Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-07-13
Horrible Murder and Righteous
Lynchiug of tho Murderer.

TGlciGo, July 6-rhe citizens OF Wat
saka, Illinois, took Martin Mera, who is
charged with numbering his son, aged 10
years. from Jail and hung him to-day. A
thousand men, women and children par
ticipated in the act
CHICAGO. July 3.-rhe coroner's In
quest orer The lvnched man elected the
iollcv5f.;: Mary Mer,., mother Of the
c!:ila, festihec as follows NJ husband,
N..,s,- liet,.. whipped my son. Martin,
a.;;e., -, wears, TWO weeks ago Tuesday
r. ,,.,ia;s.. was bora that day, and | did not
sae IL" wiliirinc it was dones in another
roop,; bcarc! the blows and heard the
>G;li aag for mercy; the child went to
aei al>eu; ten clocl:: The next morning
ti.c child came TO nv be'i room, followed
bv his father. who was whipping him very
1ari with black snake horse whip; the
child yolgcTaromi the room to avoid the
alows. an, begged for mercy the child
was completely naked, his father having
compel!sa him to Strip himself; his face
was swollen from the whipping he had re-
ce;ved, the night before his father whip
ped hin very hard for ten or fifteen min,
ates; ,:t!ast he stopped and told the child
10 put Oh his SKIRT hs.InSHae an effort to
do so and tliled; his father repeated the.
order, when the boy said: :" / can't see,,
can't see" You can't see 1t p re-
saondc,i ibc father No, father; | can't
sec YOU, can't see YOU. l feel dying:
:cha f.thcr then rubbed the boy With
spirits, 2ad forced some down his throat.
.'he ehil,! raised his hands, moved his bps
a..i eIp.c.d. AIerl then took the body
aid pas il under the bed where the sick
.aot:.ec was lying, aud it remained there
unti! evening, when he buried it. The
tcat:ris,ny ot the boys sister IS still more
l.orsible.
Sarah Mera, daughter of the murderer,
aged II. testified. That her father often
whiDpelher brother very severely with a
hor5e-whip Tuesday, two weeks ago, be
brought my brother ILL., said he had not
worked, and whipped and knocked him
down twice his, father continued to whip
him, and said he would whip him till he
could not stand up ;..he would whip the
Life out of him. Two Or three times he
would say this, and brother would plead
with father; Father, don't whip me any
more! OH, don't whip me any more" |
liked hin brother went to bed about 10
o'clock; he said hedid not know why faith
er.whpped him SO; he. never told stories
only wien father made him; father would
gay ;fhe didn't own up he had done 50
and SO, he wouh. whip him, and to avoid
il, btethey would own to things he never
I'D "wednesday got up and got break
--az. ready; :atiier rose when breakfast, was
ready, and brother gotup, but felt so badly
1c went back to bed; father made hin.
&c. up and feed the stock, and when be
cans back f;tther whipped him and sent
him to the field He went for him and
brought hin, and made him take OF his
clothes, and then whipped him, and then
picked him up and laid lin on the stove:
Tie stove was hot enough to heat iron; I
vas baking biscuits; father put him on
the stove twice, brother pleading all the
while. "Father, don't burn me" He
screamed very loud and the skin stuck to
lhe stove. His skin came off his back and
his feet and stuck to the stove. It smell
I'd so I opened the door. and father imme-
Lately shut it; while brother was plead
;og. f1ther said he would burn him till he
worked have seen father strike mother
%ith his fists many times; he knocked
brother down several times with the butt
end 0; u .ho.se whip. never saw my
brother after he went into mothers room.