The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-27
Another Ravishcr Lynched.

Another Ravishor Lynched.
The Charlotte Observer Of tho 18Th
inst. publishes tie following story Of
tho lyncling OF u negro for an outra-
Gcous assault upon white lady in
Union County, N. c.:
About twelve and ono-half miles
from Monroe, one mile from the South
Carolinn line, in Union County, N. c.,
l'vod an aged widow, Mrs. Godfrey,
with hor daughter and u small negro
boy as u servant. About two O'Clock
Sunday morning Mrs. Godfrey was
awakcno" by the smothcrcd cries of
her daughter who slopt in an adjoining
room. She walked the boy and scnt
him for assistance to tho kouso OF q
negro man who lived about ono hun
drcd yards away. Sho WAS old and
helpless, and her nEonizing efforts and
realization Of her holpIcssnoss during
tho fifteen minutes wh'uh elapsed bo~
fore tho boy returned with the man
can onl v ho imagined.
Thc man proceeded at once to strll<o
light, but before this could be done
somo one ran Ocross the floor and cs-
capped in tlio darkness.
n light WAS made and Miss Godfroy
WAS found in a desperate state. Sho
had been outraged and the priuts Of
'IandA upon her throat showed that
she had been choltcd into silence. Sho
wax seriously hurt.
Upon Che floor wcro found q stick
and y wagon hammer.
'hp jt.l, ;I,pt Eol h,, -
man in the ncighhorhoUd aa ono he
had observed in tho possession OF no.
gro who had surpcd at his house SAT-
ui'dhy night and had lett in tho dircc>
tion ct Mrs. Godirry'H, declaring that
ho WAS going 10 attend church in Lam
caster County, s. G. His name was
Edmund Davis, an OK convict, out of
tn" Pcnitcniiary only six months.
y party Of men from the nrirhbor>
hood pursued in the direction Of the
church which Davis had said he w,rll
attend. This party ovrrtmrx and
captured hlm about / | O'Clock Snntiny
morning IN negro cabin in Lancus--
ter County, eight miles from The nccnc
OF the rape.
He waH taken to Union and prAaon.
ted before y mayisi,uLr, who ordered
him before Miss Godfrey, but nhc
failed 10 identify him, rs tho room
where the crime was committed was
entirety dark. Thc Identification of
tho stick, however wnA sufficient TO
warrant tho magistrate in sending him
to prison. The hammer found on the
fl0or had bocn taken from wagon
noar the house OF tho Godfrey's
Tho prisoner WAS committed to tho
Charge OF constable and u guard
dcputized to escort him to Monroe
Jail. Whilst on the way to prison tho
negro confessed to crimo and it soon
became known TO tho people. A
lynching party OF ono hundred mon
WA" organIzod, and tho guard, dcs-
pairing Of taking tho prisoner in safc-
ty to Monroe, hid him from the intu>
rated popuIncc.
During tho whole of Sunday NIGHT
Iho moo mado for tho concealed raw
'Shcr, VIII" was found about DAYLIGHT
when it WAS at once announced that
he wonId be lynchcd, and by $50
o'clock ycstordoy morning q crowd OF
326 mon, about 100 of whom woro
blacks, assembled to witness tho exc,
cution. Among tho crowd wore some
OF tho best citizens Of that portion OF
Union ana others from Lancastor
County.
Edmund Davis is described os q vo-
ry black and brutal looking negro. lie
sccmod entirely indilfo"on to his fato
confessed the crimo without reserve,
ana SAID nc was willing to be hanged
Somo of tho blacks in the crowd in-
sisted that ho should DO burned, but at
. O'Clock no was hanged within ono
and hall miles Of tho sccno Of tho
crime. lIo hung for forty minutes,
when tho crowd, satisfied that ho was
quite dead, dispersed, leaving him still
hanging.
Miss Godfrey, tho victim of tho OUT
r"go, is about 35 years of ago, and u
woman Of unbIomished character
AB1EVILLE, October 49, Last night Gins
Coleman and DOlph White, two colored men