The Butler weekly times., 1893-09-28
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ed the mob near the square and an
attack was at once decided upon.
Several shots were fired and the
sentinels, who patrolled the square,
fell back Mayor Trout then as
snmed charge of the armed forces.
| THE SOLDIERS SHOOT To KILL.
The mob came slowly forward.
The mayor remained in the jail with
squad of policemen and stationed
the militia in line of battle across
Campbell avenue at the corner of
Roanoke street and bali !. block
from the Jail. The soldiers were
armed with is cal!ber lii.s
The mob soon surrounle tie
Jail and began TO batter at the dn,r~.
They We're about to give away when
a volley Of lead stuck trrt.r to the
hearts of the mob. Th4 n@~,,! NJ III
return fired On the soldiers HDs
after round followed III q,,sck -,
cession aud in few minutes ia
avenue was clear Of ev~ry; l,u. ~.
the bodies of the dead n1d L,rr:,
There were fully 5000 persons u
the vicinity of the jul when the l.lIl
itary began firing, but the great r
part OF them were simply spectators.
Five hundred men participated III
the attack upon the Jail. At tue
first volley thousands fed, aud
many were knocked down in the
rush
As soon as the mob realized tue
extent of the slaughter, the excite
ment again grew to fever heat aud
the mob swore vengence on the mi
litia and the mayor and once more
started for the jail At this moment
Judge Woods of the Hastiug court
climbed on box and demanded that
the mob dispense in the cause of
law and public decency. He said
Smith had been removed from the
Jail during the mob's attack aud hal
been secreted. To prove his state
ments he took two members of the
mob through the Jail. This, with
the speech of J. Allen Watts, Demo
cratic candidate for the United
States senate, seemed to pacify the
mob. though many remained near
the Jail for several hours.
At midnight matters had quietec
down and the militia was on guarC
at the Jail by order of the mayor
THE NEGRO HANGED AND HIS BOD,
BURNED.
Twenty men took the negro Smitl
from Policeman James at 1 o'clocl
, this morning and hanged him to {
hickory limb. They then filed hi'
body with bullets and left placart
saying: "This is Mayor Trout's
friend
A coroner's jury of business men
3 was summoned and viewed the bod,
Q of the negro and rendered a verdic
l of death at the hands of unknown
e men. Thousands of people visite'
2 the scene of the lynching betweel
? daylight and $50 o'clock, when th
k body was cut down. After the jur,
' completed it's work, the body wa
Y placed in the hands OF officers, VIII
e were unable to keep back the moi
Three hundred men tried to dra.
, the body through the streets of ths
!, town, but the Rev. DR.. Campbell o
d the First Presbyterian church an,
v Captain r. 3. Moormans with plea
i prevented them. Captain Moorman
'. hired u wagon and the body wa
S. put in it. It was then conveyed
" the bank of the Roanoke, about on
If mile from the scene of the lynchin!
in Here the body was dragged fror
II the wagon by ropes for about &c
t. yards and burned Piles Of dl
in brush wood We're brought and tt
III body was placed upon it and mo-
ID brush wood on the body, leavir
" only the head bare. The whole pi
e. was saturated with coal Oil and
ID match applied. The body was co
sumed within an hour. The crem
ID tion was witnessed by several thou
h. and people.
ut At one time the mob threaten.