Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-21
I'd EDITION.
lYNCHEDAT ROANOKE
The Mob Completes the Work Begun
Last Night.
SMITH HANGED And his BODY BURNT.
Anger Against the Mayor and the
Military.
SMITH HANGED AND HIS BODY BURNT.
GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS

ROANOKE, Va, Sept. A squad Of
twenty men took the negro Smith from
three policemen just before o'clock this
morning and hanged him to a hickory limb
on 9th avenue southwest. In the residence
section of the city. They riddled his body
with bullets. and left a placard on his
body, This is Mayor Trouts friend
coroner's jury of business men was
summoned and viewed the body OF the
negro and rendered verdict Of death at
the hands OF unknown men,"
Thousands of people visited the scene Of
the lynching between daylight and $50
o'clock. when the body was cut down.
After the jury had completed their work
the body was placed in the hands Of officers,
who were unable to keep back the mob.
Three hundred men tried to drag the body
through the streets Of the town. but the
Rev. DIR. Campbell of the First Presoyter-
ian Church and Capt. r. B. Norman with
pleading and main strength prevented them
Capt Norman hired a wagon and had
the body put in it. 1t was then conveyed
to the bank of the Roanoke. about one mile
from the scene of the lynching.
burned the Body.
The dead negro was dragged from the
wagon by rope about 200 yards and
burned ON a pile OF dry lumber.
The body was placed upon this heap and
more brushwood was piled on 1t, leaving
only the head bare. The whole was then
saturated with coal oil and a match ap-
piled. The body was consumed within an
hour. The cremation was witnessed py
severa, thousand people.
The mob threatened at one time to bury
the negro in Mayor Trout's yard. Threats
against the mayor and the militia for at
tempting to maintain the law. Capt. Bird.
commanding the militia. has left the town.
Mayor Trout has also disappeared and
President Buckner Of the city council Is
acting mayor.
The excitement Is running high now.
There is a talk of citizens holding an in
dignation meeting, and 1t Is rumored on
the streets that threats are being made TO
burn the town unless satisfaction OF some
sort is rendered.
Crowds throng the streets and all the
public places An immense crowd Is In
front of Oakley and wooiwine. undertakers'
shops, where seven Of the dead bodies lie.
The Death List.
The number Of the dead last night was
exaggerated 1t Is now found that only
nine men are dead, as stated in United Press
dispatches.
The revised list Of casualties Is as fol-
lows: Dead-S. A. Wick. proprietor Of the
ST. James Hotel: VIM. Sheets. a fireman of
the Norfolk and Western railroad; Charles
Whitmyer, a conductor on the Norfolk and
Western; J.B. Tyler Of Blue Ridge a Sec
ton master on the Norfolk and Western
George White. shot through the leg and
bled to death; W. Z. Hall. Norfolk and
Western fireman; w. Jones. engineer on
the Norfolk and Western; John Mills of
Back creek. Roanoke county. a farmer and
distiller: George Settles Of Vinton, shot in
the head.
The wounded are: o. c. Fulls. member of
Friendship fire company. mortally wound
ed; viii Eddy, shot through the groin
George o. Monroe. shot in the head; Frank
Wills. shot in the arm; Thomas Nelson.
leg shot of: Leroy White. shot in the back
]. b. McGehee shot In the leg. flesh wound
- Sheppard. shot In the leg: e. ]. Small.
shot in the stomach: j. F. Powell shot
through the body; ]. E. wayland clerk in
the post office. shot in the leg; Geo. Leigh.
clerk at Ponce de Leon Hotel. flesh wound
in leg: Walter P. HUFF. knocked down and
ankle badly sprained; Mayor H. E. Trout,
shot in the foot; j. H. Campbell, Edgar
Whaling. c. w. Figgall c. p. North, o. B.
Taylor. = Hall. David Ruggles. N. E.
Sparks, r. E. helms. Charlie Molten tool
ored: colored woman. name unknown,
shot in the hand; VIM. Berry, shot in leg.
The military claim that the mob was re-
peatedly warned that there would be shoot
ing but received these warnings with jeers
and finally replied with volley, fired at
Capt. Bird. who then ordered the men to
fire at the mob. which was battling down
the side door Of the Jail.
More trouble Is feared. Every effort is
being made to calm the excited crowd