The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-07
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Parti ehiats .of tho Terrible Fate of sAfexa
ander Reid hooking story of the pTur.@
derand Assauit Upon Miss Carrie Hove,.
and the Fate of the Murderer. N
On Friday week, at Gninasu;I,o
Clark county, Ala, q Young ia,Iy nam, @
ed Carrie Boyer, seventeen wears aid
was waylaid while Oil her wav. horna
trom neighbours. She wass fonnS
dying with a bullet hole lin the back re
her neck and with Her skull crushed in
a broken gunstock, with blood nnon
II, was found lying in the. road. The
guhstock was recognized us belongin~
70 Alexander Reid, q negro l;yinSS
near at hand. The barrel ofthe broker
gun was found in his house. It had
oioou ana hair upon it. Reid Aed
When5 tne avengers came to look for
nlm: The people of Clarke and nd.
joining counties, both whites and blacks
organized hunt for the murderer
Inc river banks had been secured and
every avenue of escape cut Off The
pIaeks were as eager as the whites TO
catch the murderer. Two "necrocs
captured him at the county line. When
captured guard was placed over
held, who was placed in chains and
marched to Gaincstown.
feople along the road demanded
that Reid sh u d be ynched, but the
guard replied that he must be taken TO
| the scene of his crime. The ruard
then numbering two hundred mep'
| reached Gaincstown with the prisoner
at q O'Clock Sunday morning. The
| prisoner maintained sullen silence till
sunday, when he confessed his guilt.
! ,Ihen he said that he had not intended
10 XIII the young lady, but that his gun
went OF accidentally and wounded
her Scoing that he was i'm for it any
now, he beat out her brains with the
stock of the gun. The crime, it will
be remembered was one of great afro
city. Reid assaulted the young lady
while she was walking home after
having visited friend near Gaines
u. tie concealed himself with his
gun oy the roadside and sprang on the
young lady as she passed through n
strip of fwoods. She resisted and was
TOO strong for him to carry out his
purpose. He then struck her with
his fist and gun. The brave girl fought
him until he shot her and murdered
her by striking hcrrepcatcdly after She
fell.
After the arrival of Reid and the
guard at GaincStown it was evident
mat but short shrift would be allowed
him. About o'clock in the afternoon
crowd of five hundred persons, white
and black, took the prisoner out on the
road hear the spot where the murder
had been committed and chained him
| 10 tree. Blacks and whites piled
| lightwood about the miserable crimi-
nal, and when tho pile was breast high
one among them applied the torch.
AS the flames shot upward the negro
gave shrieks of agony. The crowd
seeing the smoke and flames cnyclop-
Ing him, did not wish him to die SO
easily. They scattered the brands and
inc man was sccu writhng in agony.
once more pile off lightwood was
constructed and the flames sprang up
6riskly scorchin@ the negro terribly.
before they became fatal, however,
they. were vgain subducd, and again
the doomed wretch was seen conyulsed
with tcrrorand pain. The third time the
pile was lighted it was allowed to do.
its work, and the body of Roid was
completely reduced to- ashes. The
crowd then dispersed to their homes.
This is the second incident of the
kind in the same place. About seven
years ago negro preacher who muir
dcred all old lady and little boy and
assaulted a young girl was in similar
manner tied to the stake and roasted
to death.