The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-23
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| AURORA, Mo, Jan. ga most horrible
and brutal crime was committed near We
roma yesterday by burly negro. The
victim of his lust was a child. After
criminally assauiting her, he tied her to a
| tree, where she remained four hours. Her
condition is critical. and it is doubtful
whether she will recover. Two large
! posses headed by experienced officers are
| in pursuit Of the negro. and if caught lie
| will be Obliged to meet death in a terrible
| form-eIther at the stake or at the end OF
rope.
Last night Sheriff John Wilson received
telegram informing him of the crime,
and requesting that he be on the outlook
for the negro. In accordance with in
siructions given them by the sheriff. City
Marshal Gardener and Constable Wiley
organized posses and started In different
directions in pursuit of the negro.
On Sunday morning as the l2year-old
daughter of Mrs. J.ques, wife of II. Ger man
farmer living near Verona, was returning
from Verona, where she had been TO
church, she WAS assaulted by II negro, who
took her into the woods, fastened her feet,
tied her hands behind her, aud placed a
gag in her mouth. He then ravished her
and went away. Within short time a
negro dressed differently from the first as
sailant came to the spot where she Was
and also criminally assaulted her. IT, is
believed that the same negro assaulted her
twice.
The crime took place about O'Clock, and
was not discovered until 4 o'clock. At
that hour the child succeeded in biting
the gag in two and cried for help. Abe
Znn, who was passing on the road, heard
her cries and went to her relief. He re-
leased her from the ropes that bound her
and took her to the house of the nearest
neighbor. A doctor was called, who
pronounced her condition critical, and ex-
pressed the opinion that her recovery was
doubtful
The entire male population of this Sec
tion is in arms, and hardware store in a
neighboring town Is giving ammunition
without cost to all who desire to join in
the hunt. A negro is in the woods near
Billings and cannot escape. He is be-
lieved to be the guilty man. If this sup
position prove true, his fate will be ter
rible one.
a dispatch from Carthage. No., says
that two negroes were arrested at Purdy
this morning. They are held on suspicion
of having committed the crime. There IS
strong talk of lynching, If it can be ascer-
tanned which of the TWO is guilty, sup
posing one of them is the man wanted,
and the officers are on their guard
The negro rapist is believed by all to be
IN the vicinity OF Billings, but the latest
advices from that point are that he has
not yet been captured. He was shot at
some time during his flight, and. it is
Thought, was wounded in the leg.
AT midnight there is no tidinRs from
the posse IN pursuit Of the rapist. 1t is
thought that he may be making for
Springfield, Mo-, and several constables
are guarding the different roads leading
into that city from Billings
A SUNDAY LYNCHING. --
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. GA Sunday
lynching disturbed the small town of
Jellico, a town on the kentucky-Tennes-
see line, yesterday. George Gamble, a
negro about 25 years of age, assaulted a
11-year-old child of A. b. Francis about
O'Clock. A furious mob captured him at
Pleasant View, Ky. He was taken back
to Jellico, where he was fully Identified by
his little victim, and WAS hanged to tree.
The child IS not expected to live.