, 1859-07-25
=. TWO NEGROES HUSC.
AastAss 3ssat et H. 9take il tslias
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THR E3e1n1DLH DETAILS.

18R HORRIBLE QETA1La. =
~.:-:fTsen ii As.oud De1aoesasd
- NiA1AK1, kan.s Co. Nn.. July 70. 1sts.
SONS time agn, yau Will .eeoltee, negro
murdered gers1esuan named Hinton, near Va.
long search, ard put in jail. Yesterday be was
tried At this pltce and convicted Of the crime,
and sentenced 10 DO hung. While The Sheriff
was conveying him to prison be was set upon
py me crowd, mud taken from that officer Tho
n nob then proceeded to the Jail and took from
taehee two other negroes. One OF them had
attempted the life Of citizen Of this place, md
the other had just committed IN outrage upon
Ioung white girl. After tue mob got the Ne
groes together, they proceeded to the outskirts
OF the town, and selecting u proper place,
chained the negro who ki1ad nintjn. to stoke,
goi Quantity Of dry wood, piled it around him
and set it on Ere. Then commenced scenr.
which, for its sickeniug horrors, has nercr been
place.
Tlc negro WIS stripped to the waist, and
oaFeiooted. lie looked the picture Of despair
but there WAS no sympathy felt for liia ut the
moment. N Presently tue fire began to surge up
made visible in the futile attempts of tic poor
wretch to move his feet As the dar1cs gather
ed ahout bis limbs and body be commenced the
most frantic shrieks and appeals for mcrcY-for
death-tor waterl He seized lis ci.aina-ttey
were hot aud burnt the flesh off his hands. lie
'' noald a 9sop them aad catch 1t them aea'n. Then
he would repeat his csies-but all to no pur.
pose. In few moments be was ctlarred mass
bones and flesh alike burned into powder.
Many, rery many Of the spectators, who did
not realize tue full horrors Of the scene, uutilit
was too latc to change it. retired disguised and
such another spectacle.
Tue ends o! justice are surely us fully accom-
?!lsneo " Re ordinary process Of law as by
tue violence q M excited populace.
II thc horrors Of tile day had ended here, it
would bare been well, but the other ne rocs
s;:5c, Meic !aken and bung-i1sty, perhaps-but in
tied 10 Ee..,orse. Que Of them s,mpiy remark.
Cd, "that lie hoped before they hung him they
would let him see the other boy busntH'
Itc Outrage perpcirated by tho negro was
upon the daughter of highly respectable far
mef named Limb, !ivinS near Marshall, 1t ap-
pears that a number Of children had gone 10
gather h!ackberries not far from the tosp,
"hcse tue negro, who belonged TO one Of the
ne'ghnot1ng farmers, WIS at work in ficlL
1eeofding 10 the statement Of the children, the
hsst they saw Of him was whcn he rushed in
among them perfectly naked, ind seized the
eldest Of them, about thirteen years Of n;e, the
daughter ofNr Lamb. The oilers were ir;.Lt-
enea and ran AWAY, while the negro dragged his
victim INTO tlicket and committed The ierd-
ish act. While be was draggiu.; her along, she
told him she would setI his master autl hvr ia.
thcF upon him, lie replied he as a runway
and bad no master. In ihe meantime, her little
oso.ner, "ho was of the party, hustened into
Of men immediately started for the spot rs d.
5ccied. md found the girl in convul ions, After
bathing her, she recovered sufficiently 10 tell |
the occurrence. They then went in pursuit Of |
the negro, and from her description Of him.
found him at work in the field. lie was itnmc-
dately arrested, taken before Justice, aud |
confronted with the girl. who had been CONVEX
ed to the magistrates tflicc. Sh. recognized
him Immediately. He vas put IN jail. b1t lie
people took him, with The others, aad hung li.a
rs hare stated: 3fr. and Mrs. Lamb, j. i Sta.
ted, are almost insane about The matter, The |
must have been upwards Of ore thousand nco.
r. present. although many returncd before ,he |
atIai1 Was orer.