The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-17

>los, heavy blows Of hammers fell ON
the iron some OF the men gathered
about oil Harris and told him n eel
up ahd prepare to die" tie said he
wss rot able = rise. and If they want
cd hIs life they must take il there.
IA occurred then no one If that
great crowd outside can tell Il la.
IL i a secret which i locked FL tn
breast OF the mob III the latl.
HORRIBLE CRUELTY caARGIp.
1t i said that m-u We're despatched
Tor \ butchers ~cl-avOr. and that on
the floor tire oil man was chopped up
IN hllnce meat and pieces ttlu2 into
the SINK. Others "a that a hand va
lad on h 5 throat and a knife buried
IN his heart and then tile body va.
quarter q. ~tll others say liz was
! spirited out To a carriage near bv ami
driven. but where. no man knows
and burned to death. Whateycr wa7
the mode 81 death the oIi man 4 SAP
pearea a i he had been "A mNth. ami
no man but those who were IN, exc
c%utloners caa Tell where or hoN his
lie Went III \ carriage filed with
men did drive of AT a dead galIop
about the time In question. but nobody
saw the occupants. The floor OF the
JAN was covered with lime this mora
ing amt 10 traces of blood were Visl-
Bile. Some If the mob afterward
tried T. give ont the impression that
the old man had slipped out, in the ex-
cItemeat. and escaped. but that Is idle,
as he was unable to walk from loss of
blood. hike this awful deed was
beng committed IN ominouS silence
within the scene outside was placid.
he crowd WAS quiet, and the CHASTITY
figures OF masked guards proving
through the trees was all that gave
life to it. Blows OF the hammers did
not drown the plaintive prayers Of the
poor wretches who felt, as every bar
gave way, like losing foothOld on life.
occasionally a loud murmur of voices
was heard, and the crunching fall Of
hammer on the chisel. Bar after bar
fell under the powerful blows.
BATTERED FOR DEATH.
After forty minutes had past the
door yielded and the mol seized the
praying victims and dragged them
into the corridor. Quickly a new
hempen rope was put yertheir necks.
their hands tied with Irvine cords
tightly behind. Imagine the moonlit
grove aud white streets, the crowd 81
lent and crawd, the phantom masks
with cleaning pistols patrolling ST.
lently. From the jail door emerged
three men pulling on a white rope like
men hauling an OK to slaughter. The
end Of the rope was about the neck of
the stalwart jim Good. whose black.
shinev face and bullet head came out
into the light and sent a Shudder
through the nerves Of those who saw
it. \ mask held his arm. and the
doomed wretch walked firmly. with
set Jews and with no sign Of fear.
| SO. one by one. came forth the vic
TINS, stalking silently like ghosts. all
game and unflinching. The first of
the eXecutionerS wandered into the
grove aimlessly, as if searching for a
convenient tree. The black wretches
with their shining e~ye-balls, followed
at the jerk Of the rope like sheep.
Not 4 word was said, save when the
patrol masks ordered the crowd across
the street. The gloomy procession
moved to the tall locust trees which
stand just before the portico of the
Court House.
JUDGE LYNCH TRIUMPHS,
under the shade of these trees twenty
masked men gathered with the prison
erS, and without a word the execution
began. With admirable courage the
negroes stood firmly and looked about,
game to the last, and Scorning a word
Of appeal. The1opa around jeff Hop
kinS' neck was thrown first and went
clear oven the limb, yet his eXecu-
TONERS paused. With the others there
was delay, and men Wee compelled to
climb trunks and slip the ropes over.
Ed. Warmers hangman caught the
rope and swung to the ground on it,
as he did so stretching the poor
wretch's neck and pulling his body on
tiptoe. As it relaxed the body fell,
and it was found that he had tainted,
and he died without a qualm Of pain.
TIE END.
At eleven o'clock the four negroes,
with ropes around their necks, We're
led out upon the squate under a locust
tree. when the ropes We're thrown over
the limbs of the tree. and all four Of
them hanged.
EIND WOpDC