Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-12-31
TAR-HEEL JUSTICE.
AWFUL FATE OF TWO COlORED
BURGLARS AT RALEIGH.
Taken to n Bridge and Dropped, Bountl
and Weighted, Forty Feet to the
Dark River-An Outrage by
Chinese Robbers.

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 29.-Chailes Smith
and Henry Davis, both colored, we're ar
rested in this city Saturday, under charges
of burglary and assault and battery. Smith
confessed that he and Davis aud twenty
other men were guilty. On Monday Smith
and Davis were taken to Clayton under
escort OF fifteen men. They were ex-
amlneo Iuesds,y on the charge Of
burglary, and were committed to Jail in
omithneld without bail. 1t was late in the
nlght whep the examination was concluded,
ana tne , risoners were lodged in the lookup,
suaroe by two men. About O'Clock a. M.
ie',y Of the citizens were aroused by the
lrs ad of horses in the streets, and expected a
parade of boys in fantastic dress,
it being near Christmas. No atten-
ton was paid to the crowd OF
100 horsemen, all disguised as
kuklux, as they rode through the streets to
the place where the prisoners were con-
fined. Arriving there the door was quickly
forced open and cooked pistols were pre-
sented at the heads of the guards VINO fled.
The prisoners begged piteously for theil
lives. Davis declared his innocence, and
protested that Smith had sworn falsely
against him and that he was not guilty.
Smith and Davis We're quickly placed on
horseback, each with man behind him.
The procession then formed with the ne
groes in the center, and rode away in the
direction of the Mouse river, which runs
within few miles of the town. The negroes
knew they were snearing their doom, and
continued to plead for their lives. About
two miles from the town the cavalcade
reached the bridge across the river. The
water here is twenty feet deep, and the
&c hal w
and all dismounted The handouts
and the chains were still On Smith
and Davis. Quickly their legs were tied to-
gether and the chains were wrapped around
their bodies and securely tied. At sign
from their commander four of the maskers
seized Smith and four seized Davis and hur-
ried TO the bridge. Smith and Davis now
realized the mode of death, and made the
woods ring with horrid yells. The masked
men said nothing, but held their victims sus-
pended for a moment forty feet above the
water, and then withdrew their sup
port There were two deathly cries,
sudden splash, and all was
over The banks of the river had been
manned to prevent failure. The bodies did
not rise, and soon the avengers mounted,
rode away and dispersed, and were all at
home before daylight.
The prison guards told next morning what
had happened, and some unsuspecting per-
sons thought Smith and Davis had been re-
leased, but before night it was generally
reported that they had been lynched. There
are grave doubts as to the guilt of Davis.
Outrage by Chinese on a Fellow Celestial.
NEWARK, n. j., Dec. 29.-Hong Chung
keeps laundry on market street, this city.
The landlord on Friday evening heard a
quarrel going on the laundry, but did not
suppose it was serious. A few minutes later
he heard groans in the laundry. He thought
at first that somebody was sick, but when he
heard the groans repeated he entered,
taking lamp with him. He was hor-
rifed at the sight. Hong-Chung was sus-
pended to post in the middle of the room
by BEDFORD, one end of which was nossed
about his neck and the other attached to the
top of the post. His feet did not touch the
floor. Blood stained his clothing; his little
almond eyes were bulging from their sockets,
and a low, gurgliug sound issued from
his mouth, which had been gagged
with band of linen that was knotted at the
back Of his head. His hands and arms and
legs were bound with strips of strong linen
cloth The landlord and Theodore Smith
quickly cut the rope about Hong Chung's
head, tore the gag from his mouth, cut the
linen bands on his limbs, and then placed
him on a cot. physician was summoned
and the landlord telephoned to police head
quarters.
Hong Chung was found by the police very
low and weak from the loss of blood. He
said that early in the evening three of his
countrymen, who said they lived in New
York, went to the laundry, representing
that they wanted to sit'bY the stove and get
warm. Suddenly they sprang upon him,
threw him upon the floor, stuffed rags in his
mouth stabbed him with knives, and tied
his hands and feet They took 5000 from the
stove-pipe where he had secreted it and
afterward stood him up against the post
He said that was all he knew until he came
to his senses on the bed, with his landlord
bending over him. The police think Chung
knows who his assailants are, but that be
will not tell because he expects that his
countrymen in New York will make the
thieve and would-be murderers return the
money if he does not prosecute them.