The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-17
JUDGE LYNCH AT HOME.
WAY THEY HAVE Or bH'SG THINGS
OUT WEST:
\ vivid Description OF the Men who CONF
hose n ! SnchinE pnriy-Thcy do the
work silgnti> rha win DETERMINATION.
tfroin the Detroit Free Press.l

fUtt ttint have stc'Na street riot. That
is simply the outer cilSlec Of n whirlpool.
A shower OF rick-bats-a surge DIP Gua
down-h dozen broken heads--a cry of
"pOllceW and yotir crowd scatters like
3heep, and sinks Away ike chrs.
A mob sets out to resist the authCri-
ties. Nine out of every ten men in it
are rowatds They boast and brag and
encourage, but they keep their own
bodies in the back ground. They *hnt
to SEE someone hurt, but they know that
law will triumph, ana they want to he
able to prove that they "hte simply
lookets-on. One brave man will walk
into mob and defy ana over'aw it.
4 brutal outrage has been committed.
1t ia On nfTair that stirs the blood of sons
and brothers and brings dangerous
light to the eyes of husbahas and fathers.
There is no boosting or shouting. Hnots
of men gather here and there, and they
speak with fierce carnestness, but IN
low VOICES. NJ mob surges up and
d,wn-no wild yells fehd .hs ajr-no
towards furnish drink to excite young
mon to foolish deeds.
Lynch him |"
II Is not shouted, but spoken in whis-
pets t,r read In each oiher's eyes, Every
man has obeycd the laws-eyefy man
wotld peril his life In aiding to enforce
them but there is feeling that legal
punishment does not always punish suf-
iiciently.
Iynch himW
When men who never partake of q
metl without bowling the head i'll prayer
whisper thos6 Nutdsy look ont The
heart burns and thrills. For the Tim,
! being law is nothing Fathers whisper
! it to sons, brothers to each other, mcr
chants to mechanics. Lips tighten ant
grow pale, teeth shut close, eyes fiasl
as You never saw them before,
The knots of men swell into gfotips-
the gtUtips consolidate into crowd
The leader takes his place, and instinc
lively the crowd realize that he Is The
proper person. Speeches and oration'
are not in ordcr-rOpcs are!
See now Teeth shut tighter as thu
crowd moves. Not man would turl
back from loaded cannon. 1t move
ahead, but It swirls and Kisses and CUR
giles like a river vexed by rocks, II il
the indispensable quick answcrs-th'
pale faces-which tell you what DANCE
turks in the crowd. A noisy crowd cal
he scattered. 1t will fall to pieces o
tself. A silent body of men will taxi
your life if every man has to peril HI
own.
1t is the iail, Key or no key, tn
prisoner must come ont. The crew,
would have him il score OF CRATE
loors had TO be battered down. He doe
,ot plead for mercy. One look aroun
hin tells him that his life is hungerc
or with such intensity that prayer
would be mockery. He may look up 4
the harvest moon and star.studdc
heavens, but he sees nothing. He
LACED and awed by the grim silence {
the band.
Halt -
No voice commands, but here is tn
tree. The whirlpool stands still for
moment. Faces grow little white,
nut the eyes of every man show doggc
determination that would blaze into de
ncration if opposed. The moose IS rapi
" adjusted, there is falling back, NJ
with groan of terror and despair trer
bling on his lips the guilty wretch swim,
in the air. The creak of the limb-tl
,alls of night bird--the deep breathn
# men--are plainly heard as the boo
swings to and fro or turns round M
round as the death struggle goes on.
It is morning. Merchants are benin
heir counters, mechanics at the bencl
SONS at school. There is no sign tn,
last night was not one of tranquility an
peace. Men speak again, women an
children laugh rs they walk abroad-tll
cyclone has passed. The Jail doors NJ
being repaired tree no longer holo
, corpse, and stranger would look INC
this face and that and whisper to hin
self:
"What good-nature 1 see in ever
inc of their countenances They M
obedient to law and enforce the best
order"
: Riots are tho work Of demagogucs NJ
, boasters Mobs are created by coward
When men turn out with shut teeth n
3 whispered voices to take the law il
r their own hands, Judge Lynch l
t opened court and sentenced man to 4