The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-31
IYyCHERS IN SAVAGE FURY
Two Of GaStOn'S Black RaViSheTS
Tortured to Death.

MercileSs E1Ogg1nE by his N1CtliA
uusbaud-The Man Then Kicks Him
About the Head and Body and
Knocks Out One of His Eye-balls-
Next He is Hung So AS to Slowly
strangle and is Then Riddled With
Bullets-The Second Victim Shares
g. Similar Fate and the Crowd
Starts for Lexington to Lynch the
Last of the Trio.
Columbia, S. c., July 3O.-Win Thomp-
son one of the three black tiends, who
committed under such revolving and dia-
holic circumstances an assault on Mrs.
Arch Seightler last Monday night, as
foretold in these dispatches, last night,
was Iynched at CASTOR this morning.
He met death under the most horrible
circumstances, his torture being long
drawn out. After being almost tiayed
alive with a leather strap in the hands of
the husband of the outraged woman, he
was kicked and beaten, then suspended
from limb until he was being strangled,
after which the determined yeomanry
filed his body with lead, until the white
robed figure was polka dotted with hun
dreds of carmine spots.
The lynching was one of the most hor-
rible on record. The wretch came very
near being placed on the railroad track
so that the train would run over him, and
proposition was also made to slowly
burn him, which many.of the crowd would
have assented to, but which was finally
abandoned.
CARRIED TO HIS DOOM.
After being captured near here last
night, Thompson, who was small negro
aged 16 years, was taken through the
country by his captors, H. T. Griffin, J.
w. Connor and Fred A. Jacobs of Lexing-
ton, to his doom. At O'Clock this morn
ing, after much telegraphing, the news
paper men succeeded in procuring a special
train over the South Bound railroad to
CASTOR, through the kindness of master
of trains V. Walker. They were joined
by about fifty Columbians. The train
reached CASTOR before 4 o'clock, carrying
with it the news of Thompson's capture
to the country people, at least to such as
were not then on the hunt for him.
Caoriers were dispatched through the
country to apprise the hunters of the
news and to locate Arch Seightler, who
had begged them, as his right, not to
lynch the boy until he could
be present and take the first
whack at him The Columbia crowd ap-
proved of Mr.. Seightler's position and
made it known that all they came for
was to see that the proper parties were
allowed to do as they desired, and that
the boy should not be rescued by negroes.
1t was reported that church near by
was filled with negroes, who were to res
cue Thompson, but they did not show
themselves.
A REWARD DEMANDED.
Shortly after the arrival of the train
one of Thompson's captors appeared on
the scene and stated that the boy would
not be delivered until a reward of 500
was paid for him. A long parley was
held, and after a Columbian had agreed to
stand good for the amount, the boy was
produced and was marched into the vii
lage, where by this time the
hunters had begun to gather All kinds
ofquestions were asked and remarks made
by the crowd some of whom would point
their guns in his face and ask him how he
liked it. In the course of his confession
he stated that negro named Gabriel
Guignard had given him another shirt
and hat with which to disguise himself
and a razor for defense. The crowd grew
hot, and if Guignard could have been
found he would probably have shared
Thompsons fate.
At fifteen minutes of eight O'Clock, a
crowd of hunters came in armed with
double-barreled breech-loaders, among
them being Arch Seightler, who was as
boys, said he, and going up to the negro,
he said: "Now tell it,"
THOMPSON REPEATS HIS CONFESSION.
Thompson went through the same con
tession that he made last night, until he
got to where he and the others were
about to commit the crime, when Seightler,
with wave of his hand, stopped him,
and said: "Take him out; no use to go
any further" Men in the crowd shouted
Yes, and let him burn slow"
This met with hearty assent,
and it might have been put into
effect but for the urgent entreaties of
several persons. The death march then
began. The negro was led in front with
arope around his neck and the crowd of
about 1875 persons came rushing behind,
guns and pistols in hand. A spot about
twenty-five feet from the track
was selected as the place for the
iynching and the gruesome preparations
lor his horrible taking off began. The
ordinary hanging was too quick death.
There must be some preliminary torture.
BABBARoUs PUNISHMENT.
Accordingly his back was barred and
with powerful blows Seightler applied
Ihe lash to him with merciless hand.
oome fifty blows were laid with Hercu-
4ean strength, while the boy was held
UoWn on the ground at full length, rope
Delng held round his neck so that he
could not make too much noise. His
noans and splutterings were pitiful.
"hen Seightler was exhausted a relative
VI mrs. Seightler took his place and kept
up Ihe awful scourging. After that
Selshtler gave the boy several terrible
H'cks In the head and face, one of them
,A.Aockng out an eyeball. After a plow
.tie' furnished by a woman, had been