The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-30
oAGING THE WICKED NEGRO.

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CAGING THE WICKED NEGRO.
0. FL. Ellis. a man whom Rogers had
sent to Kentucky to look for and inter
cept the fugitive, promptly notified Ro
gers of Jackson's incarceration. jackson
was arrested at Lebanon on the Goth o
August, AID on the oath Rogers, hi:
cousin John Rogers and the two Cay
woods left here, aud by travelling both
day and night they reached Lebanon
about noon on the 26th. Arriving at
Lebanon, it is alleged, Rogers represent
ed himself to the jailor as being Sheriff
j. d. Mays, of Claiborne county, and
presented paper purporting to be the
requistioI of Gov. Porter for the body of
Edward Jackson. and upon this fmsy
authority the TAILOR of Lebanon surren-
dered the wretched jackson to these in
dividuals. Jackson protested against
this proceeding with all earnestness +; told
the Tailor that Rogers would kill him
that he was not J. d. Mays; that
his requisiti0n was forgery; that he
! (Jackson) was willing to return to Claib-
orne county when the proper papers in
the hands of proper officers came to him.;
and, in conclusion, piteously entreated
the TAILOR to hold him and protect him
from the infatuated Rogers; but his ap-
peals were not needed, and he was turned
over to Rogers and his party.
After securely Handwriting the negro
they started ostensibly for home. They
came by rail from Lebanon to Livings-
ton, IN Laurel county, KY, and thence
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after leaving London, it is claimed,
rope was put around Jackson's neck, and
| he was tied across bareback mule They
| travelled the main mountain road only a
few miles from London, when they left it
and took the small mountain trail which
leads through Knox and portion of
Whitley counties, Ky, and to the west Of
Cumberland Gap. And now comes what
appears incredible. The next night on
the summit of Pine Mountain soon after
leaving the main road, jackson was tax
en- from his mule, a long rope attached
to his neck and wound around his body,
and the other end of the rope securely
| fastened to the mule which was ridden by
John Rogers, and, thus secured, the
whole party spurred up their animals
and rode up to the foot Of Pine Mount
ain Ga distance of nearly fifty miles) in
gallop, sometimes going down the noun
tain sides at the highest rate Of speed the
horses were capable of, scarcely ever
pausing to let the negro rest or to Stake
his burning thirst. AT times one of the
party would ride behind Jackson. flashing
him with hickory thongs. Again when
the creature would fall down in the road
ri oTy Of rriu q, ri,
but drag him on sometimes for great
distance. Once when crossing a creek
the negro, whose thirst was indescribable,
not being able to get to the water on &C
count of being tightly handcuffed, threw
himself bodily into the stream and at
tempted to drink, whereupon john Ro-
gers quickly spurred his mule and drag
ged the captive through the creek, over
the rugged rocks and up to the hill be-
yond before allowing him to rise to his
feet. In travelling along the road some
one of the party would occasionally ride
behind the negro and allow their animals
TO step with their iron shoes on the back
of his legs and heels, and in this way the
skin and flesh were torn from the knee
joints down to the heels.
About twilight on the night of the
28th of August the party arrived at the
northern base of the Pine Mountain,
where they halted for a few moments
and were met by respectable gentleman
of Whitley county. This gentleman
pleaded earnestly for the negro, but it
wa. of no avail. They said they were
going to take him to Tazewell, and take
him in their own way. The negro then
pleaded for immediate death to end his
torture. The ascent of Pine Mountain
then began. On the slope of the mount
tain they overlook the Rev. Mr.. Pearce,
an aged Baptist minister. From what
the reverend gentleman overheard one
of the party say, he concluded that on
, their arrival at the top of the mountain
the final tragedy would be enacted.
REV. MIR. PEARCE's STORY.
Mr.. Pearce says he then determined
to rush and see what would be Jackson's
fate. Accordingly he took path up
the mountain, and reached the top some
ten minutes ahead of the party, and there
concealed himself near the road. Soon
the party came up and stopped near
where the parson was concealed and he
plainly overheard their conversation.
Jackson. falling on the ground implOred
most piteously for mercy, saying that if
they would just let him go to Tazewell,
he would have a few moments converse
ton with Mrs. Rogers, and then, if she
did not corroborate all that he had said
and acknowledge that all the blame was
on her shoulders, they might kill him;
but they told him there was no mercy
for him. Jackson then appealed to VIM.
H. Caywood, and asked him, in heavens
name, to remember the gratuitous servi-
ces he (Jackson) had rendered him, and
to interpose for his life. Bill Caywood
replied: ED, your fate is sealed, aud
can't save you"
LAST SCENE OF ALL.
The negro was then taken about 200
yards from the road, and Mr.. Pearce
could not see them plainly or hear them
distinctly, but he could hear the agonized
cries of the doomed negro and see the
light of the fires that were soon built.
Here another torture, borrowed from the
ingenuity of the aboriginees, was infict
ed upon jackson. His hands were plsc-
ed in the fire and burned until several of
the fingers were destroyed. The muscles
of lis arms and the calves of his legs were
severed, and thus for three long hours
he was tortured-in ways which We're vast
ly more barbarous than the modes of the
of the Sioux Indians OF America and the
cannbals of the Pacific islands. Thus
is the story told. At length, when the
ingenuity and heartlessness and stolid
malice of the Caywoods could suggest no
additional torture, jackson was suspend
ed by the neck to a bent down hickory
sapling, and as the sapling swung back
five bullets were lodged in the face. head