The western sentinel., 1894-03-08
ONE OF THE LYNCHERS
BROUGHT TO WINSTON FOR SAFE
KEEPING.
He is the Man Shot by the Jailer of
AlIeghany-FulIP Particulars of the

AlleSnany-Euil Hafticui3rS OF the
Lynching-Mr. Roses Story.
The recent lynching affair in Ale
ghauy county is developing rapidly in
manner that will very probably
prove quite serious for its par
Elephants.
Sheriff Gambol and Deputy c. L.
Young arrived here Feb. 2Sth with
Alex Rose, the member of the mob
who was shot by the jailer and
caught.
The lynching occurred on the 23rd
at , j. m, about one-half of a mile
from Spa rita, the county seat.
The mob went to the Jail well-arm-
ed with Siedge-hammers, axes and oth-
er inipliments for forcing an entrance
into the prison. They also had with
them the rope and other necessaries
for swinging Slaughter into eternity
on short notice.
Slaughter was the man who mur-
dered JOHN Bare and Ed. Long at
marriage about three weeks ago.
Bare and Long were both men of good
| reputation. Of excellent parentage,
and who were old residents of the
httE CdIIc lDUO UIle
county from Virginia. He was a
man of desperate character who had
been convicted several times for as
saultS with deadly weapons and other
| ldwiessness. Hence the i'll feeling
against him and the subsequent
lynching.
The mob, about twenty strong, went
| to the Jail aud demanded the prisoner
| at the hands of Jailer McCraW. The
l,,f Il L,
| refused to admit the mob or surrender
| the custody OF the prisoner, wherup0n
| they forced an entrance. The taller
and his guard resisted.
The first man to enter had two pis-
| tolls leyeied on Jailer McCraw, but
| was prevented from firing by tue
guard who seized him about the waist
and held him some minutes. The
other members Of the mob then rush
ed in and were fired upon by the
jailer.
The first shot struck Mr.. Rose in
the abdomen. The jailer also shot
two other men before he was over
powered. One of them, whose name
could not be asce rtained, is thought
| TO have received fatal injuries.
The mob then rushed on upstairs,
secured Slaughter and carried him
| about one-half mile out from town
ana swung MIN TO 81 llmD.
The inmates OF the jail were closely
guarded until the mob had completed
| its CHASTITY work.
| AS soon as Jailer McCraW was re-
| leased he notified Sheriff Gambol VINO
With a posse of men started in pursuit
| of the lynchers.
| 1t appears that as soon as Rose was
| wounded he left the mob and ran
about two miles before he was forced
| to stop, from loss of blood. The Sher-
| if learned OF Roses whereabouts and
went for him, but Rose was found by
| his friends and carried off in a wagon.
In this manner they gave the sheriff Il
race of fourteen miles before lie came
DIP with the wagon which was fOrsaken
| by all but the wounded man.
| Rose was carried back to Sparta and
| lodged in jail. 1t became current in
The community that Rose would turn
| States evidence and reveal the names
of the other members OF the mob.
| Loud threats were made that he
would be lynched also-hence the re-
moyal of Rose to this county for safe
keeping.
Apparently two different factions
! are thirsting for Roses blood.
| SlauShter's friends in Carroll county,
Va, want him for taking part in the
| lynching, and the lynchers want Il
| hold upon him to prevent him from
| giving them away. He is p years Old.
Mr.. Rose is a man Of high standing
| in his neighborhood and has u wife
, and four children.
| Sheriff Gambol expects lively time
| for the next few weeks. He appears
to be man Of nerve and says he Will
| not finch from any duty that may
| deyoive upon him officially.
| MR.. ROSE TALKS.
a SENTINEL reporter called at the
| Jail last week and held d short
| interview with Mr.. Rose.
| When the reporter entered the
| room Rose was reclining on Il couch
| When questioned aS to the condition
of his wounds, he said that he was
very much better. lie has fourteen
shot in his right hand and twenty
four in his stomach. Jailer McCraW
used ii shot gun on the night of the
lynching.
Rose said he was quite sore yet and
it panied him a good deal to move
about very much. He said that he
was a resident of AShe county anG
that in fact "a majority OF the fifteen
parties connected with it were from
that county. lie explained that the
reason for this was that the murder
was committed right on the dividing
| I1uC DSUWccu many anu AohN
counties and both the young men,
Bare, VINO was killed, and Long, wht
was seriously wounded, were residents
of Ashe and. were popular.
John Bare, the murdered man,
said Ms. Rose, chad not even SpOkef
to the man Slaughter during the en-
tire evening at the marriage, and th'
murder was in every way cold BLOOD
ed outrage"
Mr.. Rose said that as soon as h,
was shot, at the jail, he left the part.
and started towards home. He wa
found by his brother and othe
friends who attempted te escape will
him. "These men," says Rose, ''wer'
not in the crowd that went to TIL,
: jail. Last Sunday night Sheriff Mil
ler, of Ashe county, came over u
|, Sparta to the jail and told the jaile
and Rose that crowd of one hun
!, dred men were en- route to the Jail u
J take Rose out of prison.
: The reporter asked Rose if he in
| tended to turn States evidence ant
give the names of the mob who actual
ly committed the lynching. Ros
: replied that if he was placed upon TIL
} stand aud the oath administered T.
him he did not see how he could kee
2 it back.
DIR. Black Accepts,