The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-18
SWIFT JUSTICE METED OUT.
a BRUrzE NEeRo HANGED M a NOE
INA SUBURB OF 81. LOUIS.

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BT. LOUIS. Jan. 1.-THE suburb OF Valley
Park was the scene yesterday Of two crimes
committed by q negro and Of his swift punish
ment at the hands OF q mob at daylight this
morning. Ala o'clock yesterday afternoon
John Buchner. a worthless negro. recently re-
leased from the State penitentiary. where he
had served three years for an assault on a
young colored school teacher. shouldersd a
-barrelled shoteuniand left home. He
had not gone far before he met Mrs. Albert
MunRo. the middle aged wife Of q respectable
colored farmer. The woman was hurrylng
along the highway. and. in response to a salu-
tation from Buchner. replied that she could
not stop. as she was hurrylng home
to care for her sick baby. Buchner spoke to
her again. and Mrs. Mungo started to run
away. Buchner struck her with his dubbed
gun. and after knocking her down. dragged
her some fifty yards into n clump Of under
brush. He left her more dead than alive. and
started down the road.
He soon came to the farmhouse Of william
r. Harrison. where. after asking for some
thing to eat, he learned that none OF the fam
lily we're at home except Alice, the 1o.yesr-old
daughter OF MIR. Harrison. The negro con-
cealed himself on the premises, and waited
until Alice left the house. He followed and
assaulted her and then went to his home.
half mile away. Miss Harrison made her way
to the home OF q neighbor. where she related
her experience.
mounted a swift horse and rode to Manches-
ter. four miles away. where a warrant for the
twenty-five men was organized and they sur
rounded the homo OF Buchners parents. The
door was opened by his sister and Constable
Schumacher saw his man sitting at tho SUD
per table. The negro made rush for q rear
room whore his gun was hanging, but the Of
muzze OF his revolver at his temple ordered
Buchner to throw up his hands. The negro
spSpmplIesd, and was quickly hsndcutiefdi;
whipping up his horse soon landed him in Jail
bond by Judge Hofstotter, and the officers
were instructed to lock him up in Clayton Jail.
side. and would surely lynch Buchner il he at
tempted 20 take him TO Clayton. decided to re-
main at Manchester until this morning.
OF the negro had spread throughout the sur.
rounding towns. and at ,midnight mob
ton Of lynching Buchner. some OF the
conservative citizens tbae urged the mob
The mob slowly dispersed. but the word had
evidently been passed around to a number OF
men. for IN less than an hour another mob
the mob were many colored people. and they
were wildly clamoring for Buchner's life.
The jail was soon reached. and the solitary
guard was overpowered and Buchner was
dragged from his cell. rope was placed
about his neck and no was seated in
wagon and taken back to Valley
Park, reaching there about 5 o'clock this
morning. he was identified by Mrs.
MupEo and then taken to the FRISCO Railroad
bridge. He was strung up, and after the mob
was satisfied that life was extinct the BODY
was left hanging In the gloom Of thick fog
which overspread the valley. When the suns
rays dispelled the fog this morning the body
was yet hanging in full view OF the passen-
down the body at = o'clock and summoned q
jury for an Inquest