Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-22
Burned at the Stake.

q Gi5s:s LII lTJM AcAuthdGdt 2fk'. sSjo
Ed. Coy, !ho neg:o, 1ho oa 4A,u'dsy wesk
c,rcui::ted s. fscn!ous assault upon Mls.
Henry Jewal', :hs yorpg vile of reepecta-
be ier,ner, Ia heg Eoms, three miles t ON
here, whero tte w@s russiug f9: months.
Old enid, wza tusned to death lass Sstur-
lar 1tterucun 10 the presence OF 6 6.0C0 per-
s4n: s:n:a the ma Of the neszu Coy he'd
alucacGtd Ia Guiding The cfi cets Of the law
u 7!ij Saturday afternoon, when be Taa cis.
aoyDraG q: tia bcrss OF Ed G.i;se, colored,
fang miles from .he,e. Ee had G mistress at
tee hcme Of Gairs, and it was she who told
wha:e &c wes. Fear for terseii and fsmiiy
pIouptea heF 20 reveal his whefsstcuR.
Saturday morning the mietrcse Of Coy
went 20 the heu:e ct whit, Deigabor. Mr..
B Soott, living near By, anu sold him
Ibas Coy was ct tbs house OF Gains. Scott
e5 ouae esrt o message with the rsW5 10
towo. end poase Immediately vert cut to
arrest the reg!o. Meantime. however, Coy
lad left 9alus' h 5u:e. but was eppretendcd
and .ekan IN charge by Mr. Scott end Two
sega. yho held him un!!! tbe arrival OF the
men from to3u.
TIE latter inEnedit tslg se'zsd the p:'sop.
ar. eud, placing hin, ia o carriage, conveyed
him 10 be Jswell farm, where Mrs. jewell,
without hast alton, ideGtifsd him beyond
All doubt es the mau wbo tsd as
san ted oe-. TIE wte;ch was returned
20 io@u snt placed under guard. /;
hsing resolved t1St he should not Dc dis
posed { uadl all the pcsseS that wSLc nliil
GU; aborli ia called 10, in order ths5 thsy
wiqt., taka psr5 Ii the proceedings. AL
the p9eaez wsre in by 2 o'clock, and ihe
lesdsrs, aF.er 3 co2sai!. tloo. dec,aad 10
hsnc t;,5 negr3 &c ? to;sg,aph paie, Inc
C.cst ppailc piace ID tbs ct;. Ccy iFls &C.
aorGingly marched tc tb!s point, Sith
vIsw tc Carrying ou5 thig prcgJemma. cat
whan The craTd ssw t!la rope and OWNED
that hangirg had been decided upon, taera
were thundefs OF pgctssts.
"Awsy With the rope; herglnp ie toe
gcoi fer bin; burn him; burn him!"
The leaders soon saW lhs fntiity CT cp-
posing the n,ot.'J wishoa, but b2gged that
tla deed should tnlso place cut Of t1wn,
enc 10 iti3 tho oto1l egrscd. 1he crowd
rushed Tie dconed Tse.oh on uEt!l tbs Iron
Mountain railroad tracks had been c!csa-
ed. HaTo ls 2 beautiful grsgs plot Of tWo or
three ecres
Coy was etiapred so ths body OF tree
With ircn fasteunes, end coal oil was pour
ed cyer his ett!re p,rson in liberal q2anii.
llel. I1SED NSS u iuUtISGl GilSECc EC~
tnen encther shout wont up.
list Mira Jewell sppIy taa Datchi lot
fIrs. Jewell q. t him eGl Where's Mrs.
JaTeil? p
Here" Responded "a ts8 voicss en- :bo
adgs OF the crowd.
Bring her forward, Ias ordered By
nles.
The womaa made hsT Wsy through tie
crowd leaning upoa tie arm Of relative.
In 8 rsuule she was 10 front OF the fright
tened neg!o. Her appearance set tie mob
fairly wij, sGG suoh O cheer went rp e5
most shock tbs ground on whioh they we're
sseudipg. Without a word ths Rposesman
placed in her hand torch.
Mrs. Jswe,l Iookad at tho negro, the
spokesman and fa'terlnsly turned to the
crowd. "Nc, no. Apply i ~ Was the ofy,
as tue WOMAN was seen to ialter.
The torch Wsa applied instantly by the
woman, who Immediately TUNED sno made
her way through the crowd.
II c second the poor wretch was 6 N aes
of consuming fawea, but even In death his
wonderfui nerse, exhibited ever since his
srrest, never to,sook him, and whils suffer
ins tho TEXTURES of fire, he actually called at
ths men Of the assembly, and In clear
voice requested OF them:
Move back SO the ladies can see."
He referred t, the negro women, large
numbor of whom witnessed the execution.
GOV slsds little noise pending his horri-
bic death except to groan and grunt, ard
died In about seven minutes after the applt-
cstion cf the match.
The psnple OF Texaskana deplore the
necssalty OF mob law, but the opinion Is gen.
erAl that Coy was rightly punished.
kucuLY M1XED.-Georgs smi!ey, of Harris
burg, Pa, sged ai1ty-f years, has just married
Miss Annie Csrnuan, of southeastern Missouri,