Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-09
Avant Courier
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a Fearful Story.

The foIlowingsleiter is from Thomas War
rcn, of Union county, Ark. to j. M. Court
ney of Clay county, Mo-, and dated but fe"
days.ago.:
g. - will tell you now of Il horrible murder
that took place not far from where | live. Ii
happened about month ago. There were
four negroes concerned IN it. married
lady went to a neighbor's house.to stay few
DAVIS. She was not well Wien she lett home,
and her husband told her that lie would take
care of the children until she came back, but
when she got TO where sue was going there
was no ore at home but the hired man, and
she started back & She had not gone far be-
fore negro stopped her horse took her Off
the horse and hitclleI it outside OF the road,
Al, d told her to take the path before him, ana
lie drove and pushed and pulled her eight
miles into the bottom d tied her to tree
and rayishcd her. lie kept her there three
DAYS and nights tied to the tree, and the sec
ond day while there she had child IN the
woods by herself She was gone from nome
three days before her hcsband went after her,
lie went over to the house where she had
started ta~goy-asid when he found she was not
there started back home, and found her
horse tied where the negro had left it three
days before. He took the Nurse home and
collected some men together, and-commenc-
ed hunting for her, and the next day they
saw two little negroes who told thcm that
they had seen-a negro the day before driving
a white woman down the path. They scat
4 IL o,,1 co nIn
that the negro went by where the woman
was tied. killed her with stick, and then left
her. But they went on after him, but got off
his track. ,-er%-r xNrx
= The negro stopped at home, and asked a.
a negro man and boy if there was anybody
hunting tor d missing lady; they toll him
yes. and as Inc got up to start they caught him
ard started back with him, and met one of
the men in pursuit. They made linn tell
where the woH,an'was. He said he killed
her Then they made him take them to
where she was. lie said theysWere IN sight
/ of her the day before, when theiwon,ali faint
ed, and she tainted three Or four .imes while
tied and that she begged him to turn her
loose, and that he would not. s hey took
the HegrOS TO Iler HUSDaHd, anu dsheu Hitl
what they must do with him. lie told them
to burll him. The men who had him were
all negroes. They built two log heaps, and
put HIM i'm the middle. They were twenty
four hours urning him they cut his toes
Oh and made him swallow them, and then
cut strips of skin off his body aud made him
broil Them on the Goals and eat them; and
they would roll lin on the GOALS and take.
him out and talk to him and put him back,
and At last they built q large fire, put him on
tlle top Of it and let him burn 10 ashes, and
that was the lastgot him. There was not q
white man that had anything to do with it
all negroes The other three negroes that
were killed were shot dead OH the spot.
They knew w;iere the woman WAS and would
not tell. sra.as stazzrs ,5aa. ha.g af..saLi..
d / saw a lady who helped to shroud. the
murdered woman, and she said she vas
bruised all over her body, where he had hit
her with his fist. She leaves three chlldre.
and aelrusbana ;, ST. Louis Rcpslbk jcafs.