The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-01
LYNCHlNa PHOTOGRAPHED.
Six Men Posed and q Negro Dangled
While the Button Was Pressed.

DIX men Rosed ana Negro DanGled
While the Button Was Pressed.
Jackson (Aftssl SDeciG! Memphis appeal
AvGldRcAe
There was exhibited to-day photograph
OF scene which was recently enacted In one
Of the counties OF this state, which, for the
novelty Of its subject. fairly outdoes any
thing ever recorded in the annals Of pho
Biography. 1t was bonaide picture Of
lynching scene. exhibiting all its startling
details In naked reality.
There is. of course, nothing unusual In
the mere circumstance of a party of OUT
ragged citizens melting out just punishment
TO the perpetrator OF a vile crime. But
that the men so concerned should conceive
the audacious design Of having themselves
photographed In such an act and should
coolly take along their own artist and ell
necessary equipments for the purpose, is a
feature which is not generally down on the
programme OF such performances, and
which adds new and peculiar interest TO
the occasion.
This picture was shown your correspond
emit and its use authorized TO him on an ex-
press pledge that all facts which led TO the
Identification OF the parties concerned should
be suppressed; and, upon the same ground
use of the photograph for publication was
absolutely refused, the likeness of the par
ties being perfect. These precautions are
probably superfuous as the unwritten law
OF this case authorizes lynching in cases
like the one under consideration, but at the
same time it is thought best to preserve the
secrecy Of the transaction. The lynching
itself. as stated, was Of recent occurrence,
and took place under the following circum-
stances:
A negro fiend had by brute force commit
ted that crime against the honor of woman
which heats the ohivalric blood OF true
manhood TO heroic fury. His victim was a
white lady. Tidings OF the crime passed
rapidly from mouth to mouth, and soon a
silent band of resolute men gathered in pur-
suit of the fiend, who had fed the wrath
his crime invoked. Day and night they
hunted him with blood-hounds. and finally
on the ninth day captured him and took
him back TO the scene of his diabolic decd,
and there a hempen collar closed the last
chapter of his biography.
The photograph shows six men. including
the principal actor in the tragedy and gives
most perfectly and easily recognizable
likeness of them. In the background of the
picturs stands a lone chimney, marking the
spot where a residence once stood. The
lynching party Is ranged under clump Of
trees, and directly in the foreground hangs
the lifeless body, suspended from a limb,
some two or three feet from the ground the
hnob unuoI nls ilknU GOT anu MS neau DenG
to the left. His arms are tightly pinioned
with three coils of rope, and on his breast is
pinned plecard, the writing OF which is
illegible.
He is young colored man seemingly not
over IS years Of age, and evidently must
have passed away without much struggling,
as the expression on his face denotes perfect
peace and rest. To the lefs of the hanging
colored man stands young man, probably
% years of age, with pistol in one hand.
while the other holds the colored mans left
leg, apparently to steady him for the artist.
four years older, with rife, while back in
the rear are three Others There Is nothing
of fear or reproach in the faces OF these
men. They are intelligent looking, and
have the air Of men who are discharging a
duty, and have nothing to fear from God or
man.