The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-05-28
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session Of the superior court called at
once, and the negro would be tried, con-
victed and hung by due process Of law
in few weeks at the farthest. 4 term
of the court might be called before June
ID. He spoke cody and calmly, and his
sober words threw cold water on the
spirits Of the hot headed in the crowd
This was about 4:30 o'clock this afternoon
Then Sheriff Hamilton stepped up and
deputized a number of the would be
lynchers to assist him in taking the pris-
oner
The men who had caught and were
guarding the prisoner were assured that
he would be safely carried to the county
Jail, ard firmly secured. They were al
lowed to go along to see the operation.
Two hundred dollars reward had been
offered for the prisoner, and to this the
men who had hunted and caught Aim are
entitled.
The prisoner was at last given up to |
the keeping Of the sheriff and his depu-
ties. In few moments the procession !
moved toward Graham. All were walk
ing, the negro stolid and Indifferent in
the centre of the crowd There were
not more than a dozen men in the party
that carried them over.
At Burlington and at Graham the ar
rival of the prisoner was anxiously
awaited. Opinion was general that he
would never get to Graham. At about
} o'clock the party started from Burling
ton and at about o'clock it arrived at
Graham.
There was no attempt TO take the pris-
oner from the officers.
AS soon as the prisoner got to Graham
he was put in a strong cell, hand cuffed
| and chained to the floor A strong guard
was put around the Jail.
At night-fall it was confidently ex-
pected that a party would be made up to
raid the jail and lynch him. But the
stiffness after nightfall was really op-
pressiVe. Very few people were moving
| q Of
gathered at familiar street corners plan
ming to lynch the negro but most Of
them were full Of whiskey, and it all
ended in talk
GRAHAM, N. c., May 2S.-THE GLOBE
reporter called on Sheriff Hamilton
this morning in Graham, and he re-
ported everything very quiet. He said
he was perfectly confident that there
would be no further trouble. He said
he had been in the war for four years and
| had never spent such day in his life as
! he did yesterday, and said he expected to
be shot at any moment, and that he
heard one man swear he would shoot
Captain Parker
The reporter then asked to see the
prisoner | found him in the county
Jail, chained to the floor and handcuffed
The sheriff removed the handcu1fsand the
reporter asked him if he committed the
crime, and why he did so e? He said he did
do it, and that he did not know what he
was doing when he did so. He saw the girl
coming down the road and he said some.
thing to her, and she told him to go away
or she would tell her father and have
him whipped. That made him mad and
he attacked her.
"She got away from me twice" he said,
and the third time dragged her across
the road, and there accomplished my
purpose.
81 did not have any pistol, but told her
l did and threatened to shoot her if she
made any resistance"
He then left for his home in the edge
of Alamance county, and did not know
anyone was after him until they caught
him.
The prisoner, when asked if he realized
his position, answered that he did and
expected he would be hung but he sup
posed he would do the same thing over
again if it happened as it did.
He told his story kneeling on the floor
of his cell, very pitiful looking object.
He is q years old and weighs about 125
pounds, is of a copper color and has very
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