Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-08
LYNCH LAW IN NHw JERSEY.

A Mob's swift Punishment for Deastiy As
sauit Upon . Young Woman.
A coiored man named Samuel johnson,
alias Mingo Jack, !" was arrested In Eaton
town, n. D., on Friday evening upon
charge OF ielonious assault made by Miss
Angelina Herbert, the daughter OF James
Stewart Herbert, q farmer living on the road
which leads from Eatontown TO Asbury
Park. The accused was locked up In the
little brick jail. About o'clock next morn
ing the Jail was broken open, and after John.
son had been clubbed until he was nearly
dead he was hanged. At o'clock William
Abbott, a laborer, discovered the body OF
johnson hanging from the iron grating over
the entrance to the jail. Abbott gave the
alarm and In few minutes fully 500 per-
sons gathered around the jail. The body
swung to and fro until the arrival OF Coroner
X It. Smith, of Red Bank, who cut II down.
Tho faco bad been so badly beaten that II
was difficult to tell whether the corpse was
that OF a colored man or a white one. The
right eye had been knocked out and lay
upon the cheek. The two jail cells were be-
spattered with blood. On the floor OF one Of
them were two oak clubs covered with blood
and hair. 1t is known who lynched the
negro, and the people OF the town, although
greatly excited over the affair, are not at all
anxious to tnd them.
Miss Herbert is a blonde of slight figure,
She had known johnson, who lived in the
neighborhood all his life, by sight for several
years. She was on her way to the house OF
Jackson Brown, neighbor, at the time the
assault was committed. While In pathway
which leads through the woods lying between
her home and Browns house she was over
taken by Johnson. The negro caught her
by the throat and told her that III she did not
comply with his wishes he would Kill her.
lie then dragged her into the woods ut the
side OF the path for about seventy-flve yards
Knocking her down by striking her blow
behind the left ear he accomplished his pur-
pose, and then struck oil through the woods
TO his cabin.
Miss Herbert succeeded In reaching her
home and told her terrible story. Her father
drove to Eatontown for John &. Edwards,
Justice OF the peace. Constable Henry Leib-
enthal heard ofthe crime committed by the
negro, aud at once drove out to his house,
and found him chopping wood. Johnson
refused to say anything when the officer
accused him Of assaulting Miss Herbert, and
submitted quietly to arrest lie was placed
In a cell before Justice Edwards had taken
the deposition of Miss Herbert
The young girl positively identified John
son IA her assailant She Is confined to her
bed from the injuries she received at his
hands. There Is "A large lump on the back
OF her head where she was struck by John
son with blunt instrument of some kind.
Constable Leibenthal was the last person
who saw the negro before he was lynched.
lie went 10 the jail Al lu.-u p III anu HAeu tne
fire. When he asked the prisoner how he
was johnson answered: al feel all right !;
hut some boys outside have been yelling
that l will be killed." johnson was nearly
40 years OF age and had wife and five chill
dren. For several yeais he had been work.
ing at odd jobs. He was at one time in the
employ of DIR. Laird as jockey, and rode
Mingo famous Tacing-horse. This gave
him the nickname OF Mingo Jack" He
had always been feared by the people living
ttaas.
laid at his door. A year ago he was shot
while trying to rob peddler.
John W. Swartz, the assistant prosecutor
ot the pleas of Monmouth county, came TO
E,tontowu and began an official invest =
cation. Coroner White swore in jury 4
lyelye men, with Littleton White as fore
man. After the jury had viewed the body OF
the dead negro the coroner adjourned the in
quest to 10 o'clock on Monday morning
lie subsequently granted an order for the
removal OF the negro's body, and at the re-
quest OF his wife IT was taken in the little
cabin In the woods where he had lived for
many years,