The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-10-23
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LACROSSE, Wis, October 16.-F. A.
Burton, President of the Blaino and
Logan Club here, was shot dead by a
man. known as "Scottv" at 8 O'Clock
TINS, evening, while the Republicans
were forming in procession OH Main
Street. Seven shots were fired in quick
| succession. The murderer was arrest
ed and hurried to Jail before the i'm
mcnse crowd could realize what had
occurred AS soon rs the fact was
made known there was intense excite
mcnt and hundreds of men i'm uniform
and carrying torches hurried to the
court house yard and demanded that
the prisoner tbc handed over to them.
"Lynch him! Lynch him :" the
general cry. At this hour (S:46)
hundreds Of men arc bcsciging the
Jail. Sheriff Scott, Chief Of Police
Clarke and posse of police are at the
Jlal door, trying to calm the inturiated
multitude. No violence has been done
yet and none may take place. The
Dody OF Burton was taken to 4 drug
store, where an examination showed
that life was extinct. Those who
stood near the scene saw the man adj
vance from the crowd Oh the sidewalk
to within a few feet of His victim and
fire the first bullet into his lack, when
Burton fell to the pavement. This
was followed with six shots into the
PROSTATE mans body and head
"Scotty' !hcn threw his rcvolvor at
his victim and gayc him kick. All
this was done IN a"momcnt, and before
any one could realize tho situation
1hc motive Of The murder has not vet
come to light. Burton was managing
| the campaign in this section. The
mob finding they could not prevail
upon the authorities to surrender the
prisoner, at lO:45 O'Clock procured
cold chscls, forced open lhc.d doors, and
putting rope around the murdcrcr,s
neck, lynched him. s."
The officers were notable to stay the
mob who refused to listen to argument.
From nine O'Clock to ten the court
house and square presented scene
which bc@garcd'dcscription. The mob
increased i'll numbers until the entire
space on three sides of the jail was a
dense mass Of humanity, demanding
that the murderer he hung. Torches
1lared above the sea of heads and white
plumcs moved rcsolutcly about the
square. The best citizens, in the place
were prcsnt and watched the fearful
scene with blanchcd faces, but with no
expression Of sympathy.
There We're hundreds of women in
the thoroughiares and walks around
the jail. The excitement grew stead
ny in force, and the mob at last found
leader with cool heads, who went
mcthodically about taking the man
from the prison and lynching him.
Beams were procured and in a short
tlmc the heavily boltcd and barred
doors OF the Fourth street side Of the
jail were battered, i'm by the crowd
which poured into the first floor rooms.
:Ihe sheriff and his assistants succeed
III clearing the room the first and
second time but on the third rush the
mob, oycrrowered them and held their
ground. The interior wooden doors
OF the cooking department yielded like
so many plates of glass. In the mean-
time heavy oak door leading to the
stairway on the west side was battered
| down, and the mob held full posses
sion OF the main corridor. While this
was gong on the crowd became almost
colossal about the place, but aside
from the rush of the men at the iail the
best of order prevailed. There was no
drunken men IN the mob, the whole
work being done by rcsolutc fellows
who decided to make the murderer
pay the death penalty before they left
| the square. Ouce in the corridor,
! SlcdSc hammers were used to break i'm
| the heavy doors, two in number, that
lntcrvcncd between them and thc cell
room, these soon yielded, and as each
advance was made the crowd were ap-
priscd on the outside. The crowd had
but little difficulty in finding their
man and he was taken out and hanged
as rotated above.
| LACROSSE, WIS, October l7.-Tbc
real name Of the man who was lvnchcd
last night for the unprovokcd murder
OF Il. a. Burton, was Nathaniel Mitch
ell. lie was employed as river man
during the summer and as woodman
in the winter. He was dcspcratc
character and was addicted to the use
Of liquor. lie had been both in iail
and the insane asylum. The cause of
his killing Mr.. Burton is not known.
One theory is that he mistoOk him for
another person.
Business was practically suspended
4 here to-day, the all-absorbng topic of
conversation being the terrible tragedy
OF last night-thc murder of Frank
burton and subsequent lynching of his
slayer, Nathaniel Mitchell. It now
appears that MITCHELL intendcd, if pos
slblc, to Kill at least two more citizens.
one OF whom was Charles S. McDon-
AID. 1t was only a question of whom
he met first. '' =, ..;.,.
r The coroner's jury examined twelve
witnesses in the inquest over Mitchell,
the lynchcd mnrderer, among whom
were the sheriff, policemen and eve
witnesses Of the murder and lynching
NO one recognized any of the. multi.
tnde who did the lynching. The yer,
dict substantially states that the dc.
ceased was the man who murdered
Burton, and that he came to his deatl
ny hanging, at the hands ofparties tc
the jury unknown. - ,-,.'.I-.
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