The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-02

square, around the square, down Clarks-
vile street 10 Church street, thence 70
the open prairie about 800 yards from
the Texas & Pacific depot, Here Smith
was placed upon o scafold Hix feet
square and ten feet high, securely
bound, within the view Of all beholders.
Here the victim was tortured for fifty
minutes by redhot iron brands thrust
against his qulverlng body
Ills AWFUL DEATH.
Commencing at the feet tho brands
were placed against him inch by inch,
until they were thrust against the face.
Then being apparently dead, kerosene
was poured upon him, cottonseed hulls
placed beneath him and set on fire. In
less time than it takes to relateil, the
tortured man was waited beyond the
grave to another fire hotter and more
terrible than the one Just experienced.
Curiosity seekers have carried away
already ALI that was left Of the memora.
BILE event. even to pieces oil charred
coal. The cause Of the Crime was that
Henry Vance, when q deputy police
man, in the course Of his duty was
called to arrest Henry Smith for being
drunk and disorderly. The negro
swore vengeance and several times as
saulted Vance. In his greed for re-
venge he last Thursday grabbed up the
little girl and committed the crime that
he will never again commit The father
ia prostrated with grief and the mother
now lies at DEATHS door, but she has
lived to see the slayer OF her innocent
babe suffer the most horrible death that
could be conceived.
70 AN AWFUL TORTURE.
Words to describe the awful torture
inflicted upon Smith cannot be found.
The story appals ono with its fearful,
awful terror The negro for long
time after starting on his journey 10
Paris did not realize his awful plight.
AT last when told he must die the most
awful death by slow torture that human
mind could conceive he begged
for protection. What protection could
he get with thousands OF people from
Hope to Paris demanding his life. He
was willing to be shot and wanted Mar
ahal Shanklln, OF Paris, to do it. But
he was told he would be burned to
death. His agony was awful He
pleaded and wrlthed in bodily and mem
tai pain in anticipation. Scarcely had
the train reached Paris than his torture
commenced. Ills clothes were torn of
piece.meal and scattered in the crowd,
people catching the shreds and putting
them away as meInentoes.
TIE TERRIBLE AVENGERS.
The child's father, her brother, and
two uncles then gathered about the
negro as he lay fastened to the torture
platform and thrust hot irons into his
quivering flesh. II was horrible. Oh,
God OF mercies, it was terrible. The
man was dying by slow torture in the
midst Of smoke from his own
burning flesh. Every groan from
the tiend, every contortion Of
his body was cheered by the thickly
packed crowd Of 10000 people. The
mass OF beings was GOO yards in diane
ter, the scaAold being the center After
burning the feet and legs the hot irons.
plenty Of fresh ones being at hand
were rubbed up and down Smiths
stomach, back and arms. Then the
eyes were burned out and irons were
thrust down his throat.
OIL ADDED TO THE FUEL.
The men Of tho Vance family having
wreaked vengeance, the crowd piled all
kinds Of combustible STUFF around the
scafFold and poured, oil on 1t and set it
afire. The negro rolled and wriggled
and tossed out OF the mass only TO be
pushed back by the people nearest him.
He tossed out again and was roped and
pulled back. Hundreds OF people turned
away, but the vast crowd still looked
calmly on.
People were there from every part Of
this section. Every train that came in
was loaded to Its utmost capacity and
there were demands at many points for
special trains to bring people here to
see the unparalleled punishment OF q
tiend for an unparalleled crime, and
when the news OF the burning went
over the country like wild.fre, at every
town anvils doomed forth the announce
tnant