The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-29
SERVED HIM RIGHT
One Ghoullsl Fiend Meets Justice by a

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MACON, GA, Oct. IL Willie Sin
gleton. a l9-year-old nogro. was lynch
ed on the outskirts of the CITY tonight
for rapecommitted three weeks ago.
The victim of the outrage was the 10.
year-old daughter of one of Macon's
! most highly respected citizens, beau.
tiful young debutante, highly educated
and accomplished and afavorite in soci-
ETY.. The home of her parents is in the
suburbs of the city, two miles form the
Central railway station, but on the elec-
trio car line.
The young lady had been away from
home and was expected to return on a
train reaching the city at II o'clock al
night. BY some misunderstanding the
parents of the young lady drove with
their Garage to the Central depot where,
as she reached the city by the East
Tennessee road, whose station is in
another part of the city.
Her parents finding she had not ar
rived on the train they met, drove home,
suspecting nothing wrong. Meantime
the young lady had alighted from the
train at the depot on the opposite side
of the town, and was surprised and be-
wildered at not being met by some
member of the family. She sought the
aid of a police officer, who advised her
to 60 to some hotel for the night. She
insisted, however on being taken nome.
She had been away for the summer and
was in a fever of expectancy at the
prospect Of meeting her loved ones
again. On her insistance the police
man called cab driver by the name of
Will Singleton, and assisting the young
lady in, gave the driver his directions.
The negro drove away with his fare,
but instead of taking direct route to
her fathers house he drove her by a
dark and unfrequented road, which led
through a grove deserted at night.
Here, suddenly stopping his carriage.
he turned upon the heretofore unsus-
pecting girl and before she could even
utter scream had choked and dragged
her from the carriage and proceeded to
execute his foul purpose.
The brute treated his victim with
ghoulish cruelty, tearing her garments
and bruising and maltreating her most
shamefully. Having gratified his bru-
tai passions, he put her in the carriage
and drove her within hundred yards
of her fathers door, when herudely
pushed her out, and, telling her that if
She breathed word of what had hap
pened he would kill her, drove rapidly
away.
The poor girl managed to struggle to
the house, and when inside to tell her
Mortified family the dreadful story.
Since then she has been lingering be-
tween life and death from the effects of
the brutal attack.
The rapist disappeared and was not
heard of again until yesterday in Eu-
faula, Ala. He was taken from the
train few miles from Macon by an
armed party, and tonight was carried
to the woods where the crime was COM
mitted and swung to tree.
The brute had previously been lden-
titled both by his victim and by a police
man who knew him, and the crowd did
the work with the feeling that good
deed was being done.
A large placard was fastened to the
body of the negro as the wind sWayed
it to and fro, on which was inscribed a
warning to all others of his race.
All present took an oath not to reveal
the name of the young lady.-Augusta
Chronicle.