The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-22
OUT or THE JAWS OF DEATH.
Henity's Thrilling Ht0Ty OF IIIA Escape
from IudKs lynch,


Calvin Beatty, whom a mob tried Il
hang In williamson county, for alleged
outrage on a young girl, thus related The
circumstances OF his escape. Its print
cd in the Nashville American OF the 9th;
.'What did they do with you when
they got out of Jail, Calvin~
Zone OBJ de men took me up behind
him on his hoss, and da went fast, some'
times pacin' and trottin' and %gallopin'.
One OBJ 'em says, 'Cass, did you rape dat
chile p NO sir, | didn't says /. Il seed
her about dar, but | never touched her.
Den da all say You are a dam liar AT.
ter a while one OBJ 'em says: Wm gwlne
to take you 10 your daddy and let him
glib you a good whippin.' Den da all
laughed and an odder n says; what
you fool dat Niger for ? you know we's
gWlne to hang mnn.' Den da came to a
tree, and one says here's a good
place; less hang him here, and da all rode
up to IT and da say, no dis Is too bushy,
less 60 iurder. So da rode on and the
man who had me says rec here, fellows,
less hang dis dam niger; | don't want
him 10 ride behind me all night am
getting dam tired OBJ him. So da stop
ped at n hickry tree, and one OBJ them
clum up in it, aud da thowd him one
end OBJ a rope and da made a slip-knot
on fodder end and put itober my neck.
And de man in de tree fetch il a jerk and
ii chOked mt mighty bad"
I" Were your afms loose ?'
"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
tue rope aud slipped il, easy like, mp
to the rope Oh my neck, and worked IL
unbeknownst to 'em till | got it round
my ears an often my neck. Den
dc man in dc tree says, What
you standing way off dar for, you
dam jOol2 Come close and de man
kicked'his boss and made him git close
to dc tree, and de man in de tree thow-
ed de end Oh de rope down, and says,
Ketch hole, dar.' la ketched de rope
and | looked round To see whar TO jump;
10 when de man rode off to let me ewing
fetched Il big lunge aud lit hight among
de HOSES. De man up de tree says de
dam niger is gone-lOok out dar. |
got down among de hssses, and da war
'iTaid da would shoot one anuder, and AT
last ] seed a opening, and | darted
through. One man says here he goes,
and den ia gan to shoot, and da blinded
me. | nebbcr heard de like, While da
was shootin | run agin a old stump, and
ielI just ~ a heap Ob 'em shot. At last
one man hit me mde hand, and just afore
| got TO a fence anodder man shot me
in the side, He g%alloped up close to me
and fired. fell and he says, "l'se got
him. but dat made me jump agin, and
den | cum 10 a rail fence and | jumped
ober it, and den dar was a rock fence
right by it and | jumped ODER dat and |
got mighty weak and didn't go but few
steps before ] fell in a clover patch. |
lay still and hearn 'cm huntin' and
shOotin' all round, but dey didn't find
me. | lay dar till 10 Or II O'Clock de
next day, and | got 80 had off for ssme
water | 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 |
died dar de white folks would git arter
him"