The herald., 1893-06-04
THE MOB WAS NOT MOLESTED,
A Successful Lynching Bee at
Decatur, Ill.
The Jail Broken Into and a Negro
Rape Fiend Hanged.
twenty-five ETen Did the Work while
Hundreds Looked On-Gov. Alt
gold Determinsd to Punish
the Lyncherss
BY tho Asaoninted Ptess.l

BY the Associated Pfess.l
DECATUR, ILL.,, June 3.-A mob which
gathered yesterday on the arrival here
OF negro captured near Sullivan, ILL.,,
charged with outraging Mrs. Hub Dill,
last Monday, near Mt. Zion, broke into
the jail at 8 O'Clock this morning and
took the ravisher out and lynched him.
No resistance was made to the mob.
Owing to threats of lynching earlier in
the day, an extra force of 10 men was
put inside the Jail and another force
outside. A scout was sent out to Mount
Zion early in the night and reported ev-
erything quiet there, and fears of trouble
were about given up, though 800 curious
people stood around the Jail all night,
UNIV illing to miss the chances for q
sensation. About O'Clock 25 armed
men marche to the Jail in solid body
and demanded admission this was re-
fused and the wooden outside door was
at once battered down with sledge
hammer, while the crowd looked on
without a protest. Once inside the
lynchers demanded the keys, which
the guards declared they did
not have. The lynchers at
once set at work on the iron
cage with cold-chisel and opened it in
20 minutes. Then came eteel door
which resisted another 20 minutes.
Meantime a great crowd of citizens had
gathered outside and looked on. The
city marshal appeared and forced way
inside, but was kicked in the stomach
by the lynchers and hustled out, after
which he also subsidized.
Finally the lynchers reached the cell
OF the Negro, whose name was Sag Bush.
They put leather strap around his
neck; took him to telegraph pole
under the glare OF an electric light; gave
him 10 minutes to pray swung him up;
dropped him then put him on top of
hack, tied the strap to the cross arm of
the pest and drove the hack from under
him. He was pronounced dead in two
minutes by two doctors who appeared
on the scene and noted the ebbiug of the
wretch's life. He protested his inno-
cence to the last. Az soon as
his death was assured, the Mount Zion
mob left for home. The men wore
masks, but made no attempt to conceal
their identy. Among the number was
William Vest, husband Of the woman
outraged Monday. From all the circum-
stances it seems measurably certain that
Bush was guilty of both assaults.
The most remarkable feature of the
whole affair seems to be that % men
could march into town of over 10000
inhabitants and without even chow of
resistance batter down the doors of the
Jail and hang human being.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June Ex-Governor
Altgeld mss determined to make an ex-
ample of the lynchers at Decatur IL pos
sible. Early this morning he tele-
C6nnss,a ahh~tnlte ttifcraf esstns c5 5pr4afys'
field this afternoon and had long inter.
view with the governor. = AT the conclu-
sion Governor Altgeld issued procla-
nation denouncing the lynching in most
vigorous language as disgrace to civil.
ization and blot upon the lair name OF
the state. The governor calls upon
all officers of the law, and
especially Of the county of Macon,
as we'll as good citizens, to do all in their
power to bring the perpetrators of tho
crime to Justice. He offers reward Of
5000 each for the apprehension and con
viction OF every man who helped TO
break the doors of the Jail, overpower
the officers and drag out the prisoner, or
who assisted in killing him. States
Attorney Miles left for home this after
noon, and said he would at once com
menee vigorous prosecution against
those participating in the lynching.