New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-08
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To inc Editor Of The Tribune
sir Our country may she ever be right. but rieh'
or yronr our countty!7 have always love" u
o oxprcsslon 10 the above patriotic sentiment Loved
f. yrl,c H. loved 10 speak IT, have even had heroic
moods vh.n have thought II would be sweet I" ne
,,r onc.s country In very truth hiv" "hd"iN"''
in love re home Of my for"ialhers. their nome "''"
mine: underworld TO screen her. d"'l h'r' INV Wy
arm, for her. honor her In ana 'nFo"'" '''' "
,x,vv,orInesS: but the time has COM WIEN "
,nust weep for her IN my shame. my n'''r 'o'''"'
~ her - ,..,i,o ., to.
I make bold 10 say that the South Caro''n' VI ~
dny IS disgrace TO the Union and 'o' ni,'' =,
ton Everybody has heard Of the hor''o' nv 49,,
Farmer IaXtcrs Young daughter VINO VIZ
s,,,ed lac q necr, brute near her home at prhh'"IA'
: g. while on her way to school. acc'"I'"'" ~ "
little brother And every one knows ny 'n.N "," ,r
much more horribly that crime was aV'he'"' ''"'
women must be protected. who says 'n'N H"'
be- at atn. every cost ? Hang pu'l' '"''" - "
will-andt have the conscience I" 40 IL" "H ~
,ba, doro to perpetratc thi, worst Of crimes hut Z"
least first get the guilty man. Wa' 'o''" "
decent feeling Of humanity ~ the h''' o"'' -,
| lutchery of John Peterson. who WAS d'ip''"'N
murdered by thousand hloodihr.fy shth hohn"S' anu
who was beyond a reasonable dono' P''", ~
noccni man Twenty odd negroes N'r' ''v'''' w
the crime: among them Henry "'il'a"s' ""o'" W.
know to have escaped death by TIT" ny " '"'
breadth for even after We had proven Ms ANN WI"
cluslvcly by four respectable citizens oi orahEcpn'E
: c. the fr,nzcd mob still cried aio"u LOT MS o"'u
and refused to lbcratc him. Wh'h 'ohh peterson
heard that he was wanted for the crime he went
voluntarily 10 Governor Illlman att"Sting his In
nocence. throwing himself upon the mercy Oh Tue 'oV
crnor and begging FOR fair trial. fechhg confident mat
his Innocence could be established. What did our
praiseworthy Governor do but deliver nm over I'M"
the hands Of This furious mob WINCH he hhe" "ou''
murder "A dozen innocent men rainier IMAM run inc
risk Of the guilty man escaping. Everything points
to the innocence OF the man Petcr'on-hs fearless
ness. his unwavcrng faith in the gri not recognizing
him. his eagerness to be presented to her. Tile young
girl did fail to recognize him. and said he was not the
man. while the brother positively asserted that he was
not tho There was no point Of evidence against
him beyond the fact that some one testified that he
In the neghborhoOd at the time OF the assault
but Notwithstanding all this he was dragged from the
guardhouse all the while attcsiing MS innocence and
bruialy murdered. barely escaping torture by fire,
while no reasonable fault could be- iohhd III him.
Peterson died the death of martyr Think Of II,
good people. Bring the scene before you. Think OF
the moonlight. Gods moonlight, shining ON such
dcvirs work think OF dragging pour praying creature
10 MS cruel undeserved death. 10 s~'ns MN upon Il
tree by a pough line: a thousand pnheis piercing
bis vctmized body, while demoniaeai brutes danced