The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-19
,nucR,l,imore AmerIcsn.i

iags, summary hanging oil Page Wailsce'
by tnc ~ ,,ho outraged a woman near here
toe W. ,to,e ago. The lynching happened
'ov.' VIRGINIA side Of the river, where the
on lue 80 committed; but the lynchers,
cfiuic Vircinians, tracked their victim
tno"x" -,'lard ,oil. aud only waited III
on NO. tho river before visiting upon
ne ''vs. ,a,srv vengeance for his crime.
pm s"'nctb,rd lynching taat has happened
~ =. roA;us al ten miles within year,
WWv'" 4" nonuhr feeling in this locality
ana ~ law n condemn the lynchcis,
So,," .oodonc. fhe crime. The hrst OF these
quo 80. ,hc lvnching ~ the negro james
G.,roU. on April L.. 1879, for an outrage
he per.on u The wife Of Captain
v..bsrd Thomas, 1t LIckVlile. CalToli' II
I'm no remembered, bad ilcd 10 Washing
go where he was captured. W nen ne
..srbcd this place, on the way to tfeueT'cs
..I he WAS taken from the car 10y gang oil
liked men and strung mp TO the nearest
.. The second. which occurred Out a
a, ov,r month ago, was The lyncbing OF
49, ,ecro George Peck a. PoOlesvIllc, Mont
',,mcry county, on January 10Th. Tor an
o,,r,ce on the person u Ida HAYS. girl
taslve years old. IN a stable, where she was
a., WORK milking the cows. In this last case
IL can be truly said that the lynchinS bad
hcep cxpcctcd, aud few believed that WAL
l,ce. no matter how strongly guarded,
would ever pass through tb> neigbborhood
a.iye.
PAGE wALLACE'S CRIME.
The crime for hich Wallace was lynchcd
was an Outrage committed upon the person
n Miss Mary Norman, January 30 b, about
han a mile from the river, in LOudoun
c,uufv. He had been confined IN The cOun-
~ i,,l al Lccsburg since list fall on the
charge Of a similar crime upon married
woman. on the night OF Tuesday, January
o-lb. he scared from the Jail and ha>tenCd
,oyqrd The riyer. Miss Norman had left
the ferry after dark on her way home, and
when she had proceeded about a quar-
fer ~ a mile was caught round the arms
from behind by some one, and, think
ing IL was John Ambrose, one OF
ne fcrrymen, whom she had left at
fine ferry. exclaimed Why, John. what
Go Won mean" The unknown person told
her 10 keen quiet or he would Kill her
Turning her head. she discovered 1t was {
repro. She screamed out. "JOhn. come
here quick some one has got hold OF me -
The nero then struck her several severe
N.fMN III iIt ldNf4 iuiNN H'i NVN W tbh
Threatened 10 kill her and throw her into
the river if she made any further noise.
Under this threat she deSstcd, and con-
ilnucd 10 struggle, until her strength failed,
and sank back exhausted. He then accom-
ph>hed his purpose. and left her lying in
TIE road She was very lady bruised and
beaten. and has never recovered from the
6iect- Of the outrage.
THE NEGGO'S CAPTURE.
~ soon ~ Miss Norman reported the
chine pursuit was made for the negro,
who. il was known. had fed TO The Mary
land SIDE. A reward Of $50 was offered for
his arrest, and bands Of armed men secured
tle country IN all directions. After four
DAYS OF hot search he was caught, Just by
accident, in a saloon a Sharpsburg, Md,
on February 2d. \ brother of Miss Nor
man had seen him in the morning walking
on the river bank near Illrper's Ferry, and
had fired several shots at him, but he
made his escape. About 3 O'Clock the
sane afternoon, while number OF
men were coneregated in saloon,
Wallace entered and proceeded to drink
heavily. He was soon IN a state OF intoXica-
ton. and in the midst Of a burst Of drunken
hilarity boosted Of bis terrible crime He
was at once seized by The bystanderS, TO
whom he admitted his guilt, and removed 10
jail. Later in the evening, when news OF
his capture became known, the greatest in
dcna'iOn against him WAS manifested, and
threats OF lyuching were freely made.
Finally The authorities, fearing that violence
would be rcsOTted to, sent him under Il
strong guard TO lIagerstown, where be was
lodged IN jill.
DETAILS or THE IYNCHIEG.
Since February "a Wallace has been in
IIagelstOwn jail, closely guarded, for fear
that an attempt might be there made TO
wreak Summary vengeance upon him. A
Icquisltion from Governor Holiday for his
transfer to Virginia was given few days
after hi, capture. but it was not sent to
Governor Hamilton until a day or 50 ago.
This morning Sheriff Caruthers and Depu-
ty-Sherifl Nixon. Of L1udoun county, went
10 llagcr,t0wn 10 take the negro TO Lees
burg. Wallace was Immediately turned
over 10 them by the IiagerstOwn authorl-
ties. and, securely handcufied, was taken
10 the depot. They started from llagers-
town on the $40 p. NJ. train, and ar
rived at Point Of Rocks at 5:iG L. NJ.
Along the route there was no demon
StratiOn; but as soon as Point OF Rocks
was reached ii was found that crowd OF
about one hundred men had gathered, and
by their actions they showed what their OBJ
iect was. Before the train had stopped
several boarded II, and passed through the
cars 10 make sure that the man they wanted
was there. When the sheriff and his depu-
iy stepped from the Car with their prisoner
acry went up, "There he isl" but 1t was
huShed by those who seemed 10 be superin-
tending the affair, which had been prear-
ranged with great nicely OF detail. Quietly
The crowd followed the three TO the river,
The negro beng handcufled TO the deputy.
The three took boat across the ferry,
and the crowd followed as fast rs they
could secure boats. On the Virginia side
were about one hundred and fifty masked
men, who waited the sherin's coming
IN quiet, bat a. soon as his boat touched the
shore they made a rush for il. The sheriff
0iew his revolver and attempted TO the best
OF hts ability to drive them back. but all his
resistance was useless. lie was speedily
OVerpowered, sea. chCd. and the keys Of the
handouts taken from him. The deputy was
also OyerpOweTed, the handouts unlocked,
and Wallace was in the hands Of the lynch
cfs. All this was The work OF very few
minutes, and they dragged their prisoner
10 haste three hundred yards up the Lees
burg road, 10 the very spot where he COM
United the crime upon Miss Norman.
mere they strung him up with rope to
The limb OF a sycamore tree.
THE FIRST SHOT.
Mary Norman. upon whom the outrage
was committed, was present at the landing
OF the officers. identified Wallace, pointed
ou' The spot where the outrage had been
Committed, and, after the nero had been
hung 10 the tree, 10 her was accorded the
privilege OF firing the first shot at his
al a.