Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-13

who was arrested last night, says his name |
4 is Charles Miller, and he is undoubtedly |
the same man who has been burglarizing |
in the neighboring towns of Fulton, Clin- |
ton and Milan for the past two weeks.
Six gold rings from j. A, Porter3 store,
In Clinton were found in his possession.
after his arrest, covered with dirt and
clotted with blood but they were easily
identified by Porter, who is here.
The negro is q peculiarly constructed
man and is well known in this section of
the State, having travelled from place to
place, giving glass-eating and water-drink-
ing exhibitions. A. raw chicken including
A feathers and entrails, was his favorite dish.
4 Another favorite pastime with him was to
3 eat cot and swallow bits of lamp Chin
4 neys and dirt and clay. He could drink
four or five gallons of water without wink
n ing his eyes,
\ At $50 o'clock a telegram from Wick
n life a small town eight miles north of
\ here stated that the posse of men had
( reached there from Siketon, with the pris-
4 oner, who was pleading for mercy.
At 8 q. M, the crowd around the depot
4 here was increasing every minute and w.
4 r. Parker of Fulton, KY, made them an
4 earnest speech advising them to do every
4 thing in an orderly way.
A Mr.. Ray, father OF the murdered girls,
Fl has requested that they allow him to light
81 the pile Of wood which will burn the fiend
s. to ashes. This is what it is now thought
Il will be none with the wretch.
81 THE PRISONER ARRIVES.
n When the train reached here mad rush
III was made for the prisoner.
81 In the midst of the turmoil and shouting,
81 the father Of the murdered girls mounted
IA Il stand and said
'"This is the man who killed my chill
M dren.
Nj "LET US BURN HIM
at the proper time, but let us keep quiet"
M BARpwELL, KY; June 7.--lnstead of
Az burning him at the stake, as was origi-
M nally intended, the mob took Charles j,
M Miller, the fiendish negro who murdered
the Ray sisters and hanged him to tele-
graph pole.
sembled when the train bearing the
a prisoner reached the station. When the
negro gazed out upon the sea Of upturned
81 faces bowling for his life he broke down
81 and shed tears He raised his shackled
hand high above his head, seemingly to
IL implore mercy, but uttered not word.
One of the leading spirits stood upon the
platform and explained what they were
there for. Mr.. Ray. the father of the muir.
4 dered girls, said he had promised the Cairo
a and Wickliffe people that he would let
N them know before the affair took place,
4 for they wanted to be there. He further
stated that the prisoner was to be burned
4 at the stake.
n A collection was ordered taken up fol
n the benefit of the bloodhound that Sc
4 faithfully aided in the capture. A com
mittee was appointed 70 pass around hats
\ The bloodhounds were sent down from
1 Eddysyille Penitentiary.
The man who captured the negro
a Marshal NJ. T., Ingram of Sikeston. wa
called for by the crowd to tell how he Sc
cured the prisoner. Mr.. Ray again wa
called for. He said:
Il want you to set the time"
"Crles of set Your own time, but don
put it off too long"
N well say we put it at 8 o'clock" saic
Ray. Cries of An right, but make hin
stay ON the platform until that time"
where will we burn him
Right here; right here
mo; let's take him to the place wher
he did the bloody deed"
shall he go TO Jail ?"
mo, no, let him stay"
MILLER's PLEA FOR LIFE.
After a time order was restored and erie
n for the negro to speak prevailed. He cam
with firm step and confident air to tn
edge OF the platform and said;
nPlease be quiet everybody. My nam
n is u. J. Miller. am from Springfield, Ill
My wife lives at No. 7l6 North Secon
street. am here among you to-day, locke
q upon as one of the most brutal men befor
Il the people. stand here, surrounded b
II men, who are excited--men who are no
II willing 10 let the law take its course. A
n far as the crime Is concerned, have com
n milted no crime, and certainly no crini
gross enough to deprive me of my life an
n liberty.
II had some rings which ] bought l
Brunswick of peddler. paid him S4.t
for them. left Springfield on the fir:
day of July and came to Alton; frol
81 Alton | went to East st. Louis; from thel
thence to Brunswick and to Piedmon
thence TO Hoxie, to Jonesboro; then on
local freight to Maiden; from there
Sikeston on the 9Th of July. The day
"A was supposed to have committed II
saence I was at Brunswick. Well, ger
s. siemen--"
n But he was here interrupted. The me
shouted to let him talk. but there was e
much noise for him to be heard. I'll
sheriff then stepped to the front and sale
For Gods sake, gentlemen, must tai
this man to jail. | am bound by my oat
to deliver this man to jail"
The mob had become somewhat qui
by this time, and one man shouted "fe
take him to Jail until 3 O'clock: then v
want him." The prisoner was helped 9
the pile and taken to Jail. The crowd d
persed soon after, and all that could I'll
dinners did SO, but thousands could not
accommodated.
When the hour of o'clock arrived Il
people flocked to the Jail yard. The no
set Tor the final act had arrived, and tho
who were to be the executioners were I
hand. Before Miller had been broug
from the jail, Mr.. Ray, the father of 9
girls had changed his mind about 4
burning.
FATHER RAY CHOOSES HANGING.
He had. o lingering doubt as to the M
3 being til murderer and felt that VIII
W Il would be an awful crime to hang an
nocent man, it would be more to burn hill
and, as a compromise with the mob,
proposed that Miller be hanged instead
burned. This was agreed to and ru
was made for the Jail.
Chief of Police Mahoney of Cairo "
just leaving and they shouted for him I
TO close the door. The mob rushed in q
seized the prisoner. He was stripped max
and his shirt tied around his loins.
A long chain was passed around his ne
and his body, and he was led through
streets, followed by thousands of poop
to the depot, near which a platform
been placed. He was lifted on the pl
form amid shouts OF ''Set it on fire; bu
himn
HANGED, THEN SHOT. THEN BURNED.
The chain was taken from his Doc
hooked around his neck, man climbe.
telegraph pole and the long end of
chain was passed up to him and he ms
It fast to the cross-arm. This took
about ali the slack. aud the other N
brought long. forked stick, which '
was lifted up several feet and allowed
drop.