Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-22
a A OUTRAGE.
Tho CrIninaI Hunted Down and
Lynchcd. II

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IFrom the sedalla Mo.) Bazoo, Nov. 6th.l
On Sunday, the 9th instant, ut IN
early hour in the day, a negro called
at the house Of Mrs. Bass, q widow
lady, living on q farm, one mile south
Of Windsor "a small village twenty
miles from Sedaliah and inquired for
work, and on being informed that she
had no work for him, he left.
In the evening, the family, consist
Ing Of a daughter and a young man. q
nephew of Mrs. Bass, went to Wind
sor to church, leaving Mrs. Bass and a
little boy Of tender years at home.
About eight o'clock In the evening
Mrs. Bass had occasion to 60 to o
bedroom adjoining the kitchen, and on
opening the bedroom door, was con-
fronted by a burly negro, whom she at
once recognized as the same N there
In the morning. The negro seized
Mrs. B. by the hands. with tho lamp
still In her hands, and demanded her
money, which she refused, OF told him
she did not have, and commenced to
shout for help. At this the negro
grasped her by the throat and gave her
a most unmerclful choking, and at
tempted to commit a crime which, for
horror, has no equal in a civilized
world. The negro asked where her
daughter was, whereupon Mrs. B. told
him she was at church, and that she
was expecting her homo m~omentarlly.
This was told the negro to intimidate
him, fearing that help for the lady
would arrive. The use had the de-
sired effect, and he vanished In the
darkness of the night.
A short time after this some neigh
bors passed, returning from church; ;
they we're told what had occurred, and
retracing their steps to Windsor, gave
the alarm. Many bravo and stalwart
men Immediately saddled their horses
and started In pursuit of the flend. and
hunted the night long unsuccessfully.
In the morning many more joined In
the chase. kilograms giving descrlp-
| lions were sent to Calhoun and Clin-
ton. A messenger was dispatched to
Sedalla to put our police on the look
out. Parties In the country tor six or
seven miles around Windsor, and peo-
pie at Calhoun Joined the searching
party till they all numbered over, one
hundred persons, and about 4 O'Clock
In the evening of the 9th, the object Of
their search was discovered between
| Clinton and Calhoun, by Colonel jas.
Finks of Calhoun, asleep. He was ar
rested and taken to Windsor on tho
express train bound east on the even
ing of the 9th instant.
On the arrival of the train at Wind
sor, In which the negro was, q crowd
of two or three hundred persons were
gathered together, clamorous for blood.
The negro was In charge Of Newton
| Douglas, constable, who summoned
the help OF Cliff. Clark, and tho two
| started with the negro, followed by an
immense crowd of people, for the res
idenco Of Morris Harter, so~n.in-law Of
Mrs. Bass, where that lady was stop
ping, about one-half mile north of
Windsor, on the Sedalia road. On
presenting the negro to Mrs. Bass, she
Immediately recognized him rs the
one at her house on Sunday morning,
and also the one who had attacked her
the night previous. The officers start
| ed on their return for Windsor with
the prisoner, and some one threw a
rope around his neck, whereupon 1t
was cut by Douglass; and afterward
several unsuccessful attempts were
made by tho mob to fasten the rope to
his neck, but were thwarted In their
efforts by the officers till within a quar-
ter Of n mile of the town, when the
officers were taken forclbly from the
prisoner, who was then at the mercy
Of the crowd. A rope was soon around
his neck, and he was swung to the
limb of n cherry tree, on the east side
Of the road. The limb broke and the
body came to the ground; and while
he was on the ground two pistol shots
were fired through his head. He was
again swung to another limb ON the
same tree, and then breathed his last.