The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-23
one ROPE FOR BOTH.
Judge Lynch Holds Cour. in tb.
Alabama District.
tray Hairs Nor Aae, Nor sex War,
H'n' from HIS Purpose
AS AWFUL Midnight
Execution.

NoME, ga, Oct, 23.-About midnight Mon
Jay night masked mob, supposed 10 M
from Chattoosa county, Georgia. surrounded
the jail at enter, Ala Twelve men then
dlsmounted, and, marching to the door ot
tho Jaiil called on the sheriff to advance from,
ms room, whittier he had retired and fortified
himself for an assault, and surrender ]. p.
dorsey and Miss Jane Ward. The sheriff
refused. The doors were at orce hat
tered down, and the men in an in.
sS'ht were IN the inner corridor,
the doors to which easily gave way before
"oh-Cirocted blows. The noise of the furious
assault awakened the six inmates of the
PRISON They all htrriedly dressed, and a
negro who is held for theft. directed tbo
mob to the cells of Dorsey and Miss Ward
Inc mob then demanded the sheriff's KEYS to
the cells, and he surrendered them. One
prawny mountaiaeer, who was girdled with
aimor, AMI wore a hoa~y mask.
unlocked the door and ierked
Dorsey out into the corridor. lie
begged piteously for his life, and then Civ
ms away to tears fell at the feet of the mob
ana l!ftinS bis hands prayed ferventiy for
divine relief. Ee was "A years old, and his
long, white hair flowing In the soft breezas
that penetrated the avenues of the dis;
mGntled prison, lent to his PRAYER Sp mir of
reverence that was most pathetic, and in
duced two Of his executioneys to plead in his
behalf. But the other ten were fnexorab|o.
The scene at the cell door whence Miss
Ward was tse lets rudely taken was
equally pathetic. She had passed her Goth
year and IL her youth had been Il woman O
raro beauty. Her form aad bearing had
, been well preserved She presented 81 ven
CRADLE appearance. When the visilantes
first sliced her sho foaght B1t her resist
ance was OF short duuaSiOn. Her strength
| gave way AID wtsl last assertion of inno-
cence she tainted and fa;l heavily upon the
stone floor OF the prison, One OF the mo-
caught her in his AIMS and swinging her
body across his sAoalder bore her out of she
jail, followed by Dorsey aud his escort
| Tho Obj mon continued his praysrs, ard
screaming piaintsTely tw mercy hes vo.ce
overcaRe she neiao Of the tTRnBlin1 hos*
of 100 horses which wero being formed in q
hollow s9gsns ahsut the oxpcationers. 4.
soon 81, tae AcrsoTncn wsra formed the com
pany tooil n SIDE road and marching down Il
ravine on +Ao kinks o. the C,s,sa
river, thu. attnoAsd the rye to &
limb tbat extended from tt tan banl
over tho piseri5 waters beneath
The rope was D. adjusted that i
would neb .kir ans A~th the ends were Iouso
Moses We're hssScily s%Jsssed ut both cn.ii
and wore siiPYo4 srsT fHs heads Of the ~.
couen Tia slips wors dawn and q nlospan
later the ec-sies v7rre sScv,a from tsa eani
and danesed unfit II, rad become cxttnct
Then the swayias ceca-d and tn. iSe,a
bodies hang untl Tssaay noon when th
Coroner cut than dow0 AS soon NJ n
bodies were shoved CT the brink the viz
iSGtcs Teniountea, rode at gRiop 80 SIC Eio
where they assembled, and sken, 6:ser bold
ing hurried conference, tsos seperafed a,
soon disappoaasl.
The crime Cor Whics The a-e3 oouf1e cav
tle.r lives was one Of tho most GtYoc<oy
ever peFPessaecd III cho south. On ito nsL
Of Oct. Mrs, Nary Davis was sitting N b.
parlor s0Terta:a.ng c. :. Jones, nxighbH
who haG caled to see asr husband. tvs
t rust after twilight vhan a loud voice ~s
heard calling her 10 the door. She rasConde>
Eor apaasrance ct the threshold "
t instantly followed by the report of q shos az
with a piercing scream she {sll den
bleeding from the wounds Of hes~T chers
OF BlCNsH OF w nfSH SCNpFGu HrtF bcdSE~5NF
and scattered fragments Of her vital ergo!
J upon the wall On hearing che report Of Il
gun and the womnn's screams, Jones hasssnf
n to the door only to have tie top of his hea
n torn away by a similar shot. He, toe, le
i dead instantly The assailants at once di
II appeared. From certain clues suspicion vi
= fixed upon Dorsey and Mis- Ward and The
G were arrested, Dorsey afQrward confessn
!, Up to the beginning Of the rehehton Derss
was q prominent citizen Of Cherokee oast
He leaves considerable property. Jal
Ward was 60 years old. She ~ss wons
of bad character. Dorsey tool up ~ith h
several years ago and cHs OF troubles CT
nected with this arose the mrrder u :
niece, Mrs DAVIS