Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-17
A Young Girl Outraged---The
RayisIler Hung.

On Sunday of last week, Mr.. Lucian Win
ston, living on his farm near Mitchell station
Culpeper, DESTROYS of visiting his sick bro
Their, few miles off, left his house in
charge Of young white girl named Brit
ton, aged about twelve years. During his
absence a negro boy named William
Thompson visited the farm, and, finding
the girl alone, by some means. induced her
to leave the house, when he seized, choked,
and dragged her some one hundred yards
to woods near by, and there shockingly
outraged, her person. maltreated and hruis-
ed her in such way as to leave her inseEsi-
BILE and helpless. Rousing herself some
time after, she managed to reach the house,
where, finding Mr.. Winston, who had re
turned, she told him what had taken place.
and so infinitely described her abuser that
Mr.. Winston recognized the man, and at
| once started in pursuit OF William Thomp-
sou, who was overhauled, taken before the
girl, who fully identified him, and at once
hurried off to the station III transit for Jail.
| On arriving at the station Il crowd of ne
groes collected and it was feared q rescue
would be attempted, as they seemed much
| excited. A stone was throws by one OF
| them, which hita white man, A. A. Riddell,
standing on the platform and somewhat
dilocated his jaw, while another fired a pis-
| toll, which missing its aim, the ball took
effect in the side of the negro, Claxton,
who threw the rock, wounding him con-
sderably. Here the riot ended. Thomp-
son was taken before a magistrate, duly
| committed and landed in jail to await his
| deserts. Warrants will also be issued
promptly and served on the negroes engag-
ed in the riot.
On Thursday night about II o'clock a
crowd of men gathered in the dark near
the jail, and at one o'clock a company,
some sixty in lumber, marched down Main
street in in orderly and silent manner, and
hating at the jail, demanded Abundance.
This the jailor refused, but finally yielded
to force and delivered up the keys. The
crowd marched iii and found Thompon
chained to the floor of his cell. The
chains were quickly broken, and with
| Tll, 'mpsou in the Ger tire Ola hollow square
his iptors marched along the county road
TO the Confederate cemetery, a short dis
| lance from town, and halted at a large
| poplar tree. The leader asked Thompson
| If he had anything t" Say, but the negro.
| w'.n had b. fore confeSoed.th the crime, declin-
ed to talk A rope which had been brought
| by the party, was fastened to the tree aid
| Thompson swung Off. AS soon as life was
extinct his execulloners rode away. and
| the body hung unit about noon Friday.
1t is thought that the executioners came
from the neighborhood Of Mitch-lls Sta
| ton, and comprised some OF tie relatives
OF the outraged girl. The affair was con-
Quoted so quietly that most Of the village
knew nothing of it until the next morning.
The coroner's jury failed to identify ANY
one as participating in the hanging.
ST.. LOUIS BOYS AND .GIRLS.-Sergeant
Sam Boyd saw two girls and boy stand
ing in Washington Avenue, last evening,
waiting for something but when they saw
him they scattered. The sergeant gave
chase to the largest fugitive, who was a
girl. She disappeared in a lot near Main
str, ct and Washington avenue, and a pa
tieDt search all over the lot failed to dis
cover her, till, just as he was leaving, he
stepped on the object of his search, who
was lying flat close against the fence. The
ba wi that WAS set up told the sergeant that
he had captured a boy in disguise. He
started with his prisoner for the station,
and not long after another of the gang was
captured. This time it was very slender,
little, thin-voiced boy, who proved to he II
girl in disguise.
1t turned out that the offenders, who are
marauding girls and boys, ranging from
16 to 10 years in age, had plotted to go
through'a cigar establishment in bust
ness-like way. The girls had attired them
selves in boys clothes and the boys in
girls clothes. and at about 81 O'Clock they
gathered in front of the store and began to
cut up and 'chaff'' in very innocent way
TO- icI ,od hu tn fba norLy
they had in hand. One or two crawled il.
through an opening in the window and in
dustriously handed out boxes of cigars to
their comrades, who kept watch outside.
One by one the watchers ran off with their
plumber, one box at a time, but the open
ing was not for an instant left unguardel.
In fact, sentlieS were kept at the corners
of the block. They had made off with
thirty OF forty, or possibly fifty boxes Of
cigars at the time of the arress.-St. Louis
Republican.
The Right Reverend Father Kahn, Cath
Ole Bishop, of Wheeling preached to the
people of Seldom, Bland county, Va, a
three hours sermon, on the 18th ultino.
He is the first Catholic to preach in that
vicinity.
carried on between Lexington and Rock
bridge Baths ~ miles, by means of a tele-
phone operated by Mr.. Brown Ayres.
W. G.. Casenove, prominent citizen Of
Alexandria and former member Of the
legislature from that city, died suddenly
at the White Sulphur Springs, last week.
Gen. C]ipgnan, of N. c., has just gotten
a fee of 1925, 900 in railroad suit in Flori-
ia. The sum recovered was 100000.
Seventeen paapers, half of them women
were burned to death in the poor house Of
Simcoe, Canada, a few nights ago.
Fifteen new post Offices will be eStab>