Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-31
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Lynching of Two Negroes Yesterday
Mt CASTOR, 9. G.

Lynching of Two Negroes Yesterday
mt CASTOR, 8. G.
VIII Thompson. one Of the three NEGROES
who committed an assault on Mrs. Archi-
bald Sishtler last Monday night, was lynch
ed yesterday at CASTOR. 8. c. lie met his
death under the most horrible circum-
stances
After being captured near Columbia Sat
urday night, Thompson. who was a small
axteen-year-old negro. was taken through
the country to his doom. The escorting
party was Joined by about City Colu,nDlans.
On reaching CASTOR couriers were dispatch
Cd through the county to apprise the hum
ters OF the welcome news and to locate
archibald sightler. who mad begged them
- aus right not to lynch the boy until ne
at him ~e ""aeA
At fifteen minutes Of O'Clock a crowd of
seied 5reech-loaders. among them being
berg: ' - >'' IL :
"g up TO the negro he said: Now tell IT,
,.anompson went through the same con-
Tot to nat mat he made last night until he
70 commit the crime, when S.ghtier. With a
wave Of his hand. stopped him and said: =
rom the crosd % s 90 any sns
!et MIN burn slow" This met with a hea p
sr sssent, and It might have been put into
eraI ns uue nor the urgent entrcaties of rev.
s. Ihs ordinary hanging was too quick a
tor,nr. mere must be some preliminary
an, rna with powerful blows Sightlsr applied
'I s ,ash To- him with a merciless hand.
Ipoy vas held down on the ground AZ full
tbftn rope being tied round his neck 30
His ne. ne could not make too much noise.
inoAns ana spluttertngs were pfttfuI
a, ~hsn sightisr was exhausted a relative
81 81 Mrs. sishtler took his place and kept IN
gave the boy severa ,. MftsT Ias. sgh,sr
az An a ana face. one Of them knocking out
After a pIow line. furnished nv q vo,,.n
, neen thrown over a limb. sort OF MA =
al Sas made with cross-ttes and the rope
~, .nrown around Thompson's neck
- was seemingly impossible for him, To
1850 aase from the ground after his terrible
sstcoursins. but he did so. His arms were
Hed. and he was told to mount the SCAT
fold. which he did hurriedly ana with an
parsnt siadness. as II to get surcease from
II was found that the ,,,,,o-r, Was M,
nigh enough. so he was ordered down until
u was rearranged. after which the boy
asain scrambled I'd in haste. The moose
asked: ~-'N 'Ae s'"''
Boys. is that all risht?"
lie the Knot down on his ear and see
What he has to say" replied the crowd.
The boy was accordingly asked IL he was
guilty and replied: Yes. sir. me and Tom
Some one told him not to include the 9TH
ers u they were not guilty. and he replied
Before God they were with me. and they
was In It."
Slowly strangIed.
One by one the ties were removed and
the boy let gradually down, so that there
would be no neck breaking. and that he
could hang there and strange some.
Thompson made efforts to seize the rope,
and be finally clutched IL with one hand
We don't want his neck broken" shout
ed the crowd, and the boy swung there sew
ing party. Consisting Of about forty persons sr
armed with guns and about thirty with
pistols. then ranged themselves in line,
about forty feet from the body. while those
of the spectators who were not TO shoot
drew further back.
sightler was given the first shot, and ne
sent bullet crashing into the swinging
body. 1t was three minutes past o'clock
as he shot This was followed by shower
of bullets. until the body was punctured at
About go shots were fred and several
thousand leaden pallets must have gone
ers had as much as thirty-five buckshot In
each barrel They used breech-loaders ana
reloaded a half dozen times The last snot
cut the rope and the body fell TO the
The Columbia crowd then rushed for the
past the spot only to find that the body
had been reried I'D again and In semi,
nude condition. while Sightler was still
Another Negro Lynched.
The second act In the Castor iynchins
was completed at 30 yesterday when Tom
Preston. whom Thompson implicated in
the crime was hanged and shot After
hanging Thompson the crowd became even
more savage, the whole country was scour-
ed, and about IL o'clock Preston was cap
tured five miles from the scene of the morn
ing ynching He was taken to CASTOR and
the same brutal treatment was accorded to
him before he was finally killed.
Preston denied his guilt. but that had
no effect He was stripped and stretched
across a log. and a hundred lashes with a
buggy trace were laid upon his person. He
yelled and screamed at terrific rate, and
most piteously begged for mercy. but the
more he begged the harder the 1ashes were
laid upon him.
At last he was taken TO the same tree
upon which the bloody, builet-riddied body
Of Thompson hung. A platform of cross
ties was made and the rope was put around
the same limb.
The platform was pushed away by de-
Erees and the wretch was slowly strangled.
The crowd did not shoot until he had
hung several minutes. His body was then
rtddied with thousands Of bullets more
than were given Thompson for he was
afflicted with a filthy disease.
The two CHASTITY bodies We're left hang
ing. while the mob proceeded to arrange
for the lynching of the third man in jail at
Lexington court house.