The Osceola times., 1878-08-17
OUT OF THE JAWS or DEATH.
Bentfy's Thrtnipg Z Sssry or IBis Eseap>
frOn Judge kyneh.

Be.st,'s Thrtni.s story Of His Eseape
from Judge kSnch.
Calvin Beatty, whom a mob tried TO
hang In Williamson county, for alleged
outrage on young girl, thus related the
circumstances of his escape. 1t Is print
ed in the Nashville American of the 9th:
''What did they do with you when
they got out of Jail, Calvin 2'
him on his hoss, and da went fast, some.
times pacin' and trottin' and gsllopin'.
One OBJ 'em says, Cas-, did you rape dat
chileY NO sir, l didn't, says L. Il seed
her about dar, but never touched her.
Den da all say You are q dam liar Al
ter while one OBJ 'em says: I'm gwine
to take you to your daddy and let him
glib you a COED wnippin.' Den da all
laughed and an odder one says: what
you fool dat nigger forf you know we's
gwine to hang hiin.' Den da came to
tree, and one says here's a good
place; less hang him here, and da ali rode
up to it and da say, no dis is too bushy,
less go furder. So da rode on and the
man who had me says see here, fellows,
less hang dis dam niger; don't want
him to ride behind me all night am
getting dam tired OBJ him. So da stop
ped at a hickry tree, and one OBJ them
clum up in it, and ds thowd him one
end OBJ rope and da made a slip-knot
on fodder end and put 1t ober my neck.
And de man in do tree fetchit a jerk and
it choked me mighty bad"
Were your arms loose p
"No, sir; da tied EN- behind me when
da stopped. DE moon WAS down and it
was dark. Dere was fifty or sixty OBJ 'em
around me. got my right hand outen
the rope and slipped 1t, easy like, up
to the rope on my neck, and worked It
unbeknownst to 'em till l got it round
my ears an often my neck. Den
de man in de tree says, what
you standing way of dxr for, you
dam tool2 Come close and de man
kicked his hoss and made him git close
to de tree, and de man in de tree thow.
ed de end OBJ de rope down, and says,
'Ketch hole, dar.' Ds ketched de rope
aud looked round to zee whsr TO jump;
80 when de man rode off to let me swing
/ fetched big lunge and lit right among
de hosses. DE man up dc tree says de
dam niger is gone--look out dsr.
got down among de hssses, and da war
'Irsid da would shoot one anuder, and at
last | seed a opening, and l darted
through. One man says here he goes,
and den da gan 70 shoot, and da blinded
me. | Debber heard de like, While da
was shootin | run agin old stump, and
fell just ss heap oh 'em shot. At last
one man hit me IN de hand, and Just afore
l got to fence anodder man shot me
in the side. He galloped up close to me
and fired. / fell and he says, "Tse got
him, but dat made me jump agin, and
den cum 10 rail fence and jun ped
ober it, and den dar was a rock fence
right by it and l jumped ober dat and l
got mighty weak and didn't 20 but few
steps before fell in clover patch.
lay still and hearn 'em huntin' and
shootin' all round, but dey didn't find
me. / lay dar till 10 or IL O'Clock de
next day, and got 30 had off for some
water l walked and crawled through
some beech woods and got to a black
mans house. tole him not to tell whar
| was, but he got feared and said If 1
died dar de white folks would git arter
him"