The daily gazette., 1883-07-02
LYNCIIEB BY A MAD MOB
A BRUTAL RAvIsHER's TERRI
BILE FATE.
HANGED AND HIS HEAD CUT OFF.
An Awful Outrage Upon q White Girl by
Negro Fearfully Avenged The Crime,
the Hunt and the Arrest.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July Ia special from
Louisiana, Mo-, gives the following details
OF lynching at O'Clock this morning: A
mob of 75 or 100 men went from this city
TO Bowling Green and lynched Bill Me-
Dowell, the negro who was charged with an
outrage on Miss Kate Murray, of this city,
last Monday. The mob repaired to the
county seat In vehicles, and on arriving
marched to the jail.
Six men completely masked and with
drawn revolvers demanded Mcdowell of
Marshal Headley, the keeper of the jail, and
he promptly delivered him uD to them. The
negro was taken out and preparations made
to hang him on the public square, but some
of the prominent citizens expostulated with
the mob and he was taken to place one
mile east of Bowling Green and then hanged
Two or three rope halters were tied together
and loop made and slipped over the pris-
oner' head. He was then placed In g
wagon and the horses driven away, leaving
him swinging between heaven and earth.
A CONFESSION.
The mob say Mcdowell made full con-
fession and narrated the details of his horri-
BILE crime. He also confessed that he had
served term in the penitentiary for SINH
lar offence; that he had been guilty of a
great many misdemeanors, aud that his
name was not Mcdowell but John Henry
Shines. The body was lett hanging until
about 10 O'Clock, when it was cut down
and Coroner Campbell held an inquest. The
verdict of the jury was death from hanging
by unknown parties.
The body was put in a plain box and
brought to this city, where it was again
strung up to a tree and photograph of the
corpse taken. The head was then cut of
and the body II utilated, The head and
other portions of the body are now in pos
session OF physician of this city.
THE CRIME.
The crime for which Mcdowell was
lynched was committed in Louisiana last
Monday. Between six and seven o'clock on
that morning Miss Kate Murray, the
adopted daughter of Mrs. Charles Murray,
an aged widow lady of Louisiana, went, as
was her daily custom, to take the COW to
pasture, about one mile from the city. As
she opened the gate negro jumped from
behind the fence and struck her on the head
with sharp stone, which felIed her to the
ground. The brute dragged her into the
woods, where he tied her hands behind her
with her bonnet strings, placed a large stick
across her throat and then brutally assaulted
her. The villain left her in an insensible
condition and fled.
When the unfortunate girl regained con-
sciousness she was in a terrible condition
The blood streamed from the wound in her
head made by the stone, her throat was hor-
ribly swollen and her arm and body bruised.
She managed to crawl to the residence of
Cap ain George Barnard, where she told her
pitiful story. She was at once brought
home and Drs. Bartlett and Loneragan sum
moned.
THE RuNT AND THE ARREST.
The news of the dastardly outrage spread
witnfirp aif in
About o'clock Sheriff eileen and Constable
Templeton arrested a negro named Joe
Brown, who was at work in the field
of Walter Hunter, who seemed to answer
the description given by the girl. He
was at once taken before her and she
identified him with the exception of the
hat which be wore. The negro was put
in the calaboose to await further de-
velopments. Excitement ran high and IT
was expected that Brown would be lynched.
He protested his innocence, and the better
element managed to stay the popular tide of
Indignation until the officers could hurry
the prisoner off to Bowling Green. There
were many who believed that Brown was
innocent, and among this number were
some of the officials, and they kept up the
hunt for the guilty one. On the
night of Friday, the Goth, Bill Mcdowell
was arrested on farm near Bowling Green.
He was known TO be bad character and he
was discovered by Mr.. John Moss, of Louis
lana, who learned that knife found near
where the outrage was committed belonged
to Mcdowell. He was landed in jail at
Bowling Green on Friday night and was
taken out and lynched as related above.