The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-22
ROANOKES REVENGE.
Terrible Sequel to the Shooting
Of Lawless Lynohers,
THE MOB CAPTURES ITS VICTIM.

He Is Hanged, His Body Riddled with !
Bullets and Aeterword Cremated--Tho
Mayor who Fought Cor Law aud Order
Compelled to Flee.
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 22-Robert Smith, !
the negro who assaulted Mrs Henry
Bishop on Wednesday and to save whose
life number of citizens were shot, paid
the penalty of his crime yesterday morn
ing. While T. Allen Watts Judge Woods
and Others were addressing the crowd Ser
geant Griffin, with two officers, took the
negro from the Jail and spirited him ont
of town. They carried him across the
river into the woods, but towards daylight
they We're notified that squads or men
were securing the adjacent country. They
thought it best to bring their prisoner
back to town and place him in Jail They
were proceeding to the Jail when a squad
of men, about twenty in number, rushed
upon them and took the prisoner With
! shouts and yells the determined men took
| the negro to the nearest tree. He was
| hanged 10 hickory limb, and his body
riddled with bullets and horribly mangled.
Coroner Gray and jury repaired early
! to the scene Of the lynching, and after
| viewing the body of the dead man rem
dered verdict that the negro came to his
death at the hands of persons unknown to
them.
After the inquest the officers were or.
dered to take charge of the body, but the
surging mass of men which had by this
time assembled would not let them touch
him. coal cart passing near by was
pressed into service and the body thrown
into it. It was then hauled to Mayor
Trout's residence on Campbell avenue i6
apparently being the intention of the mob
to bury it in his front yard, but Rev. w.
G. Campbell dissauded them from carry
tng out their plan.
The body during this time had not been
removed from the cart, so at the sugges-
tion of some one in the crowd they took it
over to the edge of the river to burn it,
Fences were torn down, store boxes taken
and some one with an ak cut down several
cedar trees near by. The dry wood was
laid in large pile, but arranged so it
would burn freely. On this heap the ne
grO's body was laid On top Of all the
cedar boughs were th own and two gal
Ions of coal oil were poured on the dry
wood The match was touched to it and
the flames from the burning oil shot rap
idly upward.
1t was not long before the crowd dis
persed, but all the morning men, and some
times an occasional woman, were seen
going toward the place of burning in
squads of three to five, Every one seemed
desirous of contributing to the blaze by
throwing twig or chip on it. All that
was remaining of Smith at noon was a few
ashes and here and there bone, but the
fire was still burning fiercely, and those
standing around said that it should burn
until there was not vestige remaining.
After the smoke Of Wednesday nights
battle had cleared away fears for the
safety of Mayor Trout and the determined
men with him were freely expressed by
their friends, as the Indignation of the
mob seemed especially directed towards
him and the soldiers. While the crowd
was making preparations for the second
assault the militia were disbanded and
went to their homes Mayor Trout. who
had been wounded in the foot by a pistol
4 ball, was first carried to the Ponce de
Leon hotel, but owing to the threats of
the mob he was removed from there by
his friends and taken to the country.
Shortly after his departure crowd went
to the Ponce de Leon hotel, demanding
the mayor They We're assured by the
clerk that Mr.. Trout was not there. but
were not satisfied until some Of their lead
!. ers had made thorough search of the
premises. Not finding him, the crowd
went to Mayor Trout's residence, on West
b Campbell avenue where a thorough search
was made for him.
. Acting Mayor r. A. Buckner has as
sumed charge Of the city government and
has suspended Chief of Police Terry, Ser
geant Griffin and Officer NJ c. Morris
pending an investigation Of their connec-
tion with the affair.
The following is corrected list of the
dead in Wednesday nights battle: S. A.
Wick, William Sheets, Charles Whitmyer.
j j. B, Tyler George White, w. E. Hall,
John Mills and George Settles.
LYNCHBURG, Va. Sept, %. Mayor Trout,
of Roanoke, has arrived here. He is suf-
fering with painful wound in the foot.
/ and declined to be interviewed