Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-09
THEY HANGED HIN.
HOW A LYNcHINe WAS CONDUCTED
loUoouN COUNTY.
Horses with Munied Feet and Bogus
Prisoner--Swung from
Derrick.
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LrEsBuRe. Va. November Son We'd
nesday evening, October 30th. in the neigh
borhood OF Hamilton, in this county. about
dusk school girl fifteen years of age was
assaulted by n negro boy while on her way
home from the Hamilton Academy. Her
screams and struggles alarmed the hend,
and fearing that he could not accomplish
his purpose he left her and returned 10
Hamilton. The child reported the assault
and declared she believed the negro sconn-
drel was one Owen Anderson. but that
he was disguised so that she could hardly
tell. He was taken in charge at once ana
brought before her, but she failed to iden-
tify him. On Thursday morning
of the attempted assault, and near
the place an old guano,sack was
found, which the brute evidently used TO
disguise himself. 10 was brought before
him and having told several tales Re con-
fesscd his horrible attempt and was forth
with seat to the Leesburg jail TO await the
action Of the grand jury. This morning
the community WAS considerably eIciteo
when they learned that Anderson had been
taken by a number of men from the jail
and hanged on derrick at the old railroad
depot. ABOUT o'clock the party OF about
| twenty-five or thirty men disguised enter
| ed tho town on horseback, and from the
noiseless stepping Of their horses the pre-
sumption is the feet of tho horses were
muffied or unshod One Of the .lynchers
was tied and conducted TO the jail by two
of his companions az a prisoner. The al
| legged guards rang the bell. Deputy
Sheriff IAycock. the jailer, raised
window and asked who they were They
replied they had prisoner. He came down
and opened the door and admitted them.
Then he went into the Jail and unlocked
| the door leading TO the cells to admit, as he
believed, the prisoner. He stepped IN the
! hall and one of the posse said they wanted
that negro Anderson. The jaller said.
"You cannot get him" He was seized and
! the keys were taken from him, when'one
whistled and q crowd of twenty rushed IN
and captured the prisoner and took him
out. They had taken axes, crowbars. and
| sledges from one Of our blacksmith shops
| TO use in case they were needed. The Ialer
| vas not able TO identity any of the party.
! The bogus prisoner and the two who had
him in charge were not disguised, but were
! strangers TO the county. The prisoner
was taken down Church street TO the
| depot, where one of the posse on horse
| back put the Iope through the hook on
| the derrick and Anderson was raised up
| and was dead in a few minutes. several
pistOl-shots were fired into his body. One
| ball struck in the head, one IN the body,
and one in tho leg. The parties then left
! bv the Middlaburg road. They are all un-
! known. The party who paid the penalty
of his admitted crime IN this case had
made two other attempts of similar ma
| ture i'll that neighborhood.
Coroner Hockett had the body taken
| down and il was placed IN treight-car
standing near by. The body was placed
| in charge of the Sheriff.