The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-02
ANOTHER death DANCE" M the AIR.
Tragic Fate Of Negro villain-He Is Taken
from Jail and Hung by a Mob.
[From the LOuisville journal Courier, Jam. 3O.l

From the Louisville Journal Courier, Jan. 30.l
short time since negro went to the house or
highly respectable farmer living some six miles out
from greensboro, about midday, and asked for food
SAYING sS1n ne was hungry: There were no persons
the former being engaged In cooking dinner for the
farm hands Food was given the negro, and after he
were. The woman replied that her husband was
away from home, and that the farm hands were In
the held at work. On receiving this piece OF infor-
nation the negro at once arose. and, going to the
door, closed and bOlted It, then attacking the helpless
woman he ovefp0wered and violated her in the
presence OF her children, despite her cries for mercy
After the black brute had committed the crime he
fed and got well out OF the way before 1t was
discovered Al the time OF the outrage, 1t is said,
the woman was encefnte. On the day following the
negro was pursued, captured and Carried to Owens
ooro, where, after preliminary examination before
Judge Iripitt, he was committed to Jail to await
trial IN the Circuit Court. Judge Washburne, OF
Owensbor0. was appointed counsel to defend the
prisoner ana 70 h the negro made full confession
and more especially OF the residents OF the neighbour
hood IN which tie crime was committed, that there
was every reason 70 Deleve they would not wait for
Acting upon these probabilities, the TAILOR, Mr.
Joseph Mitchell, secured the keys OF the ai and nut
himself out OF the way until he believed the excite.
ment had tOsome extent subsidized on Wednesday
night ne reclaimed at home, and between ten and
men, disguled In long boards and mustaches, sud
denly appefed at the jail, reused Mr.. MITCHELL and
placing REVIEWERS ut his head, demanded the KEYS.
At the timehls sick wife and his mothern-aw occu.
ped room adjoining the one in which he was found
seeing that notIing could be gained by resistance,
aud knowing that he had done all he could to carry
out The lawlhe succumbed to the mob and surren.
deTcd the kgs.
After obaang the keys OF the jail the lynchers at
once repair 10 the cell occupied by the negro They
found hlm s'urcd by heavy chains, which they were
unable to rnove, and some OF them then went to
hardware ipfe and procured an axe, with which
they managed TO sever the chain which held
him to trs noor. They could do nothing with
the chairs about the leg, and impatiently
dragged I'm out, heavily moned as he was and
taking hin TO locust tree In the Court House yard
made rcay TO swing him from the same limb on
which anther negro paid the penalty Of similar
crime sore time ago: He begged to be allowed to
make a.ew REMARKS" but his memorable execu-
TONERS 0ly replied, "Get up that tree, you d-n
scoundra we don't want any Of your remarks-n
And witt this they clumslly adjusted the moose and
competing him to climb as well he could with the
irons ubon him, they "boostedn him up some dis
lance ard then swung him or. The careless adjust
ment the rope was such thar the neck did not
break md the struggles OF the dying negro were
terrible An eye witness declares that fully twenty
1ve minutes elapsed ere the twItchings entirely
ceased The body was not cut down, but was sui
hanging when our informant left Owensboro on
THURSDAY. II was about four feet nom the ground.