldthewor-da(If the two speate~s in ,:elUence.but tbe Ins:tant their"I,o feeshad d ied away sboua , o f ,II.On to , palm,ettn.burnh~m;, tldn,k, (!Iii hls ,e;rim,e,"" ftro8ie. and the march waB re-s u m . e d . ,Mrs C!ranford's, 'm,other and s:bd.eI"Arereside:nta o : t 'N ew nam .. The mob W8saeaded 1 n th e d ,I,)'ie cti()ID ,o ,f their:ho u ,se and in a, sb o rt ti .me rea,ehed the! McElroiy h o , m e : . Th.enegro w8Bma,rehed th rough. the gate a:nd Mr8 M' eB ~ r - Q Y 'w as c 'aUed to tb efro nt d o o r. ,she: id eintUied the ,A~tlican,and 'herve~diet was ,agreed to b y her daugbte:r., w h Q ' hado .ften Been. Holt about the C.rRnfordplaee. '~tTo thes.t'ake," w as ag.fdn th e ,eryand seVte:l"a.lmenwa;n'ed to'burntbe negro in Mrs MeB~roY'8 y,ard.. 'T'othls :sbe oil-"ec,ted s:treHU()iU8Iy~ nnd tbe mob, 'com.plyin.g with h:e:rwleb.sm:rted for' Palmetto.J'ust ast:R,ey were: leavingNew.nan. news was brq,ught, that t~e ]. o: 'eloek train framAtlanta would. bring' 1000 people from Atla.nta. This,WftBtaken to be! a re!giment oif 9!O~d~er8.Dud tbemob deeldedto burn.th.e!p;risnner ,a.tthe firs,t favorable ,la.ee t'atl1erthan h e ! oompel l 'ed ttJ'Sbooithi.m. when the miJiUa put inan appeR ran!c e.Leaving the ~itUe tOWft.t whose Sunci,ay ,quiet had been80 rudely disturbed, the mob. w.tdcbn,o:w nmmberedneady 1500 p e o P ' ) ' E l ' " :star'ood o n. the ro .ad . to Palmetto. Aline 6fb~tggi,es, and. vehicles ofal:~ kinds, tbei.r driveni\gbUnsfoi,[ posJU.an.1 1 1 Une,f 'oIJowed the proeessio.n. , atthe bead of which, , e l o s 1 e : l y guarded"mau'hed the negro.O n e a n d a halt :m ; :i1 f1 !sou t o f New.n.an, ,apla(l!.e beUevedtobefavor,able to , the burnlng, wasreaehed.AUttle to therdde' of :t~e road was a strong' pin.e!t,ree. Up toth~8 thenegro ' was,marebedihia b ack p~atO e.dto tb e tree Bnd.bisfacetothee~owd" W h l1 c h jostled eloaelyabout him ..The l'lo,fhu w ere lo rn. frQimtbe l lQgro, in li n. Insta lJ.LAb ea';v y ,c httin waBprodue~d a n d wound a~ound hisbQOy.H e' said Do,ts wo r d to tbi,B proeeedin.I ' . b u t at t ' n e B, ight

'0 " three or four knives, islashin,a inth,ehandjR n,' tmvl!rJllmembe:rs of the 61:10wd abouteastU1e.~enible o : rdea l b e WII

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up, a yeU wbl:ch ,eouM b e bea,rdf'or a mile.. Inatantly ahand graspin,g a kn.lfe shot out and o,ne ,o,fthe: negro'seara dr'opped.into a haRd . r,eac iy. toreeeive it., He pleaded.pitifully "'or 'merel ' and beg'ged bis: to1rm,entonlet hlln,d :l.e. H is erles w en.t u nheed ed ,PALMETTO. Oa., Apr,.2;4~The body of:L~je~Sbiekland, anegl'"opire,acher, wbo w , a a iMplle.ated i n theClranfordmurder b y' tS,am " Holt. was fO :URd ,s.win.fdnltotbe Umb o f a pel'8.i.mm .ontl"'1!e wi thIn a :.Ueand a qu ,u ..tel' o f Pa~met.to~ Oa., earlytoda:y. BefO re d ea:t'h w a s a l :. .,lowed i t o ' endthe sufferings of the nel~o. hisears Wilt',ecut oft and. th,e ,small ftnge.r af hi.s lefthaud was Bev,eredat tbeset:;ond.jolat. Tbes,e! t~ophl!e8,were in Palm,et toyea,terd ay . .On t l lecbeet af the: .ne,ro w as 8 p l , e e s : o f h joad~ta' I " . d ' . tt 'h'ed -b . 'd- i c , . i' O ' I ' d -i : " ' I : " , I ',: I : , " 1 , - ' _ , ' , r l - : ' _ ' , ' : ' : , ' , - - , : '1 ' ' : 1 1 , , : " , ' _ ' i , _ " ' " I,,:, -' :,_ : ' 1 1 1 : : - JII:'-' '~',I',~I ,nepaper,. ,ft, Ie,. ryan o rn,a.rypn . . R one ,I.__ ef' t h - . , - . i t - t -o .__lp.ln~r W8:8rlen :~-We m U B t P'foteet, ourJadies.The ,o tb er a id . 'e :of the pape!r con taineda warnlngjotbenegro es ,o f the nei.gb .b o rho o d . .. 1tread as follows:-Beware , a J ! ~darklesl Y o u win be: treated the sam ,Q w a , ~.B efo re b eing lynched . . Str'ic k la,n.d w as given a chanc e toconfell, to 'themisde,ede of w hic h the mob , 8u .PDoSH himto,be guilty. but he protested his innocene.etotbe"lut.Three times the noose w~ p'laced aro und hianeck : andthe negro was drawn up oft' tbeground;; three t,imes hew aalet d ow n w ith a w arning tbat death w as in. srore torhim ., .sho u ld . b e faU to c o n.fess b i,a ecimp~i(dty in the C!ra.n-ford mu.r,der.T~~eetimes ,Strickland proe~a.imed his In.nflee-nee" u ntil w eary ,o fu8e~es8 to, : r t .ur~n.g. tbe mob p lunedO R therupe and ',led. the end arQiuRd tbe s,lender trunk ofthepersJmmon tree. Not a shot wa.86Fed~ Str:~e]dan.dwas stran.gled to l death.Tb e . y n , c b i n . R ' o f H L U e :tI ,St:riek land w as, not: a - c c a m . .pJished w.itn.outa. d;e.pe:rate: ,ef fort ; o n thepaH ofbis: em,-plo:y,erto a8vlebis Ufe. Tbe man who p,l:eadedfor' him I.,Mad W ...W . Tbomas. an e" ...atate senator, and one of themo.a t distiaguishedeiti.zens o f OQw etaeo u nty.. He d . id a n .inh:ls power to.preYenttbe IYll i /eb~nl 'o ,fthe: neg.ro, and . d idnot d~8con . t inue his eft:orts l1n.til he ba.d beeoassured bytbe lead/us of tbem,ob It'hatthe n.egro would be tak.enw,jaUatPairbu.rn ..One m U e fr(J!mthe: soot where tJda DMm..Jae was mad'e, Strickland W~1 . , 1


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tenant, on the:plaJRtat ion olHaj' Thomas . When ' 'Sem"Hol~ 'tIlle mu ,rd ere:r ,af Alfred [C l"aR t;o Jld and tb ,e , l88allan'to f h 18wi : f ' o ,made Id a eo nfu a:lo h imlRe


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HoJ:t w as fo rced . 10 p8.y to r hls ,cr ime w in arouse , a Bood .O i f d lac lIs slJon earri e4 oob, . those ' w ho k now thefaets Intl1enea,r ,8.id,e!8fld t b o B e w b o d o 1 ' J j , f ! ) t ; . eare fo 1" :fac ts o n theother. Butwbl le l the fnnn o t thiecrimlnal"'s punlsR"ment eano lo tb e uptleld; letthoBe w'boare! d:bJ,POIed toerltletse it looik IBto the fads, andbr tbese facts temper'th e ju dgm .ent the, may rend .er ..t " .An- unass:umih,g.i!ndustrioUB and hard w o rk lnrfa,rm ,er., after b is d ,ays,w U , sat a.t td sev esing lBeatAround hbasat w ~f e l :and ,c'hUd:ren.bappyin. tbe pres..enc e 'o f tb e man w 'ho w as fu l: lU ing 'to tbem levery ( i l l ' ,imposed by D.llt,ure. At. peace with the wortd. serving: Gadand. loyal to ' humanity.tbe'y looked forward,tothe com-tng d a y . Noi;se~elsJy tb.e Murderer wl.th upl if ted. ax ad.. .vaR ced . from the rear and. sank .~ttethe hilt in. tbe brainof the: unslJspeetingvietim.. Te'ad:ng the ,chnd f:rom themotbe'r's breast,. be lung It Intotbepml~ of blood oozingf~trm ita ta the l " i ' :E I .wQund. Then bo'ganthe eulmin.atIQR,which has dethroned: the reason of the peop~e o f w ie s , t e : 1 " HOeor.(da dud:ng the p8S:t wee':k.As critics wU~ bowl abo'u!,thelYOIchlng" the Cums;titu :tio n 'wU~ be pard.onedfo,rstating the plain faets\. The wl.fe W.as .sei.zed.. ,cboke4jthro'WII upon the flJ)o,r..where her ,ldothing la,. jjntheblood of he:r husbond"and ravisbH.. '~.Re:Me.ber the faet., R e m . e m b e r tbedatk nightiR tl).ecoan t ryRo lme, . R emem ,b er the slain. hu.sband,and,ahovea~lt : rem.ember tbat . ahoeJdRg d.egradation. which w a s In~lieted. by thebJBelt beast,. b ~ . Y f c U M , fJwimmin.1 : 1 1 1 her& U , S b 6 R d l',8 , 'W arm bleed as the brute 1l,ld be:l' to t l le lHoor.Keep !tile facts .~nm~nd., When tiJe p , i l e . t u . r , f ! 1 is pai'n'ted ' o fthe! r.avis,her in Ham,es; go bac'Jc an:dview thai d:arkerpiet,pre o f 'M .rs C,r8luford. outr.ag,ed In the' b lDo d o f .hermurderedhu,sband. , i fATLANT 'A . Ga., Apr.. 24. . . . . . . .ol! ' r(~aRdlero f Georgia. Su n ..day night ga.ve the A"8ociated .P,re88 the following .,tate..ment unlbe burning of Sam. Holt near Newman :: 'fThew h ole thih,g i8 d .eplo rab le, aA d Holt ' ,1 erlme,. tbe! hor.rI:bledetaUB of w h Ic h tla.v ,eb een Iru b )~s,hed and : are too ho rrl . .b le fol" p'ubUc:ation., istbem.os:t d.iabQlieal in the Mila],of ,crime. 'The n e s : r o e s of the , c o m M u n . I . i f ; y . 1 . 0 8 1 t l h . e beR. f nD.partun I~y the" w iU ev ,er hall,es.tim atio n o f tnelr w 'b ite nel


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"But they lo ot t'b .e opportuldty. and, it Is a dep~o:rablefact that, whUesoo r ea . o f inb~IU:rtmt n~el'roes~leade,rs aftheir ,.race, haV'eta;n~ed tome about Ute P'a.Jmet~olynch ..in n,o t,,o ne o f t'b em has ever inth,eremotest w,ayaUudedto th e ,Uabo Jic a lerlme ,of' Ho l t w b iebpro vo k led thelyn.ch ..In,l'~I do Rot beJ,ieve these men siympatldzed wi.tb Holt butthey ean ,seehut one Isideof the 'Q ueBt,io n.and are b U n d e db y 1"aeepl'Iejutu'ees."

E:DITOR IAL , F 'ROM 'THR SPRING, lFIB:LD(MA:SSACHUS,BTTS) WBBK LY R B:PUBLICA .:NAp,ril 28, 1899'1M:I: GEORG~IAEXHIBITIO~The annals, llfthe salv age w ill b e: searched jn vain f0fanyfbingworse than the exhibition giv,e,nt-o the w()idd b ythe white eiviUzau'oin o il tbe state of Ge"trg-ia. 'Tbe bes,t,t'hat tbe deviUsb ingenuity of man has ever been ab~e tod,o~,in any agoe!or amO\n.ganypeioph~,to makeibe o i rdeaJat d eath.as ,ex.c f'u cia.ti .ng ,and a"w iu J as Iteo uld po ssib ly :b e:hla.de~was equaled in the tortul'i(!a;n dOlu tUat.ion ,andbur.n~n.goftllenegro Holtj, and If an,y large comp.D., ofbuman being.s at any istage in tbe derve~()pment of therace ever la.Vle ,greater evidences of joy "in .8u c ihll s;p,o e:m ..eleer rushed with grea.te~r eagerllessto secure memen ...toes ,of th.efeal'f'ul tra.gedy in. the form of' p,ieces of theb l: : rned flesh and b its 0:,( tlle chan..d b ones, h isto ry makesnereeord ,of the: fact.The n.aUomand the whole civili.zedworld must ,stafildagbast at, the: rerve~a;tion.A . efvllised , com.mlJ l l l .Uynumber -ingtllousands"at tn,e drop ofa hat,. throws oft the reI"straillts a n d , ~ff(!c :ts,o f m any eentu rlee oiprogressaDdstandsfortb in the naked sRv'agery of 'the p ri.m IU .v le m a n .M en and women . cheer nndex.pn!8sfeeltng,s o:ftri ump:h

.:I .' . t ' L . . ."',j:.. .. ~ 'h . "d " . ._ " , t 1 l . . t 1 , . . . . . . _1.an", JO Y as me vsenm IS "UrrJi( l ! on W cli~e: S8i\:e 11:i() Ina.n.ea,Sund~yhoUd,a:v in one of the: most ortbodox religiouso om .m u tl. i ties in the United . S tates. 'T b ey tut (!iff b i :s ears,ili.sfingera, and othermember;s, of the body, and s.trip himI,ndpour o n u po n. him whUethe ,snecbtO'r,B , e ~ D w d . des,.per,atebt for po.sitions of' advIi


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tortu~e and death. As th,e lamea rile about tbe vlctlmt"'8peopl.e wamhthe qu~ver.lngs, of tbeBesll and the wrlth ..Iugl ' Q , f tll.efrA,rn:e~.and i f l l h o r u t back descriptions tothejoa-tnD I, c heerln,g h u n d r e d s -o athe o u tsk irts o f tk e ring.The neg.fO'raises a ery of agon,. that ean. be heard faraway andiaa supreme effort loosens th,e U,PJlerpart ,o tb.Esbody f fOrmtbeel1 ia , tn . whl,eh. hinds It tothetree'~ 'Theft.re Is deadened 'whU,ebe Is beililmBii:ned baCk. and thea:wfula:g,oftYP'folobl'ed ttl tbeevident ,eJlahof the. spec-tators., '~hen 'more oil a n d Ire" and d e a t h atlaat tmtn,eso othe man's release ..

M .eantl .R 1e tbe news has, i sp read ( J f ' wha t Is go lO ,gon . BRa:huadreds leave .AUs8.taand ,otber' piaee8 by ,I,peelal trainto IBe. the fun. There is a . rush up:on what ia 'left ( : ) f tbebod : rand :s p e c ta ; tQ I'1 B e : u t o ff ' bIts o , t the' Besll,t'he Uv;erand, tbebunes aspreel!ou8 souvenirs, of the d.y. T.be mobIs,now ,o ni]rfairly started onthe hunl for vengea,n,oe and8m.UI~rnent. T'heVi:ot im. in. the midst o,fthe mrture"giv,es, thenam,e of one a'~I,egedto be implleatfld In. 'hlllerim.e. It may hav,e be,en. the ;sugg,es:tioR of'trlltth, olrlt,may haveb eent .e fa]9t: 'p:romptin:8' of a d.esper,aoo, de8h~e:to save hImself. Qulte li'kebr the tatter ..But tbe mob set!elf a~tertben,egroStr'lekland. He~8 , :aeizedln the dead 0:1nlgbt..I:Us white employer says he beU,eveB the man Is i n . . .n,ooent..Noma.t ter : , the ~ppeUtef'or blood l:s up and hasn.ot b e en satisfied . The D:e!gro is " 'tr ied:" by mob citatoryand oond.emB:ed..Hell strung tip, and let c lown onee 01"twice 'b y war of extort ing a ,eonf:'e.i.on., and tb . raug:h , I .eall he protests bls fnuooenee.Hil ea:r,sand ftn.gers ,a,ec ut o ft': ,a.nd the b o d y la ftn,alty left dangUmgfrom a treeUm b.. The mob next 8:eta o u t fo ra,negrow ho lJJad b eemhea:rd to 8ay his race s:hou.~dbe avenged" and a.t las,t ae -coan,ts i . t w as stU] s:presid .im g teno,rand d,eatb . a m Q R . r : theb~aebtwbi~e a shnUa,l'mob in South Ca.roU:nahas luau .-I 'u : r:a :~ e d a U k e :c a m p a ~ ,g n ~ ,And. th . i8 ,f (dlow-c i . t~zenrS, 1s tbe 'qurdlty ottbeclviUza ..tlon of wbi'e]) youan.d we!hoast. This is. of the white civi-lizatio n, w e w o :u .~d,c arry to the O rient and ahootl:nti) thehearts of the: 1\I,&la.,8 if w e eanno1tget It tkereo,thel'WiBe~1.9 tber'a to be.',ound in the s:~o ry ,of the :Ma1a;y, treacllier-ous and b l oody 8S he is 8,a,~(ltn,be,in ItRta.te r O i 11fdm rA"any:tbi:ng :more S8v.8ge andth .i s ,e :d l ib iUoft in rObe , o t the

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ea'R. .Unlon t n is hnposs.ible th.at tbeirecould b e I' A brag-ga:rt. ,,,d v iUzaUoR is rev,ealed wbh lh need s to look to ilelland. its bome problems before ve:n.t:udogfurtber onaw a r . l d , c ; r u s a d l e .BANOOR(M.A : IN lE l )COMMERC. IA .L ,.Septe:mber6" 1:89'9VISII.ING :SOUTHE'RN I R I ! P O ' R T 1 E : R: D I I S C R I I B E S , L Y i N C H : , I I N , G S SEEN. 4 . veteran r,epo lrter o n o ne o f the Southern ne:wspftpers,wbois now v'.lsiting thi,s {,:i,tYI~ give.s an inrte!rest:ing accounto t Id s exper~'en,c e3 in ~cove ' r ing"~ync;h in .g porUeslt'tTne newstbattbel~e, is, to be a I,ynchi,ng'/'he begins,f ~ ,B p : re a d s v e r y rapidly in tbe s,outb.t ,espec: iaUyinth.esrman eltiesi8indtOwns. 'T'otbe re'porter i t ; is avery dis..,agreeable b ~8i~e88to a:tt~nd thes< el )y:n.c,hin.ISt fQirbt, isusua]) . . , n.ot overe -ome by frenzyUk e the m o b mad e u pito. tbeimmed.~a;. te nei8hborbood~. and ,so eannat ~ympa.tldze w~th ,its method of procedure. llha'Veattended In my'capacity ,as ,a,reporter a.t leas:t 12 lynehlogs. and on.each o f tw o 'o f t l lE lseoc tu1sLo ins I have ,seenas m ainy 8 S ,three, negroes Iync b ed . .41'Theftrs:t. Ume I saw atriple~J'n:ehhl.g I felt no do : u b tMt o , the vic: t ims: ' .lluiU.When arrested they confessedtheir ,cr ' i :mea:nd were placed upon a pUe ofraUroa.dtiesw~dcb had been put a.b:mgtbe raH.roadtrack un.der theshad,e . o f ,som!e tnlltreeB:, and when the rope was re!ad.~theero,wdJ p,uJledthe t~,es out frow unde,r them..Be!fo~e the'vjlet~lm8,were de'adthey werc,riddJed with bullets froM the:p i ,st;o : ls,w 'ldc ,h are alway:s to bef,ound with so u .tb e rn menon. su ch ,o eensi.o n.s.~ThbJ~ynctdng did net imlHt'ess me as hnlfso horl~'ibleas()'n~ a " sno :.rttime a ft-erw ,n~d ; s i: nw h ieh an jnn()e~nt mannam ed ,Jo hn Peters/o n w ns tb e v i cUm .. H e w8scbarg:ed w.i ththe US1Uli tl"lnl,e at a place near Denmark, ,S.C..uBeha8tnyma.deh~9wa: 'y to CobJJmbia , S , . C as ,lo onaa he heard he w,as suspected;, and ,8urrenoer,ed himselfto the peni.tenti,ary authorities tn@l~_ .RfLvinO'tb:athe wns~Ilmo ee:nt and w o .n.ted th.,eirl2 . :


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fo:rP'eb\ l!r , lon , c a m e l fro.,lthe au'.orlUes o.fBarnwellc o ' u : n t " y . , t h e g o ,v ,e r n , 'o r ' , I u r r e l ! d e r e d h im . It W,g: k n :O iW Dthat thepeople:lnfhe' neighborhood lo,f' DenmBlrkwe,~e i80,excited that n"ere would be mittIe cllance of the poor f'el..IOrw' ,agett ing afa:ir trlal. If he hadbeenktq>tin tb e iEda l tepemltenUarr until things ooa~ed 1 0 . , tneuutoom,e wouldIclearlY fla',ve been . dUle: rent.~P'e'terson w:aS"bOW1B:Ver, t8kenbaek to nenmark bysevera ] omQ~rs.,andth e party was ,aee- t lm,pan. led ~r rep-resen,tatl,ves of allt.heneW8paper,B~ On, arrlv~nl' at the: lmaU viUa,ge, w e found a le ,~owd. ,o,f ' severaihundJredm,en,and boys, 'ad. 8ssem,bled, . and. orgaR~zed a mock eourL Itmust beaciknowledged that so 'w,e: 0 ' tnelead,lmg menInthe oount, were there. 'Test imony af v a : r i o , 'D S kinds was,o -ft'efio o agli llst the: negro ., N o n , e ,oilt w as ver, d a m a g i D , geKc.Qt 'that of a wo,maDof low ch.araeter~ whoiesUtledthat, sbe:had seen PeH :faO n qu. i te neBrtb'e plaee where th eerlme had b e e n , ,e o m ,m itt.J Id a nd ,a t th e time,- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . -i~ - - - - - -' - - - "'The erorwd th:entook the pr 'hJORer :to the home ofthaman whosie r d a , l 1 g : h t e r bad been assaulted, . She decl ined to,ldlentifybimpos,ltively. ,B~yingthat b e to o .k ed like theman:, but that Bbew8s not B u r e G f him. Af~e,.tbe ' C I I O \ V dwen t bae 'k to , to ,wna,nd plaeedP,et-e;)"Bonin the lock-up,the :fafb er o f tberfrl berg-an to blaIne! h.er seyere~y f, 'oruntfbdn,rthe edme npo ntb e! po o r fenO rw .Th.~sman w a's, so',escited tb,at b e wanted to have the erimeavemled Bitun,oe, and was' h:otpart:icular as~o who shou l d . pay tlwepena l ty . , Thel'~rl was f i n ,aUy brou,gbtoveirto the, pcd 'nt ,o f,s.ying that,sbe! f,eltsu.,o, Petersom was the guUt, ) " man..Tbls was ,8ufflnient.' rI 'Tbe' town:BPeapleand tho se w b o had g:a.t.bel'ed to iBet !the:ajf'air de-cided to Iy:u.eh Peb:! l : r ,S(JD that Il~ght. Thew o rk w as d o ne :9 0 quiddy a:f: terthis eo nelu sioDw aBreaehf!dthatm,ost o , f th en l ewsp :a p er mend l d J not knowany-thing wflsgo!iugtoha.p,pen untn they heard theham,Mering af ,the axes ontbe dMr'o,f thewoodea Itlck~u,~,Peterson was seized sn,dhlen to a paten Or:tpl :~ne.wroodsnot fa,r from the home of tile young woman.It80 ha.ppenedthat two raUroa.d Unes,erossedn!earthi8po i.nt. Om ,o n:e o f them a trai:n b o u nd fo r AUgUB.taGa.:t was due i.na f,ew minutes, and a..aoodlv number" oftheme:npresent wanted fobhom.es . There w as also ,a gre

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R :!po !rters, to , hav e the jo b donebeforet.he arriv a:~ o f tb etrain. Tb e telegraphfacUi'tiesin, tb e Uttle to 'w n 'w 'e:r'e:in,.smffldeRt to acoomm,odate all the new,spaperS t 8.nd th.erepo rtersp,refer,ed to tak ethe 'train . and go to"their h omeDffteeBa:nd tbere write the s,to~y. The re8u~twas tkaton.eOl"tw,o, ,of tbe, ,lIeporte:,s took matters :in'f,o tb(!,ir ow,pkands,,and bu .r.r'ied them ,alang as a pieee ,o f n 'E !w spa,peren'terprise .The c row d w as to o s low, . 'Thereporte,rs sbowedt.hem:hew tk~y (ilill.gbtt'O w o rk . The, ex!ecut~all, tookpla.ee, in theregula,., w,aij' btm.gingandshooting,and just at the rnn..ment the t:f,ain, a:rrived. Petereon was dead. an .dmos t ofthe ,e,o w d b eard ed the train . This W8:S, reg,ard ed ,as,a 'w ell,,arra:n,gei l ,a,ffai r.,'i 'l b ad : o :p,po aed lynch init and with another ma:n h 1 a d' fre.e~y ,e :xpressedmy opinion of the victim's i.nnoC!en,ee~We w ere wai . ted O i n , by-an. exc1ted group wbo eaut loned u sto ,say blothin,g of tbatkind or ~s,millrtw(u'k wt(tuld be,made,0,' us, On o'ur way back that nigbt on the train!,iar' we' i ook : a : ,8eeond t,l"a,in on theUne c. l 'oss. imgthe one firstm .em ...tiomled~.w e C(J(n. tin.uedtoe .x:press ou r opinions freldy. wi . thnothingmo.r:e rre8uJUngtiuman exchange of t ,hreats,.,Some (I,f the c ro w d t;etu,rrdng from the ~yn,ehingthreat. .ened to k iU usandwethreatenedto kill thE!m:. IThe powd:erw,asftn,all,Y saved o n b o th sid .es,. It w i lla a fte rw ard s , U S I Ocovered that Peterson was entl rely Inneeent, The Ildltyma.n.wu found in Ge.orgia, He confessed his, crime:tber--e,fnu l w as tak en in ,c harge o f by-a. mob in that ,state. '~K .ANSA S CITY (M I:SS:O UR I),STA B,n . :: ; . .. i"""t.~.iI ',. 01 , . . l S . : " v , ' i I ".I.V~\&, U. , __ ;1:';;1'

'N IIGR G'S US PE C TE D O F ' S ,L A YII:N G.A ITE N D E R liS ,H U N 'G 8 Y ,M .O 'BW.EIll CIITY" I:as,. ;~Oc t . Sl~A Iyn,ching fol'kjweda mllt-d er he:re lastnigb 't. G u s Mc.Ardh~J ' a ba::rte:ode:l ' in B a r ' I " Y, '.a:ness. jO]U'tt wnssho t and. kUled :at haJJ past. U) otelockand a : :f.e.w bO:Uf8 later hissupp,Qised mUflderer't Geot'geWeUa: , 1 I i ne,rro mh:mr from ScammoD~"w as swi D. ,g loR ' f r o .the: ne.aresttei lienho n,e ".,o le. A mo b to 'o k hlm fmm j,a[l.1 ; 1 " ,I"E,a.r~iel~hi 'tbe even.i.ng Me2


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re1 io th. ;salo efttafterwhlcll ti le negm l,efL ;SbDri ly ,after- .W f tn m ,a 8ho t w8sfired ' f l iom aer088, the ;street. 'Thel bune tP81sedtbrough fhe w oo d o f t: :he fram ,e ",fa aereeR d O O iFandetruck MeA:rdle aquare.Jyin the 'forebead. He died Inhalif ,Iln hear,.., few m .~n,u 'tes:later We~18,came!up In the ero,wd wiliehhad ,coUeeted and inqu~red what 'was the tro:ubl,e.,A I.PH"ta.t.or ,oftbep:rev~908, qua,r~el.poInted him Gut to' an oMeer .wh,oarl'eated him on a:us,pieion. and put him in ,jail. An~,otber ispectator shortly afterwards, identified him as tbe:nepa who,had 'q,uarre~ed with MeArdlea.nd tbere:portquieklY8p:rea.d, that he w,W1,ld:ent~fied ,aathe man wbo did,tbetUling., .It was D:ot untU2::,55tbattbe Iin,obappeared at t'be,Jail. O verpo w ,e:r[ng the m arsha.l ,andnlgbt man it brail letbe~ocks, to the j , a : U . took the :Regrow' a te,lephonle: pole atamrne:r ,ofthe eit.yhaU,. where: be was banged.It is repo:l"ted that Wens" jQs.tbefore be was Ivnehed ...den~!eddo:ing tbe s:bO(lrUng

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NEWYOKK .WORLDDf . cember '1 . l8i99'I R O A ' S , J I E D AL IVEMAYiSVILLE . , Ky.t Dee. IS-Richard Co~emaB.ta t.w enty ..yea:r'-old.eo:loredboy wRsburned a.t,the stake at noon. 10-.day within the Um.its of -tbis ,c.ity:,~nthe presenc:e .o f thou ..,samds (lfmen and hundreds of WOMen and ehi ld . re 'R . .TOrrt.ures alm o st u nb eUev ab le' we~ e: in H ie ted . iUJp o n ttl.ew J'letehed ne.g~o . In all the v ast ,c l"'o w ,d that witnessed tbe:agonies ,o~ the man. nntonehand w,a.s r.a.~9,ed,in b.u..man~ty'8 heba~fj nora sing],e vo~ee'heard in the inhres,to f m:e:l"cy., Ims ,te 'ad :, w ben lome n.ew tor tr l l~ewa:9iRfUctedu po n the :sbri'eking .huf.ning' boy,thecrowd chee:red andebeet"ed.~the shrUI voieea ,of\\I'omen a:ndtbe pip'ing~oneso f ,C h U d .re n .s ou n d ln g high above' tb e ro a r of m e n ~Not, one person int'he erewd were amask. The lea.dersof the mob disdained the semblanc.e: of any d . J ; A g " l : i s e ' .Every act waR dOh'e~in the ODen,. 'T.her,e: was no IBecreev'~The population o,ftke w h o : 1arDund\.ch.il.u~chmenand ,cln


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b u siness 'm en, ,o f em inenc e,. peo p':~e ,o f' d is"t i:n ,s 'U. ished ~neeatn ': . fo rmed ' tbe: ' m o : b , and not, a, 8 i m g L e :re ,g re tf o 'l" . ' thehorr~biet,railed,y ean be b.e,ardto-nlgbt . i f r o : m , ' 0 ' n : e end 0.1theoow.n to the o ther,. ... Coh:=m,a,.nW , R e t o ' bav,e, been tded here: tb is mo;,raing f o r 'a eri:mepecuUad,' brutal. Heh .ad C ! o : n f , e s s e d touSllulUn\1:an d , barbarous~y' murde,f'ing ab e,Q .u tlfu i :"o u ng ' wo 'man .t h e : \ V ' , f , e : o f' h i s employe'r" ,J'ames Las'hb : ro o k ,a 'W e 'a U l a yf:armer. There was Rot a particle of dou,bt that he'WGulidb ..v ,e b een exec u ted ,acco,r,dlng to ' l a w , .,n W,g, tw o m ontb s: .ago 'to -d ay, that Calenlan kUled lira.Lasbbrook. He '\\'3S taken to Cov 'h . .gton andk-eprt In j,sl]there fo r ,saf'e..,kee:pinlo H ad b e, b een :im p"lso ,n,ed here, hew o ,g ld h a v e b e e n brnehed, withJmt delay. Tbe: ,author i t ieshoped that the publ,: i lei ll .digna.t~on, wO:ldd d i leou t~ 1.R-stead Itrnnd fied . ha,rd en,ed and , b eeam e as A xed In the:Minds 'o fth ou ,s l\I:o ds a s 8,01 human determinat,io,n, eould'b_6.F 'G l" w eeksm ,em :be:r,B o f tbe :Lashbrook: fa.m:U,,. had 'been,aUentl,' o ,R lu ard in Co v ingto n. T 'hey heard :Iast nightt:llla tC o le ru a n 'W a s to , be sent to M a Y ' B , v U t e . ' Tbene :w8 w aste le :grap: l l .edand. 8,pread ev eryw here. T he' K,ay:sville Janerask ed th ,at tII:e jo u rney b e d el,Byed , u ntil tbls mO'f.n.inll.,Sheri:!' ,P'e:rl"ine started from Oo v i ug t - Q :n :for )laY,lvnlewl:tb C o J :e ]U R lla llid se v era J a B s is :ta :n ts o n tb .e '1 : , 8 4 ) ' A .. M '"'tra:in. Tbe Wodds, oor ' respondent accompan, ied tbem.Coteman b eg:ged to b e ,a U o w ed , to remai'R l : n C'ovington,.Hie knew wbat .he b ad to expect. 'He to~dtbe 'Sher i t flI:e:w o :u ld b e bor.f'.ibly : k : U l e d . P]eadh~gl~yhe S Q , j d he d ld ntwanl any trhd: tha , t hElw a s w U .U n g ' to be ' h a n g e d w:i , thouta tri,at He w a s so f'rhr'htened he ,eonldll .otwaJ:k a n d h a d ,to b e prae:tic aUy Ufte,{j i :nto th,t patrol W R , g o n wh. i cb , c a . r ' ":r ied b, inl . to the: ,statio;n.T 'h , , . - - . nb s .,. . " ' f t h , - , 'L - : ; h - " b " - I t f:~~ ; t ' I - - ' t ' , . : " . . . ' ' b , ' : d - - - . t i le m em ~.ers ol__e. R s _ _ r o o _ ,ami y I e J e g . r . a : p , "e _. w o r;0 , 1 the condor and w ent o n,tne Bam e t:rain . They kept i:nthe ba.ekgr 'oIUld as mueh aspo s,s:lb Je, b u t ro d e, in , ,theamoker,w,here C 1 0 J e m a n ".u:\:t.bandcta:lf,ed' tothe Sne:,rUf~, andnever ' took 'tb eire:yes fro m h i.m . 'T h :e ,' :fea.red i l l a , m e -tr ick';by 'the ' am tho ri ties Bnd w ere ' d eterm in,ed to trac k ,him, toanybid,ing p'laee. that tb e S,heria ndght b,ave~n '\,'.8W.'Co~emans a.w and r ec o gnl. ze d : tbe Lashbrook! in the carand 'tltei,1" ql lde-t , det.errm,in,ed n'1'!!UlIn' ........ ",,_ .. 1 1 . . . . . . . -..1 I..!:~ __",,""_'Lfear. -


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Depu . t , Sheriff 1 : t O b i n , B o n tr~ed to makeblm talk.b~twhen asked ,q ,ue fJ t~on lhe ;s: hnp') ,sh o o k his head . O R c aa a k . . .~ih~Ia '' l 1 l i , b l e ' h e ' l iB' ~ d . ~ '..,L..~, ... ~""@!I!!>;' ,. . HII . Bou: t f'ou rteen:. Igueu/'P

Rob in son ,saId ~nyGU, to tdmetwenty .u'"MaybeI did; 1 d( ) in ,~ tkn :ow, , " WRI tlte repJ,y'~;Sb erif Perr: ine w hUeenrc (Ju ~e w as in~(J:rmed tbatamob was ,aw8,it l.n,1 the a,rr~vaJ af t~e train 8 't tbe depoth e f,e a n d , ,hehastiiyp:,repa,red f~ r theswearinr in . g , ld epu ty ;ab e:rifts. A s the trai.n 'pulledslowl, into the o td, . , t a , U o , n , t b e : mobf,otn1edcn1 ' bo th ,Bidie8~Armed men staUoned themselves a,t the p,la,tlorms 'o fan the ca:rs and wa,rned the frightened paRRan.ge' , " . t o ,re m a in (Ju ,ie t a n d notiointerfere.The sl1erUI ,and h.isasshltan,ta w efe :8tro nglY IlI':m :ed , R o d there WRlsome re-al,smlJee:the leaders o,fthe mob josUedfou,ghly 8 g : 8 . . i n : B tthern a:nd d em and aw e!rc e u ttered , from the o u ~el"' frimps:of the emwtils 'f,orthe prisQoe,r ..Sheri.. Pe:rrblemade aboldmo'Vementand start_'w .atlli :ng ,B.w : lftll,. bu t witb Ro~nd~,mtio:n8 ' 0 , 1 panicfl ' lOM.the ea:r: . A 8t~pbehind h imfoUuwed the ofHcerB wl,tll:Co.~.eM8!nseeklu,g:to c~noeal bimself bebind the fo rma 0"hI8lPNteeto:r.Astbe, ,ofBce.ra proceeded the Rl1mM :r ,o f the mob wereooutantly , sweUed by n!e:w .arriv.als, and. thro u gh. the

downtown buslmess streebJ.to the Oou'rt House th:eiy were-closely fo llo w ed ..H und red s o fsmnes and . othe'f m:issUes wer,e,thrown,. and .r i lv ' O , lv e r , B 8'g,d.. r.Ules were freely d:i8P'~IUted. 'Theprison,erwas .f.requently 'truc:k~ and b e presented" :frigh.tfu l ,8!P-pearante, bl .ooo 8tri!smingfwm w O iu n d s ,o n his: facea o d . head . ,A t the Co u rt-o H ou se , 8 \ mo b o t 2 . O C : m men b ead ed h:rJ,ames,Le.shbr00k~tbehuBb9nd~ had been :hastily form.ed~Th,e, demandf,or the prilOne.r wumadt, aecompardedbytfireats from ' tke~eade~B..Thete:was, ;(l brief 8truggle ' inwhlc,h weapons we:renastily ,d. f tUv.n b y' the' ,gilfteers and tllentlle Sb erUIa.11d . b ia,aBB,~Bbmtawen .o'ver,carm:e l)y fares 0 : 1 num bers and 'tilep'.rlSBner WAS pu lled f:r,om ,th em .Up througbtbe:mnin s tmarched, tbe pdsoner beinl

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dragged a:~()ngwitbtbe aid of ~orPes,loosely attacbedto. b l s b o d y ~ H .e wRsthe targert o ,f h u nd red s o f mlssUres and8ev 'l!!fl'dti .m ,esb e sank . half c o nsc leu s to the gro u nd w hUethe Cl "O ,w 'd pres8,ed forward strikIng at bhn. wIth 'e~ubs,a: ti ,ck a 8!nd wbips u ntil h is head and. body wef~1 .lCIfce]yreeo,g.nizab~e.More deadthful alive, be was dragged. along' andf: 'oreed. to~i8 feet.. Sc ro res o f w omen Jo ~ned the men. 1I11babovetbe .noisethe w:rewhcmtld be beard. pleadJDgfor hisli.f,e.The p~aee o f ,eo c ec u t~anbad been se:(ee:ted week s ago", ~naccordance with aUtbe otmer arranged details of theprro"gNmm.e mapped out b y the l ,efuII,er,sof the mo b . Therpr.OR,er 'Wasdra,gged.to the ,sapUng and 8tnl~ppeda.ia.in8ttbertre e,. : ~. ae ing the husband of thev~etim.Large quantj't:~e8 'o f d ,r, b ru sh . and , l.arge:rb Us ,of w o o dwere pned. a:round. him, and aU was poured on the massw hile b e W,,, praying Jo ud lyfo r speied y death.J i '8m,es .Lashbrook, the husband. ,o f tbevi!ctim. ,ap'pUedithe first m a : o o ' h to the brus:bwoed. A brotber (lif the v i l c t im . .strucktbe seeend match.Som .e o se w i th . ,8,.k nife slashed. at the pr~sonerl~Behest,B,a .so;:rt'of eruel.coneu.rrence o lf ilc t,ion ()iU thep"rt '0 "tbe mob DOlt a Blng~e shot w.asftred.T.be P'U"PPB6 seemed to be to give the wretch tbe g.rea'.t.t8 t,p o 8B ,ib le amo un t and dura'uon (J,ftorture. The lowerpart. ofh:~8 clothi.ng was torn away Jea'Vin.ghim bare ....As the lames, l}"lew!!. . co lemaofsborr"tr I .nereas,ed~,a;hd. lJJestrul. ,i led ter'F ib lyt.o w I.tb d raw Id s UmDsfro 'M tbe en,"ero aehlng :th: 'e.The shrieks ,lIthe burrdn.1 u egro n,erv ed the crowd togrea:tte :r d eed s 'o f hOl"for.. O nePlanhad inh ia band thesame peppe:f-boix whlcb Colema,n bad used to tbrg,wp~per i n . t'hle ey,tUI, ofMrs~ Lashbrook w hen b e ftn:t at.taekedher.. .l'hlB Man had fn~edthebex with cayennsr peppeT. Heistepped c~ose!wthe 8,hlie]dnB'wl'~tcb.whost eYeswerea~m08tb u r,8Ung f~(Jm 1118 head with pain and ea~mlythrew the pepper into the eyes . o f t':he .neg.ro" ag,.dn and,a.g.tdn. The boy w: rUbed 8,ndstrai ned at the: aWu tro pea.and his f A ce became hor.r'ibly dls :torted with the aw.ful .~:gUS o,f the 'Pldn.but the Ifllllln mU:h :t:hAflIAnnpi'~hAYkAn,t00. deUner.tely sbakingml


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e"es. A t least, t.w Iee, h!e ,Rtupped to press i(J,Qw n the e"e~nels o,fthe!ft'el'fo to mahe R,U,re tba,t the peppe,r d id l,tsw o rk , o f ,ago ny.8coreaof men had.pj~st~lshl n~e:ir haiRd.s. The menwhoeam.e~n, fro,m, the ,eountry had, their trolls!er,s stuffedi.nto their boots and. the handles of rev,o)ver8proJeetedouts : i de their .b o o tlegs. In an, ecstacy oifiage. (IRe:O O it)!o trym an , a neighb()rofM~B. La9h1bf(U)k,pu~led hisre 'V o hrel'fromh~8 b o oUe:gas i 'f'to , sboo t the - negro. Ad ozen, mein pounced upon him and made him piromis .en,ot10 u sa the wea,pOD . They ,did not waRt the nleg-rota diethat way. It wouldhttve been oooqldck.E,agerhsnds keptie:etUng the fl.a:mes a nd , soon . th.e bb,!~fog mass :reacihed. tbelYa.istof tbe negro., The ropes w h iehbeM t'he up,perPftl't of hi,1 b o d y burned away and he top-pi led i:ntothelames~ Lomgpo, ) ,es . were u , s e d ~ o push him,hac k and . b o Jd hb ni.n an i l i i1Ip'r '~gbt position. M en burll!edthemselves to catchh~m wi.llltheirhands amd. bold. him

m p ',m l.d th e Cf()wd eh,eered them aga: in . I; 'od .agai.l.It,w.as,thought the negro W,ftS d efL ld , b ut u s , hesenk toa.s:ltt,i n,g.po sit: i(m . i n tbe 'HaimeS b e! cl"i,ed outfai"t~,y:"'Ef you tak ethe6re: a.w ny, I WfU1:f;.to S83( 8ometl'dnl~O h ! ' gJvem e w at::e.r't:tThose were the lAst words he uttered. The next minute:he w aBproob :ab~Ji' dQDd. as, his '-eadfen. fotwa:r-d on his, ebes t ..Iu t the 'c ,r-o w dw as, no ,t :Batlsfied~ 'Theykep:t on feeding'tbe Hamel. . Laehbf(U!I:k, the busbtUl .d o f themu.rde!red.woman, stood alltbe Ume directly infr,ont, O 'f Ute bu.rn~nl'n egr- fl an d he d id n o t leav,e un,tU the b o d y 'w ,nsa1:mo st com..pletely i.nclne.r,a"ted,.Long af'terrnos,t o f the mob wut away li,tUe: Ich i~dl " 'eDfrom . shc to ten y c a . 1 " s . offtge 'carr:ied dri!edgras:s andki,ndUn.1 'wood and k.ept, tl1eftre bttrrning a~1durin,gthe,afternoon.R eU:c ;hu nt-ers v i:Ed ted the'Bc ene and , ear'ri ,ec ia,w ft,Y pi~eee.,offt,esha,n.d thenegro~'8teeth. Others got p~,eee8 offingers. and to es, and , pro u d lyexhi:b i:t the gbastlv BOlt lven. i rs. . . . . , . . 0 - - 1 . ( ! I '. ~ . .- h ~ , t ,w ,~__'_'I I !Witb tears I.nhi.s e 'yes .J~n: I !e9LAshbr .C)ok :snld to Th,e:WorJdcol f ' res:pond.en ttblsaftl'ltoucbed 'th,emateh tot2


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bls, ,doo,m. I did :A9 , I thought right, and m w i n stand foraUthftt Olav f~,ln,OW}"Judp:eW ad SWQ11tb said :'ill .ama po~i,cle ,Judge, but fo r (~ncleperbap8 I f:or,lt'otthe dudes of the office. Lashbrook bas my R ym .pathy. H ieleft tn,' o ffic e flfteen rrd nu tes before trBld t: im e. W e le'x-,eeted.- Colem,an ~ast night and w e w aited :nl~ nig:btf ,or'L"--- nmm':

-T I _ to-, ,-,,' .. :,n -", ~ :~;;1D,~ rn l c.~~4"~ t~'~".e -v ' " e ' n : " I :~ I ~ . .~d l I \ ' I Q ' I ' I I I ~ e l " ' l ! d l__ne VorOI,I,er uenl ~'I~ l,uQU ...j:lI~ , .ilhn ,.'.. '''',~.f'ot, MU ... " ...~,~.. -~ ~....a.y,erd~cttbat Coleman came b y his, d.e'ath at,tbe band sof un known persons.Wbat WIl;R left o f the b o d y had nO itb ei(jm remov ,ed u p tot ide . eveR ing ,and w as stin smou ld ell'ing,.A Utha,tw asv~sli . .hIe wR athe 'c haJ'red sk u U"Several af tbeW()~nen who witnessed the bum:ing ,atddto TbeWcJl'ld em:'re!S:poDden1t tn~ni,ght that they now :feelas if they c o u ld "W alk tbe 1 ! O I l I e l ie s t c ( } I u n t r y road a : t m~d -nbt~'bt .without being 'mo:I'e$t:ed b y a black: man,Tb e e:rim e fo r which Co~em,8 .nWHS b u rned w as an aw fu lIOne~ He 'mllrdel 'edth,~ WQnl9.11 who had befr'lendedhim ..Co:le:mnn was not Oldy employed on theuu~fdnook farm.but he had been jnstalled 8S a house servant ,and. wastru8'tedhnpUeltbr b y M r. Lashbflook and, his wi.fe.On the d,ay 0 ' themurder Mr" Lashbrook was at \Vtlrksome d is:tan,c e from theho u se, ofwhi.chCol~man 'w as ~eftin . eh a r,lle " M r,s. L fishb ro o k : had dr iven to M .a .y sv UJe an d re~

turned,. wbenColenmn asked her to enterth.e c .ab i .n tv l o o kat som e wiw ' k o n w h ic h hehnd . b een engaged..'T he n!e!,gro locked tbe d o o r ontbe inside. MI's, . Lash ..b }"t()O Kbecame ,fr'lgb tened and 8 c : r e a r ( u : ~ d " . Coleman threwpe.ppe:r mher ,a'yea,struck her on the hend and ' knockedher d ow n~ b u tt d td l l o t stc ;JP her er:ies. He then :8e~z1!da :f.8ZOt" eu t herthro atand aSS,9.11ed her. H ie then left tb .eroom., bu't return~ng and beftr~n.g ber g:roani.h R '~ bestruekher :repeate(Uy oil. the neadwi th an R.X.e un,tH hew as sure .Rhelwas dead. ,Wltb . ou t A\l lY3ho:w o f alarm o r rem :o rsethe negrowasbedthe b l:o o d fro lu his bands andc1o'thing and wentto , w here M r .. .Lashbrook w as a.twork in the fi.leld andtohlllim th.at h.e: h& d , b etter cO 'lne to tbeho:use~ as somel o n,e badjk i .Ued h ~8 w~'fe.M:r Lash b r'o "': 'i~ .;II ~:..:il -~,. ....~, 11 - n..._~~.~.",.-,~

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EEl:D thein, ;10 great 'W 8 s t,\1e. e OIll.6 i le nce 'o f' Mr. Lash.l:nrookinO o ': lem anth:8 tno ' t h O U g h t , o c e l u ' r l e d tb .a.the w as themurde.r,e!f'. It WI,S .not untn after the o 01c .ers ,arriv ed thatS~1;8 :p ,~eh :mWDS directed t \!gain.st . C~n~~man.Blood s:plots badbeen found o:nhis clothing~but be ,aeoounted for them b,tsaying tb at he bad bee:nkUling" cb:ic :k[eus.[That ni.gbt" bowe~cr~ atM:s[y,vine. a partl,al ,confe8s~an\V,as 'obta[nedltRndk now il1~ the~egul.t Ifthefaet 8bou~dbecome: knoWft , . the ,officers, qu i 'e't[y t o o [ k himto C o , v i n g t - o f t ,Ky., for safek[eeping ..Nl'fVer' before to~dRY WI\8 tberea man bl!lrm[ed nUveby

ftm~fuKoot~~ ,WASH INGTO N TIM ESFebruar~ J8~.1l.900N E G[IO L l'N iC H iE D TO A V ' E ' N G I !A S - S A U ' [Ill.' O ' N ' W . . H ' 1 " l I ! ! ' W. . O M ' A ~ N . '" . . . . 1 ' 1 , . ' . 1 , : iJI; .. .'.... _... _ [- - -- - - - - - - - - - -- -- -COLUM B:lA ,. S .. .e..~F,eb., l i . . . . . . , . .W i U Bu rts, a negro thine-.t.en 'y[ears (da~.was .Iynch[ed thIs morning 1n Aike;neounty. 'Three dny:s a,go he n.t~e,m,ptedo oub~l\ge Mrs. C~L. Weeks andfnUed.A crowd of 250 tr,a.ckiedthe negra Rfty mnes DC,~O;SSAiken .Edgefi.eld,. and O re,enw o o d c o tlnU es .. lIe was caughtlast evening by a ffirmer.~ who reeeived $100 fro[mthe.p088e.T~,e p8!rty rsturuedte


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NEW U ~ R L : E A N S ,T IM ES ..DBM OO R ,AT1I,.rel'l, 24. 1:100

R IPLEY .. Tenn .,M "rc '2 S~c JT1d s,m ,arninll 't In the b earto f thec :ICy, the body o f a ne!ll"O :t Lou i s R:ie'S't wu,f i 'o::undd anglin,I from a Umb ,o f a tree. 'The'brn,chinl grew 'o u t ai',atrial'n the! e ! 1 reui t Court (! I ' fL81l . ,derdale I co un ty . , durl!nl 'the ,eo um e c d w l 'd e : h K ite tea,tift,cd :in favo r o f' ,one ,o,f his ,col.er ' w 'ho w 88c :b ar:ged w ~ththe m um ,er o fa w hite named Q .o o o r'ic h . BWYBBK TIM:ES,lune Il., 1 . 9 G B

NBW ORLE;A 'NS. ,lUb e 10~A hl,ol) W'n~fun,andknow~1.,l'ly i I .Oled . a .nd ,burned ,am i . lno eent m an, as wen. aD-(I,tb e r' w h o W,la , probablyi:nft!oee:nt. n.,eaI 'M inls8: ippi,City.MiaaCopbetween midnigbt, and 1 . c) 'dock tllia,mo'mblg. TheIynellihl w,Rs, the result ,o f i .mpatienee 'Qnthe ,.art o f tIIlaPeQ ]lle o f Bilox i . a nearb y t own , over th e! faUu ,re olthao"ee~B of the~a,w toproduee the! Man who , 1 \ week ;apMUliclered.Cbrist in,a . Wiot~rstein, a Bcboobdrlwho w asret,ur.ningio be:r h.omentulirBUoxl.aflte:r at tend. in ,1 thel,commencemlent. ,ezerc i seiof b er seho el,'T he 'c rlmew ,Ba an.unu8Da~~'yatroCilous o ne even for8at-l ',agea o f ttd s, n;atu ~~ , a:nd natu r,a lly 8u8pi~eionpo:~ntedtosome u:nkIUlw,n Ilegr,o a8~he pe(petrator. Many ,a:rJ'lu,1;Iw e r,e If tR d ,e , ,and tw o althe B u . t 1 p e c t a ~ A 8 k e w ind,Bu .. ",wel'ilplaeed In the Mis&hJsi.ppi CitY 'J :aU for ,Bide keeping,'.Th.e ,root agalAst n.el.ther wa ' l m.Grethan. JlemoteJi cdr-c luRl8 tant la ll.ln tbe ease! ,of Askew the Uist:ri,c,t Atto'rneym ad el an e : x a : M : l n a ' U O Z ! l ,andpiraetically deelaredtbe : lDaninOloce:nlThe R ' e x . e n.i . llt A sk ew waR +'A.Ir~~.ft"tnm "h,D 4 i a , : i I hVIlllmo i ) a;n,d io rtru : red with fire 8


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fheterrible ordeal tbe mob vlrtltft~ly ,decI8redthe~ manguiltless., as the, returned 'hiM to,JaU. - .Y'E!flrte!rdaytheDiatrilct A.t~or.n~y.;,t a pub~tc meetl,RIa.tBilO'xi, ,obtained a. P~ed,gefrom the eitl:zens,no:t to mo-test. tIlle priso n .er,s If the,yw e:re re:turnedforexam.i.na,tion.It is ;8bted ,on Boodaathodt.y that,hethoulhttbe meneo:ul~)prove tbei,r innooen,ee. Mid the eltiHTUlwere ,awareo f ))Is , v ie w fll~ Som.e ,efused to P'lerlre them8elves.and yel"te l "day afte:rnoon ItWag,open,~,' a'ssertltllJatitw 89 o u :t 101the Iq,uesttontotbink lo,t, J)Oe'tponln,gthe .atter ,anyloml,er~,8 1, th e erime me!rited a.~,yn.eldn9'... .

L u ,1 ; n lg b J.t a ICNwd w e n ,t to tb e jail. ,secu . red , A , a k . e w ,and:Ruq~ hange4the,m, Ared Into thebodiJes, and then bun~a fire under them.II IfI I ! ! IIHOUSTONP.oSTJunell:l!, UJ(Kl,TWO' ILACIKS STIUN,G 'UPfGRAV I I D O U B t ' O F : l 1 M 'E I 'R GUILT:BILOXI, 1 1 1 : 8 8 . , . June 1000Lyne'h la;,w ran. I"8mpant, In thll;HCtiOI\ lastrdgbt.Twonegro Mell were! l~chtHl. po~slbly"oiron.manr:s crime, ,ead,. this !nomlng a:tMI881.1;lpplO~ty.. and. It is not absolutely Ci!:rtain.that e:ithervictlrn.0 , 1 Mobl8!w waaguUly . Hen:ry Aske'wand ,Bd Rus,., h,'lda s 8 1 U 8 .p ee ts ..w e l'le ta iC I en o u t and struD,1 "P' toa tree In: atble 'ket, ,just behin.d th.e r .aUw.ay station at MI;ssiB8ipplCity.At:t'Orney White had proMised that they' wou:td b e l'brought totrlal on Monda" and yesterday at , a m B s a ;:M.eetJingheld I:n.this, eity urgedt,he peo)')h~ to support, thelaws aIR.d.seet'hat justl.ce was d,one tiirough.the p~"r'ie,lalc b lll11leI8~ .Early last nigitt ;Sn,eri l1' Ramsey. In orde:rto proiee,t.Askew and R.~slfrom.mobvio!leDeel 'mnved them to abath house . .A f M r'm id 'n ig ht tile : )R o b RSsembled near th ebath bou s e s'ad. afterward ,o,yerpowereda d .epu ty ,sherUfw~th whom the sheriII' tho,ught to pr~,teet hisprI8onle~B.and d.ralgedt~e two n.leg~owas ;BU:P:PGsed . tokno'w noU

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'place. d i d . not atop at tbe jan. b u t went 8tr,a:~ghtt9tbe!bath ha:ue&. The-negroes weire ti,ed baekwback: ,;ad,8W~n,g up to the S8.m,etree . .Their bodies werer:lddled withbu J): ebJ j IlOd ! ,afte r' death ens.u ed . w ere set o n fi.R. Tbenauseat ing sMell ,artne burn in, ' fI,eah ,could b e smelt fo rmnes around ..SheirUf .R am s e y a n d M arsb a i Mose~e.Y sa w the m e M b e a :,of the mo'b, t but it is stated u'were unable t o . reco:gniH;tbem onaeooun.t oithe: trees. casting ,shadow,s on theirf a e e s \ o : u ,A bo u tU)O m .en ga.the:redn.ear the iBeene o f tile ,eri'M",wa:iUng fo:rt-be a.ppearance of the posse wlththeir pr'is ..oners,but w e:rred ~8appo in~ed . .The mob was impaUent ,anetd id j.ts w .o r k . when. the fi r,s t tree w8sreaehed.On. June 2. Cb.rlaUna W .interst:ei .n,& l8~y,eftr~118choo lgJ. r'I, w as o:utrDg-ed. and mU.rde:red. ab o u t tw n .nea,..f.~om BUoxi. whi~e en her way home f ro ln l . nhoolexe,..ei:aea .. .Ask ew an d :RUS8~ bo th 'ofwh(lm had been in. fhev i;(d n lt.y o f thep~tice w here the outr.age waseommittedthat d .a'l! w ere eharled.wit~ the er'~m:e.SNEADS:. Fla..,June 10--Ernes.t Hardwick,. wldtefar.meir., w a s sre:t 'Upon b y a gang o : f ne.gfoes, seve:ra] daysaro and b eaten so badly tha:thG ,d ied im . a . few b o u l'9,. O nly0 ' 1 1 . t 1 : o , f the n , e . I . r , o e s w as c au ght. and aentto j . a n . 'Twol 'n~ghts.afte~rtnemu:rder a m o b w e n t ~ o UlJ< 0b o u se af J i 'ohn. ,Sanders. ,a'SII11)losed. aeeesBoryto thecrinle. ~nd sho,t hiM to de8th~.Another ne.gro. innocent of the murder, was aJRok ined~B'otli bod i e s were Utera.lly shotto pi.eces,.BA.LT ' IMORB AMERICANJ'u~"24. 1900'

HUN TSVILLE:. Ala.., . J 1 1 I : y 23~EUja]). Clark. the negrowho 'y,este,rd.a.yassilulted ISusanPriest. a thirteen-year-o ld gill. was 'taken. from the JaU il! this. citythi., eveningand Jynehed. neartbe 8.pot whe:~e his erfme was OOJll..mi.tted.. H.~sbody was ; riddled. with bu]lets,. Sher.i.ff Fulg-ham d :e:fend ed his J)'['iBonerlo I:JiI.':' 1lHzt , "I1lf:. l1i,dpft!l:iiiARmo kA_fro,ma wmbin.ation af tar, j3


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crazed mob.was to o much for him., and be W , R S , dralledfrem th 'B ~ ,j:A U sn.t! placed. uR d l e r ~ apbys~'~ian".a. , ca re .Wi~UanlVining.,an.e1DplQve of the street r,aUw ay 'Q Q m.pan" who a.ttemp,tedto rus:hthrough tbee:rowdrmd uptb e j,a:ll 8~ep. to aS9,i,stthe: ishier, i f f Waa, .,hot, t lnd dang,er--QUlly woun.ded. A ,er:owd of OBe: band red :Rmdfift.ynien,pri'oel:p.dly emp,loyes of' UJe: big wttGnmn~a at Danae, , asuburb 'o:fthls city 8,earelled the 'Woods,all nigbtf,or 'Clarl 'twh,o'w,as identUied at tile tim,e he assaulted. Mi:ssPrJiestby be : l" li ttle ,si ste r"No Bueceu attended tbe'ir eft'o:rt8\~and early tlds Morn-ing Sherilf'FlJlgbam s'tarted C)iU.twith a . p~fn~. aDid be-fore nine: oe~(Jc:k.bad eapt.ured C~ark. on B , Q , ( l v , e r d a mO reek . hn m.nea fro ,m :llu ntsvn~e. H e w a ,sso on land ed , :In,jail, and . b y one , o ' , c 1 o a k tbe ReW,SQ1ftbeprisoner'. cap..ture:W89 hera~ded to aU parta " , f the eny. IimolJ-.. .eom..po sed o f min ,opel'aUves ana. Men o f a n c 'anin~waR,,Hoonfarmed and m8.~ehed lathe j :aU. where they stoodforat~me.. apparently wa:ltln.1 for a leader . Sheriff Pulg~ham, ' Q l d c : k : t y seeing tbat he! had 8 d le 8:p era ,t,e crowd to , ,eamb.!. wirt ld IGo,vern:or Jo:hnson. tbef'a.ets in the ease.IT ile .Io v ,e r.n o l" res,pondedtotbeeff'eet,that be bad ome:lIed.tbemUIUa at BirminghaM, Montg,omery ,and Deeat~1!utopi"oa.eed, wl,th a ~ J .b a,,~e tnt~e , s c e n e . , T.he , B b e r i , 1 f then :Cele-pholled Judge St .M. ,Stew.ar~ and. alk.ed fo r aill imm.ed.latetrlal of tkenegrot and thl judge rep,Ji,edSOQnafter :lb.t,h.e had ,arl"anged."or 8special session of e0urt at three,o, 'e!ock before Jodg ,e !H . c :. Speake.Ifte mob by this t1m,e bad assta . ed ,ala,rRling p'~J)Or.-tiona", and. the .8be:r:iff,thinklngto qtde:ttbe storm,ap...peared , a t , s . wl.ndowaod ; a n o o < u : n e e d that a 8,pec;iJaltrial.had been .arrang:edfortl1e!prlson'l;r.,andtbathe wou:ldbe brolJlbJt befare the O O iurt at three ofe~oc'k.in t& e,af t. r . . .noo.Q,.Tbls was greeted wIth jeers b y the erowd. ofcitlzensaod. the ery uRe'Venge!"wentll,.The outer door to tbe j.aU. a wooden harrier. was Boonbat,tered down. and the mob g8.inled emtrnnceto,th,e fir,stHoor . . Here tb eyenco 'u nte:red . the ,sherUr',I, w lfe. w hopleaded w ith them. to .refrai.nfro:lII vloJ,emee'. a'ollet thelaw tak e Its ,eourse~Sheriff Ftdrham. D o G w e v e r , o n hear ..Inlthe d,oor being :':oreed. rre:Ured wUih hIli nl"~fU)nArIoth.Athlrd f loor , wher,e h.elocke':large am,otlnt o:fta.r, :t.the 8 1 _


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pUed. u.pon the eement f loor altba jan. and a mamhap-plied.. A a:u:.ooating ,amoke!a:r:oae, and spread. Quiet.,tb.roU.lho'u.t th e ,ja U . 'T be shetnr ag,a:in.retrea:te(I. to theoorn!er fa:rthest f!t'lom tlheftre~taJd:nl bis priBoner with.kim~ More , ta.r and feather,s w ere b rough t in. and.lplted~Pulgham w8aftna1ly dragged from the -j'QUln , s . ,serid~n ..leioua ,eo nld ltio n: . .and tak en to t h e tdt .y ) 1 , & 1 1 . , a o d . , doc tors,B :u :mm oned . . .Th.e iBhirf.~.I, a.epartu rew as. t'he si,gnal ',o r the M o b t o ,proceed to tnei.r work, and. tbeyqu,ickly took ' c o ' l J l p , l e t e .:poBseBslon Oifthe: stronghold.. Fu~Jyan hOiur w as 'coo...8:umed In b .reak :ing the l o c k to , tb ec eU In w hic h the Cll1d pritW,lt8 confined.butas soon asU1is was aceomp~ished twoBleb ,seeur_ O,~a:l'kand ,quiekly a.ppea:red wUh him onthe :fNn.t a :H:paof the jail. A plow nile wa8plaeed aroan.d.b il n,eet, an.d . gu ard ed b y twenty :hea.vy~a:rm,edDlen info ur,B " ib e w a s, dr .a .ggedout of the JaU ya:rd.Themob w a sf(d~o'wed byfu[~y lltlOO people. The doo,med man.waatakenbe:for~ k~8vi~etim aDd posUlvelyid.011tified.. 'Tllej,denti:ficaUonco,mp:lete,. the! wretch e o U a p s e d t, a n d had to b e . taken up an.d.oorne on the ,sholl~Jders of h.is ,C8\Pwrs~Ther:o pe aro um d . Cb u k i8 neek w as,thfow n o ve" the li :M hof an .immen.se tree by Mi,ls Pde8t~8 bllotbe:f. Tb:8 n e g T Ow a s th ro iw n .a e~ O B S tbe back 0 ' : a hQrse a n d . the animal 'wasled outfn')ll1l u nd ,er ..h inl,.The b o dy w as riddled with but ...le:ta~ .Just 8S t'e 'work w.asBnb~bed the Decatu : r mUitla8r~dYed at Huntsville .

NB:W YORK HERALD.Jnl;y24. 19100

H UNTSVILL ,E . A la . , J u l , v 2.3-EUjah C~ark,.111 negro,t.wenty years, old'J was Iyncbed .at twoo~{dock th is after--noo .n by an. i:m lllensem .o b nf e:iti .zens,()f H untsvUle and thei sur round ing , c o u n t r y . Clark w 8:s ,ab(H A .t to , b e r e m o " y : , e dfro,mtheMadison Gounty .3:aUto the eourt hO:lU\e!Oirap:re ..Um,j.htuy hearhUi. when the mob eomp'ened the Oiffteersw,g~ye him UP', r o ok him. to t J . . . . . ~him and riddled the b o d y witl8


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HEW YORK. W[ORLDDeceml":r 81. 1'9DO 'HAIV .A : ID P R O F E S S Q i R FAva lSIItEGAJUI:INGl:VNCHiINGS- n , 1 ! i 1 ! 1 1 ' 1 r ' D [ O : C. I T . . . D . . : I ~ r 2 9 . . . . . . . . .p\~~ , faa IB" " l r A . l . . . . . . . ~ . ] 3 . ' u s . h . n I e~ ] [H~a~" " 1 /_a&a, __, , "~'W\Ii _ ".. '._ ,~V~ ~._V. ~~If, _~ .' 1, 1 , _ _ - 1 : : " " , ' VIU 'anard C [o }lep, speaki:n:g b e fo : re th e: .Am,erlean HiB: todea lMsoei ,at lO:R incol1yentJon here bdayJ 9a:~dtha:tif thepeople Q f' ee.rtaln. Sb\tea are [de termiaed to [burn cOlQredm .en at the 8take~ : tb08e Srta,tes, wo.u ld b etter legaUze the

....... 1:prrtwi[l.d~.e.C.HICA:GO[ RIlCJO[RDJianulU"J 4. 1901N IG RO FII&D , THI IN I IYNCN!IDDOME . G a~. J8n~.8-Geo:rge Reed , 8:negm ehar'ged wIth.aUempltlng to[ aBlau)t Mrs. 1..M. Lock le8l rof tlds el.t"last Right,. wu banged to..day to a tree,.Hiabody w,. tileDf i idd ted .wl th bu~letsb,.a mo b af 15tJm .M .. .Reed prro:teaWh iB : : i n n / o c e n c e o.A fter Id s, rO,frest.th ismQ'rn inS ' : tl1 le :D:e .g~ow asta .k :en be-f:o ,n M r8~ Lo ck lear, b u t sne iaUed to ldentif;ybfman.d hewas returned to Jail. Howev e r . the: Mob whicb had beeR.;seek lng the priso ner[s U fe w asn/o t 8a:Usfl,ed~ 'T .he d mu ) 'o. .iB vatio R I w ere 10 pro n,o \lD ced tllat J 'udgeH:enry o f theS uped oF c t1m rt,n,o t. ,g eeIng .a.ny rea8on .fo rb o l d im s Reed. ,o rif.ered the sllerU t t . o reJeu ehb n. T :he m ,o b learnlng' o ftherel.eaae, formed withiR the ci., lim~b and ma.rched.to the ho u se o f L ila Gov/ei f fn North Ro :me , wnere It 'fo u ndBeeel.H e w as tak en tbreel mUes fro m tlhia pJace and.ynched .. .


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CHIC.AGO RECORDI','ebru*ry :81,1901

T,EBILEHAUTB.,Ind''I,F,e!b~26-Qeorge, W,ard, thenelmw.ho murdered! Miss, Ida Flnke]8teln~ t.he school teacner,lIst" 8:veDi :RI ,was 'p, laced iR j ,aUat ,11 o " e l o c k . ' this:mo:rRID8'., an. sh.rt1y before lo, 'cJ.oek was tHen. Q ut bya 1I10~~,d.ragged face downward to the! banks o f the W'~baSh, 'ani, tw o sq iu a:res a wa ,v .,a t u .,e wagoD bridge at thelOot o f the malin stJ'loot of the city, thenee to , tb.e draw . ,a n d ':b a n ge d f:'rom a b e a .m o re d e a d th a n a U v ,~ IThea 11.,bodY ' W a s cut; down and. t'umb~ed o:trtbe: brldgel anthelwes,tbuk l O t tIl,el.r.lver .and aH.re buUt; on which hew.hut,ned.FortwlO' hou rs the , c rowd ,cam,1 and w ent 1m t'b o u ..Band.1! willi]" a lew hundred g,a:t'hered elaaemth,efire an.renewed it as, 'it d ied . d ow n w U h o n a l1 id ,cra tes f:'rom aR.ear . . .b,po:ultry house . , The hat w as p.assed8rou~d, sev'era)times fol' mORe:rto b u y o tt ;Someo,' thebrildge we.thet-lioardi:ngwastor.n 0 . for fuel. No ,e f t ' "o r tw,asmue b,the auti1eritieB to .Bmpthe Inhilm an eo nd ll,et,. and . so ,faru",ppearan,ess, went itwas ,sbnply a, bigbonftre, wamhedidl7 by a great number' 'otpeop~e.Wben ' t h e , ' crowd nea.r the fire lind of .renewlllgitattermllour , itwu ,seen t'at tReviet~m"s teet, were 110,tbUl 'D ,ed .SQme o :ne ca lle d an tllf,e:r (If a doUarf:or o ne o tthetoet, an d a bQ " qui lc ldy w o k . ou .t h is knife an d . eu t o lf atoe. Th.e, ofte,w as fo ~IO rw ed by otheir ,s,aD:d the horribletr,afflcwas eOh.:tinu:ed,youths hold~n.g up toea Inlld ask,in,1fo rb i .d si . .N,o : t l dog :has been . d,one by the au~horitiesp,yet.(iII:"ki ..'Inl toth.e!p'u:niahment, ,af the L Y n c b c i f , B . , Th.e,y were : o o tdlsgulseiilandtbere would be no difficulty In IdeuUfylngthem . PoUnmen, .,~onthe riv er b ank and w,ahhed. themen ,and boys ,ab o ut the tlre fOlf' anhou.r o r mo:re~OutBld .ethe jian ,lI n u m b e r 01 'p oUee ,men tri ed . to pera'uad,9 thererowd m disper,ae.but, w hen amno wou~dnot M o v e 'O BDOl further eftortwas made.

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CH I:CAGO RBCO :'RDlIaftb 14, 1'901

caIIONEI'S, J l I U ! R Y CCD,MMIN!DSMiOIBIFOI CREMAIING NilSOOltS: ICAN'A J 'T 'e1t~"Mar. . l~o hn, H endler.on: . thenel 'roa c e u s e d , ,Qfmur4erinr M : r Y~unl:er~w , & a , burned :atthestake by a mo b of 5.,OflO'peruos, in this cltyto-4.,.Hepurpo'rted,~, had ,eoh,luaedhls ,gunt. . Sub8equentl,tkeQO ,ro nerb td d an iu'qnt!st ,over' hls,re;m ;aJnsan:d the: juryreturned, a verdict eomm'endin,g the mob far :~ts:aet, 01ho'rror~1 _ . " . " '._!!II! I.MBWYORK TRIBUNEM,8nb 1 , " ' " 1:901!NEG'RO SUSP&C,' I~UDES ,M OB.III'ER LYN!C:HIED' IN IS liE 'ADNA .:S,HV ILLE ,T ,enn", lI'ar., 1 6 ~ B ; a m U e C r u m n . a l d : , , 'eolo,redwoman. Inet d e,.th, :at tbehmda, of a mob at Romeabout midml:gbt last, night. The ,mob 9urroundled her homeaR,d took her to a brldg,e! oyer Round L~ek(ireel< . near the:town. , Her hands were t ied. behind her, an d af~eFbe~ngabot, through the .head her' Ufeless. body w8I! !1 thFOiWh.!nto ,tbe I c r e e k . Tbe b o d y was recGverlCi to-day,and the juryof ~nlgu,est,'1!tl1rned. av'erdict that ,sbe M.et ,death at th.ehand9~ofu l ! kno iWR per.OllS' tThe lynching wastbe 1"esultot a f U 1 S p l c l l o : n that theneg~e8:Swas In somis way ,c o nnec ted w i th the thelf!o.ftheO ,ntentso f .apo c k ,et:b o o ,k (KJnta,in.in,1' $120.whi ch w,le lost.b y Wetter Samp80nlast week. Th.epur&e W e I found ont.be grou ;n d by a negro, boy , w ho, w as on h~ 8 w ay- to :retul: 'a. I t ,ootbe: ow .nei f', w hen .he Was met by WiUbuD Crate& . l1.eld .a bro,tber of the d ead w om an ,,,, who, ind:ue.ed the b oy toglveh hn th.epocketbook upon th,erep.resentaUenthal,the eo:ntents w ere o f: .DOva~'U'e:"M:r . IStU'ltp90n had Cru teih ..f ie ld . arrested. and he WutlBain8 fo.rBa:fe keepin,g~

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ITha,t :nlg'ht :a mob v isited 'tb e b o u se o . f Squ. ire B a ' b l f J , lindtooI;, Crukhft,eld, from the eustodY &t the Sber :Uf" Tbem O b h M l ,stamm with Cruubtetd to the p~acesetected, f ;orlexeeIlUOD",wh:enhe l l l ' l o : k . e from th em a n ,.,t ,succeeded in ,eII.tlna hia, ueape in the dark.. T'hialo ,enraged themo:bthat, the,' B usp ec t ed Cruteh.ft,ela's fJ:isterBalllt: ,o fhetnl' ImpUeated, in the theft, and laat niglatt,Bw o rk WI8~be,,c u lmblfttjon, ,o f that BUsp:iei,C)R,.llu :mCAOO RECORD ..HBRALD11.,12,1;101''aILIIVIS WIONG ,MAN LYIN:C~HEDBIRIIINGH'AM~ Ala.,.,Ma:y 11~.A ne'gro , sup 'p08edto, be,James Brown: ,aeeused of ,ass8ulti.og ,Miss De~l:aQ,B\rrett 01:Sprlnl'vn~e. was sbot, and kl!~ed,by a,nUMber ,0,' w!litemenn.ear 'LeedB, nea:rhere.to ..day . Theeorooner 180t the,opin,i on. tha: ttbJ,ew l"On ,g man bllbeenkiUed.CH IC.AGO ' RBOORD-HBRALD'lune: 00 1'90:1" ' , I I I - '_ ' _ ' -_

,SH1U ilv epO :RT, .L a.., ,June 19 . Two ' o f thenerr,o es : i .m -pllcated :in tIl,emumer of John :Gray Fosler wi'reJynehedb y ,Q mob at, Ben.ton to-night. O:D6 was .Fr.ank" commDalykR wn .1IlI0, ~'p.....-i\o~.H ' 8 . , , 1 ; ' i t h - . wb-~ til. be"'~ : 1 "'1I>e. _ _ _ _ _ rep .J!I,~ I" ,. M _ ..--:J.--~' 8 : , , , , _ _ .e .. _~ 0_ ,, _ _Il~Cbgnlh o f' 'God:i'movtrnent I.D 'th.at,,SecUOD, w as blaMedas, belnl res,po naib le fO ir tile .sentim ent ag,a:~nBt thewhltea,wJdeh. led to the death of Foster. 'The-,other wasF ,. D ., M ie La nd .At '6, o'eloc'km.enbeg,an qu~etlyto obta~n horsesl11drid. eu t ;wam. , cross,~ngthe dVte:rtmere intW08, andthl ' leeBand osteoaU::lty u narmed .. 'They w ere al~b o u nd fo ,r lIeR .. .ton, and. :had ap.r,earra.ngedp~an fo:r meeting wi tb a .sl~ml.Ia:r'erowd foo~ Bossier to , fO:I"Mtbe~ynehingpa.rty.Them()b a.ppeared, befQn!fh'e .Benton -i .A . n - About. D,o ,'eto ck .,and m ad e a deMand (J

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prlsonler,s~ That, , 0 1 l 0 : 1 a l at f t r a , f ; mal:ntalned his, attitude o fthe Jastf;eW ' d ars, b u t 'WU oveI 'Po ,we~d by the, :lyneber8.H,8v,inr ,secured the priso n ers. th e M ob w ent o u t 0 :1 theArkus'a8 !'load about, a Mile, and, ,a ha~f f.rom the jaU u d ,strung them. up. . .Bo th negn>ea, Made s:tatementsbeioNth.ey (Ued , d eny in ,g th at the y :h ad anytbing ro d o with, ' tbek.lllIn,g o:fFoster. WhUe Smith died prayin,g,. MeLandwaaBnent 88 ,h e w u ha n ge ~ , ' _',D'".a"~1 "::.'

!N!&8RO- IURNE:DA,r S,TAKIBIR:MINGHA:MtA~a . .~ . A u g . " Utteringa1tern.ate I C U r s e sand . pray 'e ! " ,B tmd , sbde 'k in,g Mhe H a m . e 8 encirc led hiswrithin,(l ' body , . J oh n .. P e n n . i n . g t . f . > : n , . 8 \ n , e g o . t o , d.l:ed at th e,stai1enearEnterprise : today. 8vieUm ,o f the V I O l e a n e e ,01 a lR o bo ,f 5 ,00whUes .'Tho ugh the 8ldfedng wret .eh 'pJeadedf 'or me~c .y andfranticany emdeavo.red to 'break the chalnathat tl,lhtlybound hlm, not, a trace of a.ympathy was shown on the:faces Uiat,pee!red ,at htm tbrougb tbe:flames~ .Penningtonb ad ,oo,mmitteda bru ta l assal1 .1 tu .pon.Mr ,B~I. C . Dav is" the!wife of one of the best k n own farmers ,of 'Co,free Oountya n d oonfes8edhis gunt.The attack was made yes:te:rdaywhen Mrs.. Davl8, w ll. 'owas alonea.t ho.me" W,8S in her ga.~den. Leaving Ids vie-tim u ,nco n ,8c lou s ,then ,egro fted .into, the wDods ab o u t tb eplace. .As, Boon 8S ,she l'1eg.a:inedhe'r senses M . f , a . naviseraw .led to the hOllsean:dgavetbe alarm.A large p08se was qui lc l !dy organized wilh b l o o d h o u n d san d the ' negro w as chased untU early this m lom ing., whenhe w as c aptu red . i :n a 8WRlnp. Plenningoon w as b o u nd hand .andf'oot a n :d ta ke i R baekbo th.e Davis home foridentifl,ea1O'Uon .'M :r,a . DRvis imnuuUately Ib r(lk e d ow n a n d w ept. . H e a l


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lo r' m erQ:V .. bu . t deaf to his e:ri.es ,o f terro r" tb e leadiGrdr l .gs,ed the trem .b li :ng' m an from th e b,GUse.Sev eral 'm emb e'fs of the e:ro w d had already driryen. ani.ronp'ipe' intotbe ground., ,aud_tbem,en .pproacbedwith P 'e n u l:n gto 'n b o tb w h.ite s and blaekSlwere pinnabrushwood. 8ro~ndtbe stake,T be negro saw h is d oo ,m and witb ;ll sef,eam o f ter.ro lr .',el1to the gro und in afa~nt, H e w ,aa,q u i e k ~ y revived a n a .dragged 'm th:e ,stake:, whUetbe ernwd ,stood silentT.he trigbten:edman w as ' lim p an d :had to be beld . u p , w h U ethe ehains were fsstl!n,edJ around hi,s neck, andboc: l , . .When ,aJ'lwas l Ie 'ady the ,cry w as g iv ,en , and the emwds tood . hQck..A.a~ch w aa . a . p p U e d to the p U e a n d . wUhoU to feed upo :ntnetinytlame 300n bllrst into : a roari:nl"ftre~.Tile terrified negro again plleaoed '.,ormercp .nth,,:m.o st a :: lo n iz~ :n lto n leB,an:d pr.ayed that tho se a'fo und . hi:.,m lghtperisho O H et'b en csned upon . the M:ake r fOi l" forg; ive-:ne88~,aR d as the :tb ,m :es leaped u p and enc irc led bisneel:,a n un,eart:nly shri:e.k 'wa8hea:rd andt'hemml',B ey,eahad,'~D'108,t bulged out o il ,the ,so ckets. -B,vthi!stime the fire bad gained such he ad w ay tba'tnOitldn.g eo'llldbe seen, ,exeept:ing a wriggUng :moUon Inthe c ente,r , o t the: circle Q f fire. A de.athly sUence fo l l owedand i.n a .few minutes, the ftames had subsided sufticient1yt o , ,diselQae PenniQltoAsbead~,fan.enf.()rwaFd an,d h.an,g~nl'lim p t)v er tb e iro n. c h.ai .n.'The b o d y was qaicldy eon8umed~afterwnie ih the erowdqu~e:t1ydispersed.C H ' I C < '.tO - O ; : -R E 'C - O c o D "H "D R ' ' A L D ', 'I:__'.,',~_,;,a"_'_',-,:,_:' ',',_ ~t'__-.1 __ ,ai, _'iii!, ~I ,,8:,_',',_,,;__'~

PIEliRC~.BClTY . M o,.. .Aug~ U i~Bugen:e Ca,der' and an ..other 'neg.ton.anl.ed Godl~y w ere tll:k enf~o m jantJ)~n.iBh:tand .yniChed an the cba:rge (if assOiulting and mUllderingM is" ,O asHUeWUd :s ,o n her way heme from ,Sunday ,gcbonl7Ie8,t"~day~W.hen God~e:y w as strtUlg uP,th'ere wBammcbsloo:Ung at tb :e body and ,a boy was kjUedana ,several )}el"loo1I0n,a w.Oiundeclb .7 ' the i n d l s c , r i . 1 I4 J


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Ju stb efo l"e' h is d eath O a:rw r oonte9sedtba.tfh,e re .d . eul~,rit w as ,J ioe:Clark, a P u U m an . car pomr, an d the:I1 \Q 'has ar:ra:o S',ed to m eet hIm w .h.en he returnl, f rom. h. i . t",UJId. f t .d ' " I - 'n h. l I i e m I II '!I !~ . ' 1 1 - ~e _ _ . Thefeeli'ng 88',a:lnst the negroes ial .nteHa8 and twent,y~Ive:armed menan nowraidin,S' t'e colored. qu,a:rter,,s h oo tin ,g a t ,e v erY 'blaekthey , caD f tnd~T bem urd f!:l" ' ,o ,f Mi,ss, W U d , 9 ' W e m o s , t a troc iou s ;. ,S be W8Iimet near ,a railro ad bridg~, dragged into the, w o o d s.. as-s'aulted aad her 'throat !Cutwith 8 r,azor~ A f;arme,r 'WOirk ..iAII.n a near by field . w ~ tnessed the aSRault, bu t . hearinr

Roout ;eTY did-not .g o , to ' her' reUef..W.h,en.heaawtbe Reo-gllOeB;running a.w,a:y he gave the alar:m. ITI1e bod i , otthegi,tl wu f ound at n:oonto~.y, and the neglloea w 'ere ea . . .tUl'Ied. 9bor~~yafterw ard .. - .. "CH I!CAGO RECORD ..HERALDA uggs,t :2 1. 1')01P IERCE C ity M,aIB IDRIVESNIDiROIS, OUT , BUINS,H"O,MIIPIERCE (UTY,'Mo~,Aur~20'-Witb the exeep,t,ioh o f afew ,eaf parten) who are kn own toberespeetab:te.ther,e.Is n o t a . negr,o in tb l s towm.For 'O f teen h . o u r , s ' a n a rm e d .and f U . d o U B mob eonr ,sed through the streets chasingaw.,. ,eveJ:Yneg"o~The hOMes; O:ff t8 aegl'\oeawerebu rn.ed , s'nd . in omeo ' f~em, .P'et.er H am.pt.o:n, ag,ed'l and.fee:bletwis '~ lr ,ematedjas he was uR,ab let0 ' 'e9ICapL:Blginning ,Sunday af'te:r.noon., wbe 'n , the man,gl~.d r . . .D rans o .r .Mis8 Gazelle Wild wel ' i ! ,dJisooveredln a ravine,where sh e had b e e n m UF de re d . wh i l e .s.tru'gglin,g with anegro ,Msail.at this eoMmuld ty has been in, a .rdbl"fev er . . Y ea te .rd a.y W U I Godle,y,, :Q ,BU8:peet, w,asaneated . Bad.~as,tnight he 'waBb~nched. His grandfatber", F:ren.m'God ley W88 sho t to death. Eugene fJ.,rter. aU Ra, Barretlt,all:J(!I 'a su spect, w as :s tru n ,g u p , untiJhe eoniessed, KRdmardIe of : h i . 1 loj oties. 11boy was fatailSyinjured ,by a straybtdlet during t iRe raid upooth ,e l n lg ' l " -O quarier,g-Iaatrd, lrht,. and th e .obls thiJr,atbul to Ret .~ib n d a , u l)o n tw ootb.er negroes suspected 0,11ea 'Ulbt , tbe,y ' w ill s,u reIyb e ly.nl4 :


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Afttrthe I Y D l c h l n g of G o d ' h ~ y 'lu:ttdght, it was thought ,tbeexcitement 'Wo'lj~d,df,edown but instead it. beea:memO :l~elntenser;inasm uehBBtb ehnpres8,lo n grew tha'~,Ood-Ie, was not the : l" (!!D.lcuJp,r: i, t. E,a,rlythlsm.orniRI' , t h e , mobb r oke in~othe ,B,r,senal oftheioca~ mint~a com pan y., 8 e""eu~red tbe!rlftesan:d ammun iUan and ata.Ned ou . t to clearPhl:r,ce City o f' a ll n egroes", 'Th,e w Q irkw as, t bo roog l : dy d:one~The lfisl 'riftJed blacks, b u llets w h i~U ing ,R,DOUt tbe:~r ,e'ftrsand, in,so,m,e: j , n s t a r u : : e : . 9 findi:ng lodgment in their'b o d ,ies~ :fted ,~o the! w o o d s and n,e:ar..bytowDS; wherethe:y, & " " 4 ) 'b ;e , "~ .n ' h I , d . ' ' d l e ~~ n ~ 'b : y ' f ,~ ' ;: e -( n ~ ' . . ,_,!t; _.",..lL . Je ., I, ". " ',. _ _.' 1,:11,,1,.' I IU:~~'Th is , ,afterm ,o o n pa,rt:iai qu iet w as res tOl ' ied, bu~ttblB 'jf,aetIs due to the Iaek o:f negroes t o . sheet upon.. Cit:iz.eos,mind fu l o f ,several ' h i deous ' c r imes agains.t wo .men be:l'ie,wabo~ts in recent ",ears, have deereedthet ne negro esnherealfter H v~ in, Pi.erce City o r ])UB tbf10ughthe place,o 'npa. in o : f d ea th . T h i,s may neeessltate a eomp~ete , e n a n , g eimtbe e a r porter S Y I S , t e m of f ,ourra i l rods cente.rin,gnearb are,. --New elemenmin tb e:n1lu rd e:r o f M 19s w n d dev,e:JDped' t o ~ . , . ,It appe!ars she ,started htl i l :ne. from chureha!ome.b el ' b ro ther' .U.Rgel" ing b e h i n d . . A b o u t 0",,3' ' m U e trO:M t ownth,e!brotber found her with bertilr'Q,at eut, lybig~:lfe~essnear 8 eu lven . under wh i , ch her ,assailant b ad ,a.tte:mptedto d r,ag b e:r. Evidence o , t a terrible struggJewa9 ,shown, .A eopper~loredneg~o was ,seen 8~t;t,ingoD the br'f.d:re

,8 abort t lmebefo 're! the t~r.a.l 'ed'y cecue red , nis eu.pposedtbJa; , t : tbe, n eg rQ S ,p r'8 J :1 g lIPon herwben sbe wal pa88~n\gand 8UeMpted~o f,orce - her beneath. the! bridge. i S h ef:o u ght w ith ,such de s'Ih~ratio i n th at be cou~d 'not ae-, c o m , p ~ n s : b .his purpose and cut her 'th.~oat inthe!st:ruggte .H er body w as D0t vio la.te(1.. .Mondar 'b~oodhoond8 were tak,en to , tb e' aeene andtbetdrlts b l oOdy h.oll,d:ke:rehief wasl\~dd befo.re them . Theyim m ,e d ia ; te ')y e a u g,h t tlil:e tl'a iJ ,a n d ra n a t fun sp e e d to th e:hom.e o : f J 'oe .La,~k, W n e J " te ' o n be ' lR , admJttedrus :hedbt l iJh.is bed.rooRl and 8p ..n~g UpOin. th e b e d . It is b e U e v e d tba.ttbe :mOiR u H , d ! e ! ' 'arru;t.a.t T uh H ' t~ M . T . t w b o boarded wIthLade, the Sprin.gtield Bu.spect, ,slept upon this, bed.


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CR IAGORECORD ..H ER A LD 'O fllto b e r 9 ,.:I !lW lIM OB SCA IIS W O M A ! N 'T O DEATHSHB:LBYVILLE, :Ky. Oet., 8-Mrs,. Ben C.. P'erkins,. wileofttIJe ja:Uer at t'bi,s -place. died to-da.y 81 'tberesldt ,ofsh o ck .a n d fright, , 8 u l ' e : r - . e d Wedl!JJesd. , mormlDg when.mob a.ttaekedthe j,an ,and lynched two negroes.A:tthattjm,e Mrs. Perk~ns WEt ,s UI.-W~.tb 8 .ne~ rvoU:s a.t taeikJ a n d .Dr. w ..1 1 ' " Bta~.rd~her physh: l : lRin, deldal'ft that theraid.ottbe: brgehers Is respo:n.l ldble fo r til;c woman',B d eath .CHICA.GORECORD ..HERALDMaRh 31" 190,2L Y , , ' N - I C - ' H - " - 1 M - - D - ' . ' M A ' "i , ' Y , , - H " A , c V - E . I I ! ! R , ' R ' E ' - D ,_ . '1 _ ' '_ . "_ [. _I_ -! ,I I ,I I, r '.. __ ' ... ] -. I~"_" _ , I 1 . : - 1 _ _ , _ _ ,_ - " _ : . _ ~ : a J _ , ~ . _ , _ I _ :' ~ l _ _ - ',SAVANNAH,. Ga.".Mar~ 3~lt i , e po,Bsiblethat i n . thelea,reb for Rh!hardYoun,II', the negfg.~wanted for themur-.,der of Do,wer F'on:nta:in intbe southern part of tills:oount-y.anegr{t now u nKAown has been 'eau,ght bya posseand b u rned . In err-or . .Ab.right bonfi,re was, s:eel1iin the sw .amp intbedireetioDapoese: went rri.daynlght and themembe:rs. o f the pO Is e returned .statlng that they we 're ! i.a . .isfled. 'Withthe ni,ght,'s work. Un,aw ,dev.etopes., bowe'Yer, that theirv ie-tim may .no t have been R:iehal-d Young:, fo r w hom th.e, ,o,meeraof the taw are stiU ,searching.Tb.e remains otthe burnednegJ'Ol were b,ought, bel :oretllie m.oither, ,o f R ichard Y o un,g who :says that HI", r-a..semble hel' s on , In no pa:rtieuJar~CHIC ,AGORBCORD ,HERALDApd~ 2. 1 . ' 0 0 2,M O B V IIC T IM . P : L I ' A D ' S , IN N O C I ! N ! C E , ;P i l l A Y I C !ULP RITW lrIJL , !B E ' D U N l O !.Ro.ME: , . Oa . . A prU 1- . W I!w.~ . t . . l88atll~ ing~M is:a B l\1i


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girt, in this e:ityyeaterday ,afte:r.nooll, w8ataken f'mID the!ja:il t,o..nil'bt 'b y 4,000 persons. who batte!red down tbeBrison d ,o o l1.t,and , hange.d him , to an eliectr ie Ugh:t pO le intbep'rinoipsl~ port , iOi l l , o , f tb,e ci ty. , A Yol le 'y was f t ,red after,..w ard , and fuUy ,at 'housand bullets ,entered the neli'O'8bOOy~Tbe ,aheri:lttded to,save Anen:f~om the M ob and , , e . - -'fused to denver the keys~ but the' , c , l : I u w d f'orcedthe j,aild Jo o r w ith s,aeds,ehammera: . Allen wasal towedtco m,aks a,statem ent. In w hic h he dedaredthathe w 8si.nn!o eent andpra.y,ed. tha:t, UlJe guU'typa,rtf w (u dd b e found.CHn IAGO KECO,RD!. .HERALD'118,13, 1902 ,N I G RO 'TOl rURe:D 10 DI !A ,JHBY M iO '., O F : 4,000' L . ' ,A N '1I ' I ' ' ' ' ' '' G ' ' R i " ! e '. .. .M . 'a'li~ ~'I:) - - D 'u ld]~""y,ll"o , j O ' O O ' '' " 'D o I l i , '0 e ~ r !AI - A, "g, "I' __ Ji". _:A,~:t ' '_ 'r,I _'~ ,',_' liI~I, lilll,_:_"Io,e~_ 't ,~ '_:_"'-',!e _ ' vaccused o t lIiJin.g M rs,. M cK ay, w ife . o f a ISiec:UonFora..,man Mclay , . w as bUl'lled to death at, ,an Iro n stak e beret


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'The ne,gllo'8 head ftmdlr dl" 'oppm., and in thirty ' m : i n , . .utes ,on~ythe t r u uko f the b o d y Fen.d o ed . As the' A re died[d ow n .,eU c hu nters startedtbei:rseareh fo : rBauvmdr8~ ,Pa,rts o f the ,sltun and body were! , car r ied ,away.,Tbe men w bo 'capf; lu:redMorgS8 were! then beld, above.. '_ '-the heads of the IDobwbUe ~'heir' t;tietuFeJJ we:reta.ktn~. 'The~lSt, wo " d s .o f the d ,o omed man, otbe:r than the in,,c o herent m u tterin .p, m ad e fn p irsle:l" we: re :'~~T,eUm,wife! good ..;by}'

CH IC [AGORECORD ..RBRAL ,D[Se :p tember29~, 190,2BURN A NEGRO .,Y SYSTEMOO EUNTH , M iss ., Sept.. 2 8-.In the!m ,0 8tm ,etho tU c ail andd,eUberate l . man.ner po ae:ib l.e C :Q l'lnth devoted Sund,a;yaftern.oon. tohurning llnegro to death. :Eventbe v~etim.T[om:C.hukp seemed to, eh.te:r~nto, the ,sp:~ r'.i to f the ,affair.and w a lk [ .ed . un .h esi ta.Ung ly to the; s:ta.ke where b e! w asto meet death. Dyi:ng the pUe .o f fue~ cdtie:ail~, :he said:,uI'UIl .IUUty~:1 ,I\,M ,am lserahlle! w retc h .. I d .eserv ethepu n:ishm ent.that is ab o u t to b e i .nfti eted o nnle~ "FIVeminutea ~:a~erClarlcW'M dea .d .T,he exeeut~aQwas carried out in aoeo:rdf tnee with a .re-visetiplan wh i ch inv o lv ed a str.Q .ngi! m o c,k ery o f m ,eri!Y .~C,~ark bad confessed on Sat.ul'dax.a:ndi't was decided mhang him to : a ttdegraph pole on that oftem.oon. Cla,rk ..,:Ro ,w ever, ask ed thattheexeeuUo n b e d elayed unt.n b J . . . .l~ 80 that belcould have a f,arewell in~.ervl.ew with. his,mo tb e:f and . br()ther,wh()~ivelnMemphiB.. The requ estwas granted , mUM to the d .ism ,ay o f the new spaper c o r ..respo nd ents. w llo had b u l1eUned . the city P1\peratb .at theexec u tio n. w as ;su re to tak el p,);ac ethataft.ern.o o 'o .Meanwh i l e tbenews o f thenegw',s, n:rrest and ,c on.l . .,d ( ln s.p :l~ ead ra :p i: d~y(j lv e r' th e s.urr-oundio[g co u litry andWd .y"simc4lmil l ,g tr8!~nl b ro ug:h t hu nd red s, o f peQ'p:le!i.nmthe! 'c: ity to witness the eX.ecuUon.A t no o .n.o od ay it wasfoupd IhAt IhA IIp!D'r,n,'gr~liAilivA.

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w .as, d !ee: l,d ed to b u rn Clark . The' 'main street lIthe! loVIn,Wa.:s ordle!r,ed ,c leared , and It w as announced . that,i,t hadb een d e(d d ed to burn the neg~o atS::30 oJ , c lock . This.tate.,ent wu met with ebeers and tbe crowd Bbifted to ,the p,lac e aetee~ed fo r the eo ac tm !ent .alt.ha trag:edi,.,The c omm ittee o f tw ehl",e andma,ny o ,f tberepre ..8entath~,e ,dUzens o f Cor inth vigO'r ,ousb ' opposed,bur ,n lnathe negro and atlued. that be! sbou tdbe! hallged~J ..B~Henning 'ot Birmin,gh,am .Ala." bro:therof M rs,.,W bi,t :f teJd"w o u l d , not COR sent to thlspropooUion. a:nd inaisted thatCb':~ksn(Hdd b e burned ..A .t2 : ,o 'c lo elc , pi~nefa,ggot9 and la,rger pi .eeJ(!s atw oo d

were Itdd a . bou tan i r ! Q 1 D rod" which w,as d,rlven dee:p,lntotbe ground~. and halfan hour late,rit w a s , 8 R D o u :n e e d th a t,l I~a~JwM, ln readiness .."At S o'clock the! priaoner, hc avUr manac led , wastaken from the j,aU b y apo.sse o f armed M en a m d . ~ e d .to , tb eeast ,ate o f the n e gro c.e m {!!te l" 'y , in the we&te l 'n .partallhe eity.Clar;kmp1e! ,Il statement, ;sltyiog t:.:l deserv1ed hisfstce,then askedtbata )Iett .er be d elivered to ,b ia, m,otherandbro tli l .er . .U:e .ap'pealed to his brothert:() raise his cniJd.renptope:rb, . admordshiDgtbem. to beware 0 ' ev U ,co m .pa oy .TII,e w o - rdw as giveRtofi~ethe funeralpUe. The bua..band . andbtotber o f Ch:n:k 's, v ic tim stepped.fofWamtT.hey a .ppU,ed to r ches" and in a momen t the flames leapedupward, ei l l .ve~o,pin.g tbe neK'voin s ,moke and fire. Soontbe!mans b ead fe~~forwal ' ldand~ife b e c a m e : e.x tinc t. Theftames were fed by the ,crowd untIl the! b o d y was burnedto , a cri~p. 'Then the executioners and the crowd di8per,sed~The ,crime for wIde l l Clark was executed w a s the! mu~,del' of Mrs. Carey\VhitfteM Oil .Aug.10 last.. M~r,8.Whit-:fiel:d. the wile of a : weUkno,wn c i t izen" was :f,ounddead~nher hOMe~ berhead pir&etieaUy severed f.rom her body'.

DiU,gent se'arcb 'flUed to d isc Jo .se themu .rd erera. Tw oCbi lca ,ro ' d letecUves were emp)()y,ed~ bu ttneir eff'o lrts. w ere:frui:tlleS9" ISev era~ su s:pec ts w ere a:r'res,ted , b u t in each easea.n aUb i w as pro ven.Finally a eOlm.Mi' t tee o.ftw,e)ve clti:zens werenam.ed toCIlnti,nue the B : E ! : a r c ' h for the :m u rd e:rer . . Last Mo nd a.y .itb e-eame ,k now n, that 'C lark had quarreled wUhhls wl .fea .nd .ab .e threatened to d isc lose the aec:,et 0 , ' a : cl"im:e: .Membersoftl1e enmm,lttee v:~8ited. the4~


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to warrBnt,belief tha,t 'Olark hadmuJ"tderedMrL Wblt.fteld~C lia rk , w a s ar.reated a n d . y,eaterday w u u,k,en befO:fC th ecommi t tee o f t.w e lv lft T O ' U 'le BurpdBe ' 0 - 1 an '~ .e negro . eo n ..fessed to , the m u r-d er a n d al80 to ,Jd 'o f o, ther c riM es he h a dcommi t ted . ,H e stated , that 8e v e ra l ye ar88 , go l1:e:stole $1,500 from apflly,sleianB't Freneh Camp. Mb5B~NEW YORK TIMBS,AprU 27, 1901TWO WHl l tE GlilLS W i H I P i P B D 'BLOO JUNG 'TON, Ind ., A.pr. , 26-Tbirty-eight unmaskedm eft b ro k .e into a bO i lu here earl,yt1)o t!1., and w h .fppedMilsuRebecca and, Ida SteJ)hen~ white. a g ,ed thirteenand sixteen yea,r,8,. ,and atso whJppedJoo: ,Shively., a,ne,g.ro. . ,aged fifty rears., The Stepbensg,lrll liy,e wi'"'t'helr m(}th:er~Shively hiBS ft, rOQ' ,m in the bouR.The :negrowas, wh.ipped with a barbed wire and was bit In the eyew itllb rass k nu ek les., T ti :e otd,er girl 'W as w hipped . i.t'barbed wire an. .dtheYBllnger D n e willi apple ,B,wltebes,'bl;l:tn~eithel'il dangerQuslr injured.Maay of the assailants we,r ,e recognIzed, ,a u d : w 8 , rra n tew UI. b e isw o rn o u t fo:rtheir ar're8,:t .Motl,ve fo t', the w h Ip-:ping a,ppea l .S , to b e 1 0 0 8 1 : 1 ob j ' e cUOD to 8, co lored . boa"rderliving wi . th a whitef . ' l lmi ly .NE\v YORK. BE.RALD'J u n e :B~I.91)3!NIEGRO DRAGGED FR.OM C:I:LLA N , D ' TORtURID' TO !bl&ATHBELLEVILLB. Il1..Sundl\y~--W'ththe dawn of Bund,a,thefuU impo rt.o t a WUdnlgb t'a w o rk d o ne by a. m ob o : ffm l ly tw o th o u sa.nd cl,tjzens ;flitood. revealed w~ay~ Da;yjdWyat.t, a negro ,Behoo,ltt~'aehea:s:8M8i,nate Charles He'rtel~ ' e

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o f t1eehmt ,even ing: ., b ad been tak en from a isupposed),. hn-pre,gn,o ;b le: jail, b an,ged to a telegraph pole in the een,t're ,o fthe pu b lic S l I u , a r , e a m , a his b o d y burned,Two , hund~ed, men., al ' ,med with ,sledge hamm,ers,M R i R h e d d P ' tQ i thejaU in the n,igk t and at.tac ked the Na'r'UO,N, 'WiUtvi,I'Gr~ In, hallf an, hourtbe! doorsS.ve w,ay 'torepeated , hammer b low s. Wyatt, w a s oonftn,ed, hi the l owe raec:tloD o :f a d o ab le Uero -I ,eella. 'The eldIIed ,steel b a ' r , f J ,'w er,e ,cu t , awa , wi th e1daele, an d w b :en, ,the d o o r swungope11:a mllatr ahout i r:d o rm ed the w ,aitins: ' e:rowdth.atthe negro' w a s intih,e ,hands olh,is purBueFs. ,Wra:tt w a s six, feett~reelnehes: taU and of , oweTfu lbU!lId. Be:k,jed to deftmd himself but he was, dopmed toIQuick deatb~H" bead , w as m,8sbed, almost to a pulp,be-,

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NEW YORK, HER,AL,DJnne 9, 1't103B E LL EVILL E! liS COMPLAiCINl 'O V I E I R H O R R I B L E : L " N I C H I I N I G 'BBL,LEV IL ,LE, Ill. , M ond ay-A ltho u g& the men who ,trocoed navld S",Wy,att,;the negro teacher who shotOharles Hertel . . eounty IS 'upe ' f ln t iende:n t ,o t Schools" onSatu rd ay night"w o rk ed witholut mas:1m fo , r s h e , houri, Inview of :hundre,d:s, IncludIng aU the: eityand eounty '00\..,,eials, and ~dltbQu,8'h tk e f , e : w men w ho did t:h:e actua l! kin ..ing a:re knt;, .wn to , iscores:, j,t is unlikelythei.rpflosecutJonsw U ) foUenv.IS ta~e l A,ttorn,ey Farm!e~ said to"day be lIaduo,t beenab J,eto flnd ,anybody w ho would identify any olthab'nekera.At; :Ultelnquestt:o"day n,ote's,tlmoill,Y wb~c~wouJd tendto j,'m pU IJ8 ,t,e ,an ,,. one in the lynching e O i u : ~db e e1!ic:~b!d,fromtbe witn,e8ses exnm~ned. Tbe CorDner 's jury de-eUnedto walt fo r the .arriv ,al . o f aU the witn

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