The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-10-22
A SENSATION.
WAS RJBE BURROWS N0B8ED, OR KILLED
As STATED 2
His body Was Horribly Nutilated, anu
There was no Sign Of IL Bullet Hole
in It-StOry from Birmingham.

In HISTORY from Birmingham.
A special to the Birmingham Age Her
aid from Vernon says Rube Burrows was
buried Friday at Fellowship, quiet
! country church yard" four miles north
of Vernon. His toes now turn toward
the setting sun.
The manner in which his body was
packed in rude Pine box, his clothing
covered in mud, his long hair and beard
matted and tangled is sad commentary
on his captors.
That WAS the condition in which his
body was flung OFF of the Southern OK
press car at Sulligent, at the feet of his
aged parents and kinsmen To say the
least, this was an indication of heartless-
ness which bears striking resemblance
to the outlaws own character An exhi-
Dition OF inhumanity that would put to
shame Rube's most daring deed The
civilization of this day and time should
have prompted at least decent regard
for the respectable old people and inof-
tensive brother and sisters.
From the source which condemned the
notorious outlaw something more hui
name was rightfully expected Was the
''duel to the death reality? Whether
it was or not, the following facts have
developed since the arrival OF the body
in this county:
l. Rube Burrows was not shot. The
only mark on his body of that nature is a
cut in his stomach, where the ball is said
to have entered, made undoubtedly by a
lance or penknife, a straight, narrow cut
which any ordinary penknife could have
made, There was no sign Of blood upon
his body or his clothing.
2, The most careful examination of his
coat and shirt showed no sign of bullet
hole, nor even rent. 1t was an old and
soiled garment, but substantial. A bull
let could not have entered his body
where the hole was without first passing
through the shirt. The shirt is absolute
ly without blood stain.
3. His neck was horribly broken. A
dark blue mark about an inch wide
around his neck Indicated death by
stranguiation.
L. Just above his left temple was a
large bruise the size of "a mans hand be-
meath which the skull was badly broken
On the right of his forehead was SINH
lar bruise. There were other bruises
upon his body which might be accounted
for by the struggle with the negroes in
his capture, The other marks cannot.
A man with broken skull and broken
neck could not have accomplished, after
tire souiite wIUiI UfIe ''coons, the rcmarE-1
able feat attributed to RUDE.
l do not wish to add anything to the
sensational career of tile man, but have
given facts without exaggeration, which,
if they do nothing more, should at least
call for an explanation, And in this
connection it would be interesting to
know How was the skull broken? What
caused the wounds on his face and body
ono of the latter being of character
that cannot be mentioned here? How
was he shot in the manner as reported,
without leaving a blood stain upon his
body or clothing, and with no trace of
bullet through the shirt next his body or
his clothing? How was his neck broken?
Do not these circumstances in connec-
ton with the hasty and inhuman manner
in which he was shipped to Lamar at
least give give substantial coloring to the
belief that he WAS mobbed2