Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-18
h'ncH Wallace s.ynrlscE,

rs anticipated, ito negro ravishcr, Psga
Wallace, While Oh his way from llagerstoWn to
itosture 10 no c1pliaed in Jail vas taken itom
TIC custody cE tho Sheriff of l.oudoun by 4
'arse party OF masked men aud hung near The
Point OF Rocks yesterday evening.
Yesterday Sheriff Cnruthers and Deputy
ShHsii Nixon, Of I,oudoun county. arrived in
l!asarstcWn With rcqusiion Tor Wallace from
tho Governor of Virginia, and Loft with him by
tic $40 p. H. Train. Wallace seemed rather
nrrFnua when he boarded tho tain, but after.
WhiG+ recovered his Composurc and smoked
| cigar. Caruthefs aud Nixon arrived at Wash
lrstan 'lunctlon. ono milo from, the Point CT
i,Geks, III TAG afternoon, at I:%6 o'clock, With
Wallace, J.sllcr Nixon being handcufftd to tho
GciauncT, aud Oh tho way from the depot TO Tho
'etrF they were followed by large crowd On
| arrivirg ut tho ferry the officers ard prisoner
| Wrsa roSed 10 illa Virginia shore, followed by
ha'f dozen boa!s containing about thirty or
i9T!y parscrs. AZ tho officers stepped Oh shore
tAcY NcTe met by about thirty or moro men
WITH handkeichlc's tied over their faces. Tho
cTc@t Then sclz q The officers and disarmcd
| them, procured the key aud unlocked Nixon
| from tic rrlaoncr The officers did everything
III ti!cir s'Giycr 10 protect their prsontr, but it
| vas Of re avail. 10 was seized and taken to
| tie $50! where tho outrage on Miss Harmon
was GIIi!i!Itd a rono Vas put around his
cttk. lie was allowed 10 get on bis Ancee, and
! made short prayer. Tho rope was then
:hroE7n over tho limb OF q small sycamore treo,
aud in the tainkipg cian cyc ,o was strangled
hsry Norman, upon whom the outrage was
| c9inmittod. WAS present at the landing of tho
| cIiiofr5 identified Wallace pointed cut tho
| spot where The outrage had been committed,
an4 alter tho negro had been hung TO tho troc,
to ber 1sss accorded tho privilege Of firing tho
tl:st Ghtt at his swinging and almost iilolcss
5otg. iiila she did with good aim, ard after
icr, fifteen or twenty shots werc fired, riddlipg
| th6 body iran head to foot Tho body Was loft
! ianans, ard was viewed by hundreds Of pcorIc
| ciorc hight set IL.
| i'i'c cEawd then quietly dispersed. Sheriff
HstEi ':tra ard ,jsilor Nixon soGa alter zero re-
leased, ami departed III hack Tor Lee sburs.
A'o2g the route thcro WAS no demonstrations
hut ii Sron as Point of Rtcks Was reached j.
"as found that a orcwd Of about ono hundred
m:li had gathered, and by their action they
s'inWHG what their OF ieot was Before tho lraio
| tai! stepped RcVtral boarded it and passed
! through Inc cars 10 mako suro that tho man
they wanted was there. When the sheriff and
| !:s deputy stepped from the car with their
!',ls o7cr, cry went up. 'I'bcro he isl" but il
Vas hnais1d by thcS, who seemed TO b, super
intehdrnE lie altar, which had been pre-
"irhnr2G with great ncaty Of detail.
The crane Tor which Wallace WAS lynohed was
~ ln'raHn committed upon the person Of Miss
Mary hl::Tman ,lahnary 29.h, about half a mile
l'@n ihc ''gar. IN ll,udoun county. lIo had
n'e'4 c s',;lHe'i IN Tho oounty l nj Lcesburr
si"c, '''; ia'i uii ,tc charge OF q similar crime
ii:.'':' i tsarl"'i woman. On thn night Of Tues
4" v '''"nsry -, no escaped from tho i.il.