The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-28
ABLACKD EMONLYNCHED
he OUTRAGED AND MURDERED A
CHILD AT MADISON.

The Jurymen Lose All Control of
Themselves During the Prisoners
Confession, and Leap Up With
Knives in Their Hands-The Local
Military Fails to Act.
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 27.-About dark to-
night the governor received a dispatch
from the sheriff of Morgan county stating
that the negro ravisher who yesterday
assaulted and afterward cut the
throat of the 9-year-old niece
of Aft Horton, short dis
lance from Madison, had been
landed in jail, but would certainly be
lynched tonight unless the military were
ordered out to protect him. The dispatch
continued: 81 am powerless. My posse Is
not sufficient. Order out this military
company at once by telegraph or life will
be taken by the crowd"
THE HOME GUARDS ORDERED OUT.
In reply the governor telegraphed to
Capt. McHenry of the Madison Home
Guards to order his men under arms and
report to the sheriff and aid him in holding
the jail To the sheriff the governor sent a
dispatch notifying him of the order TO
Capt. McHenry, but notifying hum that
his posse SO long as possible. At $3.50 o'clock
tonight the governor received this: II can
find only three men Of the company. All
the guns have been taken from the armory.
cannot find them. / have reported TO the
sheriff, but am powerless to do anything.
"a n. BELL Orderly Sergeant"
STORY OF THE CRIME.
The story of the crime is one to make the
blood boil with Indignation. About
O'Clock yesterday morning the city was
thrown into a furore of excitement by the
announcement that feionious crime had
been committed upon the person Of a 9-year-
old girl, the niece of Mr. ALI Horton, living
four miles from town.
As soon as the facts were made known to
the sheriff he deputized 100 men to search
for the guilty party. The news spreading
rapidly, every one who had knife or gun
could be seen on the way TO the scene Of the
crime, bent on having the culprit brought
to justice.
Upon arriving at the scene q CHASTITY
picture was presented. Upon her bed lay
the child with her throat cut from one ear
to the other, and cold aud still in death.
Then the crowd grew frantic with rage,
and longed to get glimpse of the guilty
party.
The evidence pointed to Brown Washing
ton, and Immediately the crowd started
for his home and found him there. After
several hours of questioning, the following
statement was CLEANED:
On last Thursday Brown Washington
secreted himself in gully, near the place
where the girl had to pass in going and
coming from school, and then waited for his
victim. When she got near he ran after her,
calling her to stop, telling her that he didn't
intend hurting her. She continued her
flight, and on reaching her home was
completely out of breath. When she re-
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story. But her parents thinking it of no
consequence, said nothing of it until on
Tuesday the girl was found to be missing.
Her parents becoming alarmed, instituted a
search for her, and found her Tues
day night cold and stiff, with evidence of
the terrible crime.
LEFT TO THE MoB's MERCY.
! ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 81, II 40 P. NJ
Officers of the military company made
themselves scarce, and the prisoner was left
to the mercy of the mob, who had no trou-
BILE in procuring the keys and making their
way into the Jail. This morning DR.. a. K.
Bell was sent to Athens with portion of
the shirt worn by the negro supposed to
have committed the outrage, and knife
found on his person, in order that the state
chemist might analyze the supposed blood
stains. Nothing, however, came of this.
THE NEGRO CoNFEssEs.
When Brown was taken before the cor
oner's jury he broke down and gave the de-
tails of his fiendish crime. He acknowledged
that he had watched for the little girl, and,
seeing her coming. had left his pillow, as
saulted and murdered her by cutting her
throat. He told of her pleading for her llfe
and said that after making an
effort to accomplish his evil pur-
pose and numbering the little girl,
he returned to his work in the field. In a
the jury threatened the prisoner Knives
CLEANED in the hands of the jurymen, and
it was hard to restore order. Outside the
excitement was intense, and a crowd soon
gathered, voicing savage threats. II. A.
Baldwin, Joel Billups and another gentle
man did all they could to prevent an out
break, and finally succeeded, but only tenn
porarily.
DRAGGED FROM THE JAIL.
1t was agreed that ten men should be ap-
pointed to bring the prisoner from the jail.
This they did without any trouble, the
military having disappeared and the sheriff
being powerless When the death COM
mittee dragged out the ravisher he was
hshrieking for mercy. He was taken to a
clump of woods about a mile from the
court house, and rope, after being knotted
around his neck, was flung over the cross
bar ON telegraph pole.
LAUNCHED INTO ETERNITY.
The crowd yelled at those in charge of
the execution to swing him UP, but there
was slight delay and the fiend was called
upon to confess, which he again did in about
the same language used by him before the
inquest He was then told to say his pray
ers, and moment after was swung up.
Immediately hundreds of shots were fired
into his body by the crowd, which then
dispersed after placing a placard on the
telegraph pole announcing the determine
ton of the people of Madison and Morgan
county to protect their women and chill
dren.