Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-02


hccrs. hnt citizens only. we have no au-
thoriy 90 hold this prisoner against you
Or any one. and shall make NO effort 10
do so. As citizens. We merely wish 20
surrender the prisoner. We leave to
sou to do what is right Whatever Is
done let Sc be done. as the people Of
Lamar county have done everything
ORDERLY, QUIETLY AND PEACE
ABLY.
We cannot. II we would. resist the
thousands here The prisoner has nd
mitted his guilt Ia the presence of twelve
good aud true men. This is all we can
say
Prior to the arrival OF tho train on
some manifestations of levity In the
crowd
HON J. c. HODGES.
made short address. saying that the
people of lamar county and their neigh.
bors had assembled to discharge one of
the most solemn duties ever executed 10y
y people, whether In their own might or
10y The arm of the law. Here the people,
ho1ilcd at a crime so atrocious thut hu-
man brain
COULD HARDLY CONCEIVE
It's euormity. nnl only the most dcpravcd
could have executed %. had resolved upon
q punishment commensurate 90 Tie Of
i'NhN' lucy HiN ehtutitN HVt ~ HtNdlth'
NOT BY NIGHT
but in open day they had set aside the
law of the statute. and in the execution
of their decree should preserve that order
ly, quiet and lororous attitude due thcm-
selves and the occasion
ON a large cotton float u box had been
placed and ON top of That CHAIR Here
Smith was placed and securely bound
Then surrounded by armed men 10 pre-
vent any outhurst from individuals he
was driven slowly 80 the public square,
around &c aud ont 90 the place uf death
THOUSANDS FOLLOWED
the doomed man IN his ride Of despair.
and The streets were lined with other
thousands watching it pass. IL was
solemn, as behttcd cortcgc OF the
dead.
LIMP AND QUGYERlNG
iu his terror his face drawn down and
distorted aud ushcu with the agony of
Thought aud the horror of his impcnd.
ing doom. the figure of Henry Smith was
uu awful sight but nt any thought of
pity uprOse "a vision OF
THAT INNOCENT CHILD.
that torn and outraged form that hc
had wrought
Out on tbe bare prairie. whore stood
scattering huis a. arc shrubs. the scat
fold had been built -Four uprights sup
ported ten feet above ground ten-tuot
square rallied boz except uu the south
side, where % stair assembled I'm ~.
center ,truug post was set and hruccd
on either side. As the wagon approach
ed
HENRY VANCE. TnE FATHER
of Smiths victim, appeared ON the plat
t0ru and asked the crowd. now deuscly
| packed, Tor hundreds of yards away,
and numbering 10000 people, tp bee quiet,
| chat he wanted for a while TO gee
HIS VENGEANCE.
and then he would turn him over 20 any
one that wanted him, Hero came the
| wagon and Smith was carried upon the
| platform and stripped to the waist and
| placed
AGAINST THE STAKE
| His legs and body We're securely corded
| 90 h aud hc was delivered oy"r
no NANCE'S VENGEANCE.
! and 10 cNpiute his crime. A timers fur
uucc was brought ON Tiled with
IRONS HEATED WHITE
Taking one, Vance thrust 1t under first
one and then the other Side of his vic
TINS Feet who, helpless writhcd as IN,
SCARRED AND PEELED
from the bones. Slowly. inch los inch
| up his legs the iron was drawn and re-
drawn, only the nervous ierlty twist OF
| the muscles showing the agony being m
| duccd, When his body was reached uuu
| the iron was pressed 90 the most tender
! part Of his body bee broke silence Ton
! the FIRST time, aud prolonged
SCREAM OF AGONY.
rent the air. Slowly across and arount
the body, slowly upward traced IA,
| irons The wthcrei, Scared flesh mari.
! ing the progress of the awful punishment
| hy turns Smith screamed, prayed heggoJ
| and CURSED his turmcutors. When hi,
face was reached
HIS TONGUE WAS SILENCED
by fire and theuccforth hc only moaue,
! or gave % cry that echoed over IA,
prairie Ike the wall of a wild animal
Then his
EYES WERE PUT OUT
not a iugcrbrcudth OF his body bcin,
uuscuthod His e2ccutloncrs gave way
| They We're Vance hts brOthpr-in-lnw. ana
| Nunce's son, q bOy of 10 years Of ugp
When they gave over furnishing Smitl
they left the platform.
smith aud the clothing about his lowe
limbs Were
SATURATED WITH OIL,
as was the PLATFORM the space bencatl
was filled with cnmhpEtibles aud th
whole was saturated with OIL aud fir
simultaneously set 10 his feet and th
stacks below Tho cold sleetng rain hu,
been FILLING since noon. SilhOuttp,
against thr dark teuden sky the platform
doomed bare aud gaunt and above Il
with head dropped on his breast. black
enpd and scorched was the body, an,
so still was Il that all believed hin
dead. Slowly
TIE FLAMES CRAWLED
up his limbs aud wrapped him in thei
blush veil moment they burned 81
| then shuddcr shook him. the hem
| slowly raised, and % broken, quuycriu
cry broke the brcHthless silence, uu
was echoed back by shouts and erie
from the more thougltlcss below. The
the cords binding the arms burned an
he raised the crisppd ana
BLACKENED STUMPS
10 wipe the sightless sockets Of HIS eye,
Then burned the cords about his wnis
aud he topplcd forward upon the pla
form and lay there writing aud quiyei
ing ia the greedy flames that thruf
through the creyires. One foot was sti
fast and held him on the bed Of flame
with one supreme effort the bod
still animated by the supreme desire q
escape, rolled over
on IRIS FACE,
rose upon IFS arms, reached mp an
caught the railing and with c0uyulsiy
effort tore the bound leg loose, aud NOo
rcaling on the stumps of iis feet, raise