The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-10-17

thrown about the neck of the poor devil,
and one end of the loop was held by one
of the mob, who sat astride his back The
negro yelled at the top of his voice for
an instant, but blow across the mouth
with club stopped that noise Then,
with the most unearthly cries, the crowd
sterted, some fifty men or more having
hold Of the rope and dragged the negro,
who made a pair of runners out of his
elbows and knees, through the muddy,
and, for short distance absolutely filthy
streets. The men and a few women who
followed this singu lar procession cried at
the top of their voices, Hang him Hang
him !" The PROSTATE but perfectly quiet
negro was subjected to blows from sticks
and stones and to kicks until he was
beaten almost to jelly, and the blood
ran off his face in streams from the lac
eratons about his neck and head.
As the crowd started to draw him
across the bridge to Colburn's hill,
rough looking fellow shouted, Hang him,
hang him" and the crowd halted. The
long end of the rope was thrown over the
rail, and the mob were about to swing
the negro over the side Of the bridge,
when Dave Sweden cried out, Don't do
it here Take him up on the hill, where
he lives. and hang the id whelp there"
So Freeman was started again on his
journey across the bridge and that cry of
Sweden's probably saved the negro's life
The crowd, hooting and yelling like mad
men. drew the apparently doomed man
over the bridge, going on a run, only
stopping when the steep hill leading to
Colburn's was reached While going up
the hill the moose, which Freeman had
kept over his chin, slipped down, and as
it began to choke off his wind" he for
the first time since his horrible ride be-
gan cried out and fell over, apparently
lifeless. While lying like a corpse, Dep
uty Sheriff Whipple and William Clark
came on the ground The former got in
front of the crowd and ordered them to
stop their attempt to lynch a man who
had not been found guilty of any crime
The mob laughed. jeered. and hooted-
| The Sheriff then demanded, in the name
of the State of Connecticut, the surrend
er of the prisoner. AT this moment Mr..
Clark drew a revolver from his pocket,
stood across the form of the PROSTATE
man, and said
"If any one of you lays a hand on him
I'll let daylight through you" and his
looks showed that he meant it. The
crowd fell back, and Clark, turning to
Officer Daniel J. Hayes, said, Hayes, cut
that rope"
Hayes, thinking to please the crowd,
refused to do it, and pulled Clark to one
side, but not until the mob had decided
to let the prisoner go into the hands of
the Sheriff wagon that was passing
was pressed into the service. and the
bleeding filthy looking object was picked
up, wrapped in blankets, and taken to
the Birmingham station house. There
he remained until the excitement had
somewhat abated, and then he was taken
to the New Haven Jail for safe keeping.
AS the team which took him away left
the jail, Col. w. B. Wooster asked for a
handkerchief to bind up the negros lac
Grated forehead Then the crowd began
again crying, Hang him!' Don't give
him anything but rope" and with these
and similar cries ringing in the prison
er's ears, the wagon started. On arriving
at New Haven it was found that the ne
gro was badly cut all over his body, had
his right shoulder dislocated, and re-
ceived other internal injuries, which, in
conjunction with the fact that he was
frightened almost to death, may and
probably will result fatally