The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-08-15
OUT OF THE JAWS OF. DEATH.
Beafty'S Tz1riIlinR story of HIa E.sea1
from Judge lynch,

BeaftS's Thrilling story of HIS Escape
from Judge lynch.
Calvin Beatty, whom a mob tried to
hang in Williamson county, for alleged
outrage on young girl, thus related the
circumstances of his escape. lis print
ed IN the Nashville American of the 9th:
What did they do with you when
they got out of Jail, Calvin pr
One OBJ de men took me up behind
hlm on his boss, and da went fast, some.
times pacin' and trottin' and gaIlopin'
one Oh EN- says, sCass, did you rape dat
ehlieT No sir, 1 didn't, say Us I. 4 seed
her ABOUT dar, but never touched her.
Den da all say You are dam liar At
ter while one OBJ 'em says: Pm gwine
to take you to your daddy and let him
glo you COED whippin.' Den da all
laughed and an odder one saws; what
yoe 1901 DAT niger for you know we's
g"lne to hang him. Den da came to a
tree, and one says here's q good
place; less hang him here. and da all rode
up to it and da say, no dis is too bushv.
less go furder. So da rode on and the
man who had me says see here. fellows,
less hang dis dam niger; 1 don't want
him to ride behind me all night am
getting dam tired oh him. So da stop
ped at a hickry tree, and one OBJ them
clum up in it, and da thowd him one
end OBJ rope and da made a slip-knot
on fodder end and put it ODER my neck.
And de man in de tree fetchit a Jerk and
1t choked me mighty bad"
Were your arms loose pr
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. l got my right hand outen
the rope and slipped it, easy like, ND
to the rope on my neck, and worked it
unbeknOwnst to 'em till 1 got it round
my ears an often my neck. Den
de man in de tree says, what
you standing way off dar for, you
dam fool? Come close and de man
kicked his boss 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.' Da ketched de rope
and looked round to see whar to Jump;
so when de man rode off to let me swing
fetched big lunge and lit right among
de bosses. De man up de tree says de
dam niger is gone-look out dar. |
got down among de hesses, and da war
,frald da would shoot one anuder, and at
Last seed a opening, and l darted
through. One man says here ne goes,
and den da gan to shoot, and da blinded
me. nebber heard de like, While da
was shootin [ run agin old stump, and
fell just as a heap OBJ 'em shot. At last
one man hit me i'll de hand, and Just afore
got to a fence anodder man shot me
In the side. He galloped up close to me
and fired. l fell and he SAYS, "I'se got
him. but dat made me jump agin, and
den l cum to a rail fence and 1 Jumped
Ober it, and den dar was a rock fence
right by it and jumped ober dat and
got mighty weak and didn't 60 but few
steps before l fell in clover patch. 1
lay still and hearn 'em huntin' and
shOotin' all round, but dey didn't find
me. I lay dar till 10 or IL o'clock de
next day, and 1 got so had off for some
water l walked and crawIed 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
died dar de white folks would git after
him.