New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
VoL.ALV -..No ,14,9e9.
CHAINED UP AND RO ASIED'
NEGRO MURDER4R TORTURED TO DEATH.
FIVE HUNDRED wHITES AND BLACKS WITNESS lih
Running OF ALEXANDER RIVED
TRY TEIscRArH TO THE TRIBUNE

tBY rgIErRArH THE TRIBUNE
Mop,rr. Dec. 28.-Alexander Reed, the negro
NH, murdered Miss "arrie Boyer at Ganestown CUarKe
County was captured Friday night hear CoireNhe op
Rhodes plantation Cotisevie Ia on the IomoSoy anu
0i,eonsly across the county from Gainestown. Keeu
as o,D,nr.d nv two negro men who had been actively
o, aged in the search him. guard was placed over
the murderer. He was placed In chains ahu lno N'V
10 Jamestown began. All along the roau Ihe po"r'o
turned out demand that Reed be yncheu AZ once o
the guard sterny declared that Reed shOudbe taken "
the spot where the had been committed ana lhee
be punished Yesterday morning after reaching "ahes
town no confessed. said that he had 10 intention Oh
killing the young woman, but that ms gun went o "'
denally and wounded her Seeing that he was III Iol ~
ANYWAY he beat out her brains with the STOCK oi MS
gun. ,or
inc hv mat time about 500 persons white and coored
took Read ont on the road yOnd DR.. Smiths ana cHo
him TO tree within few yards OF the spot "neio N
BOYER was found dyng Eager hands pii'u Hs"' WV"
aou the doomed wretch aud one among lhc b"hpei az
pli,d the spark As the angry tongues oil hre le"eu
inward the negro gave terrific shrek OF agony Inc
smoke and flames enveloped him so quickly that the
assembled multitude thought he would escape what hau
been prepared IN the way of punishment SO INC DrnuS
1vero .e,tered and the man again in view, his form
writing with the pain of the burning
Once more the pen of light wood was constructed
and the flames sprang up brSkly, scorchng tho negro
,it, the Intense heat Before they became fatal now
ever they were again subducd In fact the death was
made lingering and awful and it was not until the thru
fire WAS built that the soul Of the serape mur'er'r
,scapei its tortured prison. Then the P!'e
luot. were piled higher and the body OF
the victim of public vengeance was reduced TO ashes'
This dong the dangling cham and the smOuldcrlDg EN-
hers were left as monument for the consideration oil
Z SO who may In the future have desire to tread III
Rced's foos'eps
Carrie Bower was a welgrown young woman, h ma
aud h4Ne
been seventeen years old had she lived until February
ebe WAS horn in Mobile and was reared here For IN &C
yosrs she had lived near GancstOwn. On Friday morn
ing December after spenng he night at ne4hoor
size started home about mile distant As she passe"
u the road aeighbor came out ana asked hcr "
sneud the day at his house the two stood at the
gate the negro Alexander Reed passed by going I" Ms
home shortly aferwArd Carrie oOutiuucd her tourney
IN the road aud passed into the part where tuere S
growth of trees Meantime Reet had htstehedh GOV
his gun and placed himself by the roa"SI"e' ne
sprang out upon the girl she came near ana se]e"
her She however was strong and well built, Weighing
about 100 pounds. while he OF spare frame lie
foun that he could hold her and he sturck her re-
reatedy on body with his fist and his gun The poor
rrl screamed for help aud fought him until he shot hc''
She fell to the ground lie beat her on the head with
the gun until stock broke. The murderer struck her
afterward with the barrel of the gum
seeiug he had killed his victim Reeds courage zane"
him aud he hid himself in his house The cres of the
slr and Tia. noise of the blows were heard DN he2'o'S
,uorng in adjoining field but they Thought the p'yS
"a treed some squirrels and were knocking on the trees
and shouting in their efforts 10 secure the game So no
further attention was paid to the matter until tbe
dyiug girl WAS discovered by two negroes VINO were
going along road about quarter OF an tne
horrible affair occurred. The broken stock Oh Eccd gun
WAS found on the spot and the remaining portion aso
smeared with blood found in his c4bin Reed took
10 flight but was captured above stated The negro
IL was said was com peed leave Mississippi for AT
temptiug q similar crime.