The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-28
A LYNCHING AT DELAND.
THE NEGRO THE ASS AILANT OF A
WHITE WOMAN.

a Terrible Struggle Before He Ac-
complished His Purpose-His Victim
Able to Identify Him After His Oapt-
ure Hanged AID Riddled With
Bullets.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Sept. GA
special TO the Times Union from DeLand
says: "Lee Bailey, negro who committed
an assault Friday upon Mrs. J. r. Wether-
ell at her residence a mile from this city q,
was lynched last night by crowd Of indig-
nant citizens. The circumstances in the case
are as follows: Some time after
midnight last Friday the negro entered
the residence of one of the prominent
citizens of this town, j. R. WetherelI, and
going to the sleeping room Of his wife at
tempted an outrage. There was no one in
the house at the time but Mrs. Wetherell
and small child and no neighbors within
a thousand feet. The brute grabbed her
hands and tried to force her down. She
screamed so that he had to choke her and
cram his pistol in her mouth to make her
keep quiet.
RAVIsHED WHILE SENsELEss.
"He hit her several blows N the face and
on the head and nearly knocked her sense
less. Then he outraged her. When she became
conscious to he was crawling out of the win
dow in great haste. About daylight she
succeeded in getting help and sent for the
sheriff. The room was so dark during the
struggle that she had difficulty in Identify
ing her assailant, but from his clothing,
voice and build she recognized him as one Of
the negroes who had worked for her hus-
band and who knew that she was alone that
night. From her description Sheriff Kurtz
and Deputy Perkins identified him as Lee
Baily. They at once went in pursuit.
They found from his mother that he had
been out that night, and after long
search they found their man.
THE BRUTE A PRISONER.
ION seeing the officers he started to run,
but was easily captured. They took him to
the lady, who identified him fully. He
would have been strung up at once. but she
pleaded for hun and wanted the law to take
its course. A number of citizens, who be-
lieve that the only law for this
crime is short shift quickly
applied, quietly made their plans for a
necktie party. They circulated the story
that no attempt at lynching would be
made until the return Of the husband.
This report was circulated to quiet the sus-
pcions of the sheriff. About I o'clock this
morning they gathered near the outskirts
OF the town and went to the jail entrance.
The key TO the jailer's room was obtained
by a ruse aud the sheriff was overpowered
and bound.
BAILEY SECURED.
THE keys we're taken from him, and Bal
ley was led out. Leaving several men to
guard the Jail. they took the negro to
clump of trees near by, hanged him to a
limb, and then riddled his body with bull
lets. Only one volley was fired into him.
Then tho party returned to the jail, released
the sheriff aud departed quickly outside the
town. This morning Justice Dore impan-
elled a jury, who viewed the body, heard
the evidence, and returned verdict that
the negro came 10 his death by hanging
and shooting by unknown parties This is
the seco1d time an ettempt at rape has been
made upon respectable ladies in this city
and all feel that it was time to teach such
brutes that they must expect vengeance
swift and sure. The lynching is fully in
dorsed by all the best citizens here, both
white aud black"