The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-16
DEAD AND DONE FOR De
GENTLY AND IN ORDER!
Thus be IL Unto all Of his Kind

DEAD AND DONE FOR DE
GENTLY AND ~ ORDER!
Thus be i. Unto all Of his Kind
John Taylor, the African brute, who
outraged an aged and honorable white
lady, near Reidsville, Rockingham
county, has been hanged until dead
and dumped into the soil at the foot Of
his gallows-tree.
1t will be remembered that some ter
days ago, Col. James Irwin, a vel
known citizen of Rockingham, carried
his daughter, Ia former pupil of the b.
+. Seminary In Raleigh to attend
concert in Reidsville. Two negroes
took the coach horses, and galloped
back to the Irwin plantation appar,
emily ava that Miss Irwin had come
to town with her father. At least 1t Is
said they went to the house with hell
isb designs upon the daughter. The
mother, a lady of near so years of age,
suspecting no i'll, sat at home until
seized by the two villains. When she
recovered consciousness she fed across
the fields to the nearest neighbors Civ
ing the alarm then fell fainting, and
has been at deaths door ever since, it
not already dead at this writing.
The two brutes, John Taylor and
Geo. Gum, were soon in Jail, and as the
country aroused the sturdy farmers
hocked in with fixed resolve to give
that short thrift" which is the only
real deterrent In punishment. There
being some doubt in the case of Gum.
he was allowed the benefit of a regular
trial, and now lies in Rockingham Jail,
free from any danger of lynching. This
is right. But there was no possibility
Of mistake in Taylor's case therefore
be should have gone to the gallows
within t~wenty-four hours after biz
crime.
Unfortunately the Sheriff being a
sworn officer, felt it his duty to save
the prisoner for the formalities of the
law; consequently took Taylor in hie
buggy. and fed through by-roads to
Greensboro, 40 miles distant. Judge
followed him. thither, but fail
ing to find him, dispersed, until Satur-
day night last.
RETRIBUTION.
About ii p. N on Saturday a body
of so or 60 horsemen entered Greens
boro, and being refused the Jail keys,
cut through three heavy doors, and
Taylor chained to the floor. In
half an hour, the cavalcade marched
out of town, in military order, carrying
he mulatto tied to the back Of a buggy.
The latter realized his doom but acted
n sullen stolidness, as he has done from
he first, refusing to affirm or deny his
guilt. To a by-stander in Greensboro
lie said that all he wanted was to 90
Heaven! Every negro murderer
the same tune; and really seems
o think he will have nothing to do but
tep off the gallows into the arms of the
Seven miles from R~eidsville, the
ynchers received word that Mrs. Irwin
vas too i'll to permit of any commotion
the house therefore the pro-
ession halted by the road side; and
was placed upon the back of the
!orse he had ridden to do his crime.
Being asked if he had anything to say,
he responded sullenly-'Get it over
uick y A sharp switch sent the
.orse from under him and he fell six
Get, breaking his neck. This was
bout 4 a. N. on Sunday morning.
The news had gone abroad, and from
ar and near: came the country people,
7hite and black, of all ages, to view
ne dangling ravisher. Towards even ,
the coroner appeared, and held in {
uest. Then the corpse was buried I
here it lay.
We have no regrets for the lynching,
May We commend it in all except two :
articulars: viz the delay, and the t
of bandkerchiefs by women as 8
lynchers passed. Judge Lynch
hould always act calmly, quietly, even
olemnly, as if fully conscious that he {
usurping the Office of the law. but {
OF through passion, sudden feeling, or {
ny other impulse than the grave nee c
Of Natures Higher Law,-self- J
We repeat that we re- '
ret the delay, because the real object v
{ Lynch Court Is to set the seal OF r
Witt and sure r%etribution on certain l.
'ul crimes! Vengeance should follow
thin one hour after there is no lon0er
doubt of guilt. The lynchers should ii
game a jury and if any three or four v
telllgent gentlemen will assert doubts i
to the prisoners guilt, let him be re-
anded to Jail to await formal trial. O
ut where there is no possibility of Il
lstake, the ravisher, whether white f,
black land We should be more merci- Il
to a negro than a white man, be- =
use he has fewer moral and educa- !;
0nal influences to restrain his brutal II
ravlsher, we say, should be o
raped, on his knees, t a stake and y
e nearest male relative of the injured +
oman should be called upon to blow r.
It his brains. Then a pile of stones ~
q dirt should be heaped upon the (,
dden corpse, and all men dispense to r,
cir homes. !:
All have you ever thought what a "a
m that must be, t o which all ewes -
turning as the scene of outrageous ~
9lence done to a gentle woman! ~
conceive, II you can, a fate more hor- -
ne tor a delicate and pure hearted -
!, on the threshold of life, blushins ~
the rosy tints Of maidenhood, per ~
ance of Loves Young Dream,"- 90
adenly, in n black hour, struck
wn and crushed like a trampled lily ..
wer,. trampled and withered, and ~
lned, through no fault of her own ar
omed to drag the lengthening chain ~,
many weary years, until the grave -,
ngs oblivion to the dreadful recollec. L
lever present, asleep and awake, oa.'
II that sudden assault, the vain cries oe.
help, the fainting struggle against ar'
strength, the wild alarm. the pa
king OF cruelty curious crowds, the 10
ggerated details, the columns OF -
reports, with her name Una
lnted to the four corners Of earth ~