Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-04

DECATUR, Ills, June 3.-Samuel
Bush, the negro charged with having
assaulted Mrs. Rub Dill, near here, last
Monday, aud who was captured ysster-
daY, was lynched by = mob OF 200 men
At B:O7 this morning, near Zion.
A guard Of men had been put In the
fail and an extra force OF men were put
on duty outside. About three hundred
curious people stood around the jail all
night. though most OF them thought no
serious attempt would be made 10 take
the prisoner out. AT just o'clock
twenty-five men came on a rush up
Wood street They were quiet, without
masks and moved in solid body. They
forced their way through the crowd and
knocked on the jail door. Deputy SAer-
ifi Midkiff and Special Officer Foster sat
juat inside and refused them admission.
One blow from a sledge crashed In the
wooden door, and the two officers were
surrounded by twenty-five armed men.
The keys OF the Jail we're demanded, but
both officers declared they did not have
them. A desperate fight ensued, in
which the first door was forced. The
steel bars then held them for twenty
minutes. There was only an occasion
pal yell, and altogether it was quiet
attack. The negro had crawied
inside his mattress, but when the
crowd reached his cell they
soon found him. BE seemed cooler than
at any time before. Gentlemen, you
are Killing an honest man." he said. He
was dragged int the jail office. So
many men stood around that 10 took
five minutes to pull him through the
crowd TO the street. All this time Bush
said nothing, but the crowd yelled ex-
citedly. News OF the attack on she jail
seemed TO have spread over the town,
and /, 500 people were there. In front
of the jail was a telegraph pole. A
movement towards IL was made, but the
lynchers finally went to one 500 yards
away, one Of the most prominent cor
ners In the city.
An arc light made the street inter
section as light as daY. A rope made OF
halter straps had been put around the
Nnegro's neck. When the crowd stopped
at the foot Of the pole be asked for time
to pAay. The men said: Give bin al
the time he wants" He knelt down on
the bricks and began 10 pray in sing
song way: he would call on Jesus 10
come and take his soul and forgive the
men who were numbering him, and
declare that he was innocent. He
prayed disconnectedly fully ten minutes
while a thousand people crowded
around as close together as they could,
many jestiug, and rot one seeming i'm
pressed with the aWfulness OF the scene.
Finally the spectators began 10 get I'M
patient A man had climbed half way
up the pole, Rnd stood In the glare Of
the light all the time. "Cut that
short, he said; "hs gave those woman
no time"
The negro was told to stand upon a
cab. He refused; half dozen hands
threw him upon IL, held him while the
rope was tied to the cross arm on the
pole. The hack was driven away and
the body fell with the feet not two feet
from the ground. They pronounced
him dead In q few minutes. The neck
was not broken. The body was cut
down by Coroner Bendure. The rope
was cut up and divided among the
crowd Among the lynchers was Mr..
Vest husband OF the woman Bush as
sauted. Bush was born at Mason,
Miss, in 1860, so he said. His father
and a brother live there. He came
north three or four months ago and
has been living around Decatur
about six weeks. Monday IL is
! charged, he went TO the house OF Mrs.
B. Dill and committed an assault on her.
About IL o'clock Tuesday morning be
went to the house Of VIM. West, eight
T. Il
ship, and finding the woman alone out
ragged her In the presence Of her small
children. She only succeeded ia es-
Gaping by promising him money: News
Of the crime spread over the township,
and the farmers dropped their work and
turned out to hunt the negro, who,
however, kept the brush until they got
away. Then he came out and was cap
tured.
There was much indignation among
the better class Of citizens when they
got up this morning aud found the
negro Bush had been hung one one Of
the principal streets. Much more
indignation was aroused when
it was discovered that the
undertaken had placed the body on ex-
hibitiOn In his show window. He was
soon compelled to remove IL. This aft
ernOOn It was taken out aud buried at
the poor farm. This afternoon States
Attorney Mills received message from
Governor Altgeld and went to Spring
field for a conference which resulted in
the issuance OF proclamation by the
Governor as mentioned in the Spring
field dispatch. A young cOlored attOr-
ney has Issued a call for an indignation
meeting Of colored citizens Monday
night.