Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-18
Lynch Law Again.
FACE WALLACE SWING Up TO THE LIME OF A


SYCAMORE TREE.
rage Wallace. colored, 25 years OF age who
committed brutal outrage January esth on the
person or White woman named Mary MaTmon,
40 years OF age. living In Loudoun county, vir.
gina, near the Potomac river, while she was
returning from Point Of Rocks was yesterday
taken from the officers OF the law, at the point
where he committed the outrage by body OF
armed men and hanged. Wallace was arrested
lear shepardstown. February I'd and commit
Iuthers and Deputy Sheriff Nixon of Leesbury
Va, arrived In Hagerstown with a reauisttion
ior Wallace from the Virginia authorities, and
SCI med rather nervous when he boarded the
train, but afterwards recovered his composure
and smoked cigar. The Baltimore American
special nom Point OF Rocks gives the following:
DETAILS OF THE LyNCHING.
since February 9. Wallace has been In Hagers-
Town jail, closely guarded, for fear that an at
mary vengeance upon him. reouisitfon from
Governor Holiday for his transfer TO Virginia
was gwen lew days after his capture but it
was not sent to Governor Hamilton until a
day or so age. This morning Sherin Caruthers
and Deputy Sheriff Nixon, OF Loudoun county.
went TO Hagerstown to take the negro to Lees
burg. Wallace was Immediately turned over
TO them by the HagerStown authorities and
securely handcufred, was taken TO the depot,
Ihey started from Hagerstown on the $40 p. m.
train, and arrived at Point OF Rocks at $40 D.
M Along the route there was no demonstra-
uon; but as soon as Point OF Rocks was reached
IL was found that crowd OF about one hundred
showed what their object was Before the
tain had stopped several boarded IL and passed
thlough the cars TO make sure that the man
1hey wanted was there. When the sheriff and his
deputy stepped from the car with their prisoner
a cry went up, There he ISL but IL was hushed
by those who seemed TO be Superintending the
affair, which had been prearranged with great
nicely or detail. Quietly the crowd followed
the three TO the river, the negro being hand
cufled to the deputy: The three took boat
across the ferry, and the crowd followed as fast
as they could secure boats. on the Virginia
side were about one hundred and fifty masked
men, who waited the sheriffs coming In quiet,
but as soon as his boat touched the shore they
made rush for it. The sheriff drew his re-
volver and attempted to the best OF his ability
to drive them back but all his resistance was
useless He was speedily overpowered, searched
and the keys OF the handouts taken from him.
The deputy was also overpowered, the hand
cu11S unlocked, and Wallace was In the hands of
the lynchers. All this was the work of a very
few minutes, and they dragged their prisoner In
haste three hundred yards up the Leesburg
road, to the very spot where he committed the
crime upon Miss Norman. There they strung
him up with rope TO the limb OF sycamore
tree.
THE FIRST SHOT.
Mary Norman upon whom the outrage was
committed. was present at the landing OF the
officers, Identified Wallace, pointed out the SPOT
where the outrage had been committed and
after the negro had been hung to the tree to
shot at his swinging and almost lifeleSS body
This she did with good aim, and afterAer, fif-
teen or twenty shots were fired Kidding the
body from head to foot. The body was LETT hang
ing, and was viewed by hundreds of people be-
fore night set in. The excitement over the
affair has now quelled down considerably, and
the people dispersed to their homes, though the
body Still swings from its tree by the road. Wal
lace was c0pper-cOl0red negro about "a years
OLD, about fve feet eight inches tall, and thick
SET.