The morning call., 1892-02-21
HB Was CRBMATED BY A MOB.
] Negro Wired to a Stake and Burned to
Death in Arkansas.
/ SWIFT And AWFUL RETRIBUTION
Oil POu ed Over The Miserable Yicllm and a
Match Applied by the Hand
Of q Woman.
Special to THr MoRSrvs CALs

ST. LOUIS. Feb. ga Republics special
dispatch from Texarkana, Ark, says: Ed
Gov, the negro feud, who last Saturday
6endlshly assaulted Mrs. Henry Jewell the
wife OF a respectable farmer living q few
miles outside Of the city, this afternoon
answered for his awful crime, being burned
at the stake in the presence Of 6000 people.
Mr Jewell left his wife and babe alone last
Saturday while he came to town on busi-
ness. During the afternoon a negro came
20 she house and assaulted Mrs. jewell. He
then dragged her into the barn, where he
kept her about an hour, assaultng her re-
peatedly When Jewell returned home no
time was lost in giving an alarm, and soon
scores Of men were securing the country in ali
directions.
Prisoner Identified.
During the night two negroes were
arrested. but MIS-. Jewell declared
them innocent and they were discharged,
Finally 10 was learned that the guilty negro
was Ed Coy and that he had gone north
toward the Little River country. The search
was vigorously prosecuted, but without
avail until early this morning, when mes
sage came from q farmer named Scott say
ing that Coy was at the house OF Ed GlYens,
q negro living near him, and aski for
men 20 come out and arrest him. Before the
posse reached the place Coy had started
away but was intercepted by Scott and his
sons and held until the posse arrived. Mrs
Jewell Identified the prisoner without hesi-
tation,
Burn HimI Burn Him"
Coy was placed in a room and heavily
guarded until the last OF the searching
parties returned 10 town. When all had
arrived the leaders held a consultation and
decided TO hang Coy. He was accordingly
led out and started for Broad street, where
il was intended 90 hang him. UpCn arrival
there some one threw mp rope, but the
mass # tie people set up a shout OF Burn
him! burn him. 90 Finally the crowd forced
the men who held the negro to move north
on state Line avenue. When near the
postoffics some one who had hold Of the
moose of which was about the
meek, attempted 10 climb a tele-
ole. He was UnCeTem0niOusly
TO the ground, Burn him. burn
ent up the cry again ana again,
as clearly 10 be seen shat death By
would appease the wrath OF the
Dragged TO the Stake.
At this juuclure Charles N. Reeves, a
leading citizen, mounted an elevation and
Ueseected the crowd for the sake IF their
wives ag1 children, # they were determined
90 burn tle wretch, 10 take him Outs.i ie the
city. The appeal had The desired effect,
and a rush was made 20 the suburbs. Near
the Iron Mountain tracks & single stump
about 10 feet high STOOD alone In a clearing
and thitber the WTet-Led negro was dTaIg ed.
Another man who favored hanging began
climbing the stump, buttwenty Ievsled SHOT
guns lwlelled lim u descend hUITe dly
The negro was then made secure 20 q stump
with wire fssteniugs and q liberal supply
Of Kerosene poured over him.
Burned to Death.
a shout wentup "Let his victim apnly
the match; let Mrs Jewell set tie fire." [ q
response 20 tLe call Mrs. Jewell emerged
from the crowd, sup, cT,ed by relatives, and
walked 10 the place Of execution. Without
q word tie spokesman placed in leT hand a
match. She looked at tie uegro and falteT-
luEly turned 70 the crowd. NO, you apply
d., was the cry, as the woman was seen TO
falter She struck the match, applied il 10
the clothing Of the wretch in two places and
stepped away. In q few moments the
doomed negro was q sheet Of fame, writh-
ing and gToaniHg q horrible agony. Death
resulted 10 about ten minutes. Ouly about
twenty minutes before he was led out a
Republic correspondent had an interview
with him. He asserted his innocence or the
crime, but 10 such a manner as carried con-
VICtIOn # guilt With IT, While tie event is
g cOufessediy horrible affair, 1t IS justified
by a large majority Of tie people Of this
section Oh The ground that a desperate dis
ease requires a desperate remedy, and that
hanging has not a. great a horror for the
average negro aas death by IRE.