Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-02-25
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Him to = Tfce and Drench Him with.
Kerosene Victim Applies the Torch
and He IL Burned to Death.
TExARkANA, Ark, Feb sa.4FIive
Thousand people stood on the public
street Saturday afternoon: ana. with
sulien faces, unmbXef by .anytii4e:
fsavorlng of pity, watched while Ed
Coy, negro, was burned to death fcr.
crlminally assaultipg Mrs. Henry
jewell last Saturday; Mrs. Jewell
IS the. young wife of b respectable.
farmer living, 2 miles south Of town,
and since his crime Coy succeeded' in
eluding the officers until Saturday
morning, when he was discovered al
the home of Ed Gafnes (colored)
miles north of here. He had q mistress:
at the home of Gaines, and it was she
who disclosed his hiding place.
After his capture BY posse he was.
conveyed tos the Jewell farm where
Mrs. Jewell, without hesitation, identi-
he'd him beyond all doubt as the man
who assaulted her.. The trembling
wretch was then returned to town and
placed in q room with a number OF
guards. A heavy guard was also placed
outside the building; it being resolved
that he should not besaisposed of until
all the posses that were still out should
be called in.
All the posses. were in by o'clock,
and the leaders, after consultation,
decided to hang the negro to q tele.
graph pole on Broad street, at the
state line. the most public place in the
city. Coy was accordingly marched tc
this point with a view to carry out this
programme, but when the crowd saw
the rope and OWNED that hanging had
been. decided upon there were thun.
ders of protests:
"Away with the ropel Hanging is
too good for him! Burn him! burn
him. was the shout that went up
from 5000 Threats. The leaders soon
saw the futility of opposing the wishes
of the mob, but begged that the deed
. should take place out of town, and
this the crowd agreed. Half trotting
and half running the crowd rushed
the doomed wretch along with them
east on Clinton street, thence south on
College Hill street until the Iron
Mountain railroad track had been
crossed. Here there is a beautiful
grass plot of three or four acres void OF
timber or shubbery, save one tree, 1s
inches in diameter and: broken off at
the top. . s
Coy was strapped to the body of the
tree with iron fastenings and coal oil
was poured over his entire person in
liberal quantities. There was mo.
ment of silence and then another shout
went up:
LET Mrs Jewell apply the match!
Let Mrs. Jewell set: him OFF,
Walking slowly, very pale but col
]ected, the woman emerged from the
crowd. Her appearance before them
set the crowd wild and mighty
cheer went up that almost shook
the ground on which they were
standing The crowl,. =. fell. back
at her approach, making a path
way for the brutal negro's victim.
who, leaning on the arm of male
relative on either side, walked un-
hesitatingly forward to where the
negro stood pinioned, STRUCK a parlor
match and with the utmost delibera-
ton, fred the negro's clothes in two
places.
In a second the poor wretch was one
mass of flames, but even then his won
d,rful nerve, exhibited ever since his
arrest, never forsools him. and while
suffering the tortures of fire he actually
called to the men of the assembly and
in clear voice requested of them;
Move back SO that the ladies can see y
He referred to the negro women, a
large number of whom witnessed the
execution.
The flames shot high above his head,
curling n waves about his body and
limbs. Coy set his teeth, and through.
out the hideous ordeal made little
noise, only uttering few groans. He
died in about twenty: minutes after
Mrs. Jewell set him on fire.
The excitement over the horrible
affair having largely subsidized, the;peo'
pie are coming to their sober senses,
and general regret is expressed. That
Coy should have leen hanged OF
shot is generally admitted by every
body, but burning the poor wretch a,
the stake was a shock to civilization