The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-02

She was found. mangled beyond recogni-
tion. covered with leaves and brush, as
above mentioned. As soon es 1t was
learned. upon recovery of the BODY, that
the crime was so atrocIous the wnoie Town
turned out in the chase. The railroads put
up bulletins offering free transportation to
all who would join in the search, Posses
went out In every direction, and not
stone was left unturned. Smith was
tracked to Detroit on foot. W here he Jumped
on q freight train and left for his old home
In Hampstead county, Arkansas. 10 that
county &c was tracked. and yesterday cap
tured at Glow. flag station on the Arkan-
sas IL Louisiana railway, about twenty
miles north of Hope.
CONFESSED HIS CRIME.
Upon being questioned he denied every
thing. but upon being stripped for exam
ination his undergarments were seen to be
spattered with blood and q part OF his
shirt was torn off. He was kept under
heavy guard at Hope last night. and later
confessed the crime This morning he was
brought through Texarkana, where five
thousand people awaited the train anx-
fate of Ed Coy. At that place speeches
were made by prominent Paris citizens,
who asked that the prisoner be not molest-
ed by the people Of Texarkana. but that
the guard be allowed to deliver him up to
Paris. Along the road the train gathered
strength from the various towns, the peo-
pie crowding upon the platforms and tops
OF coaches anxious to see the negro VINO
was SO soon to be delivered to an infuriated
mob.
Arriving here ct 12 o'clock the train was
met by n surging mass of people that num-
bered ten thousand. The negro was placed
upon a carnival float. in mockery of king
upon his throne and was followed by the
immense crowd, escorted through the city
so all light see the inhu uman monster. The
line of march was up Main street TO the
square, then round IL down Clarksville
street to Church street. thence to the open
prairie, about three hundred yards from
the Texas " Pacific depot. Here Smith
was placed upon q scaffold six feet square
and ten feet high. securely bound, within
the view of all beboideTs.
The victim as first tortured for fifty min
utes by thrusting red-hot iron brands
against his quivering body. Commencing z
at the feet the brands were placed against
him. inch by inch. until they were thrust
against the face. Then. being apparently
dead. kerosene was poured upon him, cot
ton-seed hulls placed beneath him and the
mass set on fire. In less time than 1t takes
to relate it the tortured man was waited
beyond the grave to another lire hotter ana
more terrible than the one just experienced.
When the mob left ell that remained to
mark the place of the sacrifice were few
pieces of charcoal.
The cause of the crime was that Henry
Vance. a deputy policeman. In the course of
his duty was called TO arrest Henry Smith
for being drunk and disorderly. The negro
was unruiy, and Vance was forced to use his
club. The negre swore vengeance. and
several times assaulted Vance. In his
greed for revenge he last Thursday grabbed
up the little girl and committed the crime
that he will never again commit. The
father is PROSTATE with grief, and the
mother now lies at deaths door. but
she has lived to SEQ the SLAYER of her
innocent child suffer the most horrible
death that could be conceived.