The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
NOT THE FIRST TINE1
LrNCHING ~ rms sr,rr
Only One Case, Besides the Levi. Ca.
Thirty Years-One Case IN N,,,

| Outbreaks OF lawlessncss an bruta,,.m
| the lyhching Of Bob Lewis AT For, ,lnrv,,,0
week have been exceedingly rars ~ I'M
| OF New York. That was tina ON , rNso o,I,,.Y
| ing in this State in twenty years. Iny.
| Jersey. too, only one bnchl. Is sno,.
have occurred in tho past thirty years IT.
was the Mingo Jack case Of l,ton,ov,
| 1885, Both lynchings were for crimes sirr'Y
| to that for which Bob Lewis suffered ny
| similarity 81 causes and effects s VERY s,.SV
| ing. In two OF the three cases tho lyn,hI,I
! were the result OF the sudden arous,
vcngeful indignation that did NO. taketn,.y
| deliberate. to identify, or TO investigate a.,
| in ono case certainly It was as, ri tiDcl an.
| ward that I'll" victim had been u, a IL with =,
| fairly: that. although lie commit i tha :,
| sault. the woman was not quit cs~ cn,,,
| creating n revulsiun OF public feeling, Ind !,
| dicating that til" thought Of tho rhine y,
sufficient TO make men lose thor reason A.,
to act hastily.
The only previous lynrhng in this S,a,s
which there is record. was that ri n.n
named jackson at Nowburgh in tho summs,
1853. Singularly enough. Mr. L.. Il. Fowl,
editor of the RUdi N,rr Yorker In from,
whose home Lewis was lynchcd un rhmra,,
was in Ncwhur,h on the day jackson r,
lynched. and he saw tho mans body swipr,I
from the tree soon after the lynching orcurLy
Jackson was accused Of assault on u Whitehall
He was arrested one sunday afternoon All
placed in TIL" basement Of tho Court Hou
under the charge OF Under Sheriff Benau
Hanmote. Calvary Presbyterian Church vi,
only II very short distance from the Coud
House. In the early evening. when gre,
many OF the inhabitants had gone to church
mob OF IA thousand or more bel
sons wont to the Court House and a.
manded that Jackson be given I'd
them. Hanmore refused. and ordered II
mob away. But the mob was determines
although quiet. and procuring a number
heavy sledge hammers the leaders batters
down the doors Of the Court House and druy !
god the negro out OF his cell. struggling. GUS
ing. and praying. and hanged him Ia tree
the Court House yard. The mob made It'll
noise. and wasted no time. When the leader
threw the rope over tho limb OF the tree b
choir in Calvary Church commenced TO sias
and the singing continued until tho nesr
ceased to struggle. Half an hour later. asth
congregations from Calvrv Church and othe
churches came out and passed the CouH
House on tho way home. they saw the ita -
body of the negro dangling from the tree,
An investigation Of the affair proved thath@
negro was not entirely guilty Of the crin.s
charged that the girl was not blameless ~
directly blamable in some sense, in a wod
that her character was not clean. and that h(
whole affair was an outrage number
persons were arrested for participation int
lynching and public opinion demanded tbs
the guilty should be punished. The accus.
were brought before Judge John j. None
County Judge OF Orange county but after
long trial nll were discharged. The Jutl
was accused Of unjustly favoring the prisO
ers and allowing a miscarriage OF Justice 40
it is said that his connection with the matt
ruined his political prospects. which We
bright at that time. He left Newbureh evs
tualy and settled in New York. 1t is also 81
that seven or eight OF the men known to bed
rectly concerned in the lynching OF jacks
met death in violent form within three ysin
after the outrage. and the statement is b
lieved in the vicinity. and. it is said. is su
ceptible OF proof.
The lynchnC OF Mingo Jack at Eaton.ov
n. j.. on March 5. 1886. was so tragic and u
rible in it's details. that it IL fresh in the mi,
Of the people Of that locality to-day. Mn
Jack was the nickname Of Samuel johnson
negro who lived with his wife aud five chdr
in a shanty ah6'it n half mil @ from the farm
James Stewart Herbert. IL white man. two mil
out from Eatontown on the POPLAR road
was n tall. powerful. athletic negro. with 1l
hair that had not trace OF gray In IT.
clai med to be 20 years old. but he was AS az
and hearty as any. young man in the ne,ghh1
in foot races with him. He did not bear ava
good reputation. and it was freely assge
after the lynching that the crime for which
died was not the first Of the kind he hadcen
mitten. He had tried to assault two white 40
men. who refused to prosecute on account
the notoriety.
half past 3 O'Clock. H-rbcrt's young daUchn
AnJoline started from home to go to q neg
hor's house about three;luarters Of nj,
Her father watched her until she was
among the trees. and he noticed MingQ Jai
walking In the same direction few minute
were deveioped aiterward. it appeared thath
negro picked up stout stick Of wood IRON
pile of cordwood Just after he entered ID
woods, and started Tuckly after the your
girl. When he reached soft. sandy piece
road he stole stealihily up behind her %
deal her heavy blow behind the ear with
stick. She screamed and fell to the croIh4
and the negro l"aped upon her and seized 4,
shoulder VII, hN ri GIT. He said he ,w,a
dragged her. half stunned. a hundred yard
her. When he left her he threatened tia,
her. Then h" ran OH into the woods, IheC
managed 10 reach the neighbours house all
then tainted. !
When the story OF the crime was ohtaIa4
from til" girl her father and brother -'sH- |
n'tcr Mingu jack with shotguns and r"yoIrMS
IN ri-hnnyhond was arnl.ed; pa ~ 'h%1
stable. aud landed safely in tho lO'k - IN
lookup was II stanch huiidin.. viii HnIs n
trick ana cement ten inches tAirk, i w. ~
tn" outskirts III the village. in d -ro'"
locusts. The doors were stout at ',uDiy II
cu"ei will heavy bolts and lock- and -iapr,i
After locking IN his pri suner n" 'o' ''aO !
went away. He attended p"It 30 t.e,,ii !!
thai evening, and II tlc.d that m,nF d ~
tone after the NEE ing. hut l. .'.s va, "a
openly IN the way OF threats a-u'.' NM
Jack. AT 10 80 the constablr vie in, 'b" )ck1
M and. after seeing all s-rlr" w,i' Im5
and to bed About midnight ulGI ! n 1919
or more men carrying two rs.' d ,"4Ae1
ana rope. walked down - Hb. u SIRE, II
the village toward the Iu'h a. 'h'Y plGk,
up heavy sled2e ham, 2" MARI,
shop on the way. One ~, l,i. i-ya.''.,.,
the lookup the man wit ~" ,'' Yer r.."'II
up to the window and 'r" - ',l' r",, .al
apparently without ell .h"g u, i''m III
came more excited. V,"y ~ b 'H" 'H" VIZ
OF the lookup with the p.'NHA" ana ny o'e'TT
nut could make no iu,rr's-'v. ~, u. n |
brick and cement. Iu'a In"y ava 80.
hard work they burst pI"' th" aT,r ~.
they attacked the door W, =" '"rp" ,orrd
Eventually that gave wnY.n we hn',' ' ,. al
lyzed with fear. he sntnaw" tyr n"'E cST
for mere, cLrsa ami lrt. Wy ,.'. ',, w',,
men advanced on him abI -''i'h % i'',m w.
their CLUBS. Mngp jar. s'"I beg 'Eg',o
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