, 1840-05-02

one.-[Phila. Spirit Of Times.
From the Missouri Republican.
Gross Outrage Justly Punished.
The following extract ola letter relates
the circumstances of a recent outrage COM
miued by a negro man in Washington coun.
ty, and the summary punishment inflicted
by the justly indignant community:
Porosr,( Washington co, MOI April is, 30.
DEAR SrR:-I send you the particulars of
an outrage recently comitted in this county.
The facts of the case area negro belonging
to Mrs. -, of BeIlevieu, (about z miles
from here) run away from hls mistress about
six months ago, and, after icing out about
three months, was caught at the house of a
Frenchman named Lago, living at what is
called The New Diggings, distant about three
miles from this place. He was then hired
out 10 a person in Bellevieu. He went on
peaceable until three weeks ago, when he
went to his mistress house, and there being
no men living about the place, he demanded
what money there was in the house, and got
what there was, and then by violence and
force committed a rape on the person Of his
mistress, and took TO the woods. He was
not heard of for about a week, when he went
last Sunday was a week to the house Of
Mr., and asked the way to Frederick
town, and as all the men were gone to church
a few miles oil, he made an assault upon Mrs.
-. He says he completed his object,
though the friends OF MIS- says he did
not He then made his brags that he did
not intend letting any woman pass with
impunity, if he had any chance. The on
sequence was great e1citment, and several
~fruitless attempts were made to take him,
which he managed TO elude until last Mon
day, when he was taken. He was then
brought to his mistress. and she was asked
what she wished done to him, she told the
persons who had him to take him and to do
what they pleased with him. They then
appointed five persons to value him, which
they did at $500, which amount was made
up and paid TO his mistress. They then
proceeded TO put questions to the people
assembled, what was to be done with him,
there were about sixty, and they said with one
voice, hang him! which was done yesterday
at 10 o'clock, at the village of Caledonia,
(about twelve miles from here) in the pres
ence of some three or four hundred persons.
Just before he was swung off he confessed
his crimes, and said he was instigated to
rob his mistress by the Frenchman named
Lago. that | named before, and. rs the law
would not recognize the confession of the
and his man Lago being a well known
.scoundrel. the people Of this place determin-
ed to lynch him, and this afternoon about Is
of US (as | was one) went to the New Dig
gings, and succeeded 10 catching the old man
and his son. They had plenty of loaded
firearms in the house, but we managed to
secure them and his wife, who is a real des-
at the same time that others secured
the man and his son. We then tied them
up and gave the old scoundrel a decent
whipping,-and his son a few lashes to re-
US by, and after taking away their
fire arms, left them promising to give them
twice as much tomorrow morning at 10
if they did not leave this part of the
country by that time, at the same time, tel.
ling them we would hang thsm all if there
should be any buildings set on fire, whether
could prove it to be them or not.