The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-19
AN ENGLISH ABoLITIONrsT LYNCUEp M
MISSISSIPPI
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FROM TIE -. LOUIS fhmocrat, prc. 4
respectable locking man named VIM Smithynnn a
native ol England. and for several years Resident or
Wisconsin arrived in this city Tuesday IRON, wsu
phis Hr. smithyman driven from MIssjssup, lss.
week, after suffering injuries for crim aIeg-i
against him, but OF which he declares his entire
ccncc. He was formerly employed in this city for a few
weeks a. nSer, IN the Planters Mills on FRANKLIN ave
nue. aud went To Mississippi for employment IN Juu La,
re obtained work IN Pamela and IN Soto countics uear
the tennessee line lie worked for several parties dress
ing milstcncs, and met with opposition from arv
party whatever ii week az. yesterday when h. start,
60 IRON inoxaonie " soto county, for scnatobia
hon, on HE Tennessee and Mississippi Railroad Yer,
miles distant employ ing negro to carry himself ,r,,
trunk IN wagon to the raroad. Arriving at senaobia
alter dark he proceeded TO look up freight for th,
negros owner and In doing went into the freight ~.
pot Will" there three persons approaohel hin,
and asked him where hc was going and what he vas
doing lie told them locking for freight for Inra
homie; but they charged HIM with being an abosn
and suspicious person, and seized and thrcx him n,o
freight whifh they lockcd and then cnt M MO Tho
village 10 tell the story. The negro se arrested ard
as afterwards appeared, was thrcatenes With ns,an,
death II he didn confess thai the n The freight 90
had cndcavcred 10 persuade him 10 run or The 80
thinking probably tosave himself from torture "a -,
fuch was the case but notwithstanding the Confession he
wns severely logged. "
About ten ocluck crowd Of thirty 90 forty ,e,rn.,
10 the railroad station took smhy man o.t ami u,a,r.
him into the wo-vs. There they ~trip.d hi, n.ta ~.
withdrawing the WEATHER intensely c,I5 ,nJ -
him large number ~ stripes, the victim thing ,Sve
hnnu.sn, WA thi's leather belt sometimes RAJ and
s"stiin.s with The edge. man who aprrores, a. -. =
Doctor th,n advised them b. d,--t Saving III, ,has
would hnish The 90 the day They tis.p m, nm,
his th.aa
~ "a rug 70 protect him during the night, In the m-rn
rig pc We released and permitted pay City cents fr
cup OF rsfEr. -
an armed force, styling themselves J. Minute
mh' then took hun into custody afresh went into
The woods again, made him strip tied his handu
around tree and then shaved his head az cs,, a.
they toud. The crowd urged him tell all about his
songs ~ The inierpr, and said That they knew he was
ruy OF exciting slaves % insurrcction, had tempered
With them and all that. Three four said that "a he
would confess his life should be spared but thai be
did not he would be strung up BY This time snithy
man Was half dead from exhaustion aud fright ami he
ltyng that u his only chance ~ safety from b,r
nr he boldly avowed That be had ampcred with saves
With shout the eager listeners seized him All 49,
were ior hanging him. An attempt was msde a. ~.
rope around his neck, but others were So nnx,ns -
another operation that the would be execn,anor
smithy man was stripped, and llan,d Tar anos, ~.
enough TO scald, was poured over his head and sls