Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-25
THE BOYS PLAYED INDIAN
And Fastened q Companion
to u Stake, and Then
A FIRE WAS BUILT ABOUND HIM,
A Match Was Applied and the hoy
burned White the Young war.
riors Danced Around His
wrlthing body.

Camden, was almost burned 10 death
yesterday morning while tied TO a
post on lot at sixth and Mechanic
strceta lie " a victim OF number
OF hts companions who were playing
Indian with him" Johnnie peegan.
white, and Frank Eldndge and
Thomas Brown. colorcd, all about IS
years old. are locked up in cell ut
the Camden city hall, charged with
being "the 1ndans,"
The lot whore nlnnoy was burned
at the stake utrctohoa from sixth
street TO the wost Jersey railroad aud
fronts ON Mechanic street There Is
u bag factory ON the opposite corner
and the proprietor OF thia factory
utilities the lot 20 dry his haas For
This purpose he has nut In hundreds
Of posts and placed picrea Or SXi
Inch homlooS across the tops OF the
| poatl, To thcao oross pieces are AZ
tnchcd ropes which are used 20 tie
up tho bags whom they are huns out
] TO dry When thcic are no haEn dry.
Ing tho children M the nclrhhorhood
uae the place fer playground and
make swings OF tho ropes,
Kinney and several uthor white boys
aud a number OF culorod lads were
| swinging on tho ropes about u o'clock
! Yesterday morning when johnnie Dee.
| KAN ana two or three chumu Joined
them, necgan had two live mice. He
tied a utring TO their tails and lot
them loune among the boys The mieo
didn't scare them. 80 one OF the hpye
| suggested that they play wild
| Vest pcogan took TO the Idea Tor
| he had boon TO the "Mnd West show
| and had n deco desire TO be a cow
| boy They caught Frank ialdrihRc
| ana tied him az TO one OF the posts
! but he soon wigHlcd out Eldridgc
| then caught Young Kinney aud TAX.
| INK him TO the post whore he had
been tied huNan winding the rope
/ about him. llnnCY lid mot resist
| Hc thought it was all fun, aud
| laughed while the colorvd chpinr was
making him fast After Edrldge
had tied BinneN 30 ne could not move
/ either Bis nrma or his lcgs, he stepped
! back ana gagcd upon hia captive
| the boy began 10 struggle to freo him
/ himself. but he could not loosen the
/ ropes
drm going to play Indian with
you" said illdrldge.
Then he began 60 draw around
| Blnnoy aud glve what he called the
vnrwhoou Some Of tho other boys
| turned Ia with him nud Wcy had "a
| mimic wnrdhnor. white The boy AZ the
atnke laughed at thor antics
"Huild nre; wen burn him at the
stake" ONE Of the boys cried The
variance Rtopprd Immediately El-
bridge IL said TO have aulyod FOR q
match That's whore Johnnie peogan
onmo In. iio produced what he omitted
a 'atmmp Of innsch," but he uAyh
he novor Thought OF burning the boy,
rs II was all IN run -
Tom Brown, nr ''inm.lAt' a. nc y
called by his companions ana Elanua.
gathered some paper nnd placed u hoai
y0una Rlnney's feet This began y
look serious. aud lNnncy stopped laugh
Ing and called upon his oaifnv 20 llhriAtf
him, 40 utt1tion was paid 10 ~ cries
and with thp hoya yUling Ike ypulR ny
cnas the match wus struck aud applied IL
II did NOT take long for the names
40 rcn,'h the boys ripthng, nnd almost
bcloN, his tormcniurs renli2el u ue
rope with which hn win bound '1ughl
tire, nui in another uumvnt us clothes
were ahate, I'm uoy MHlllpy "a F,ln,
nnd hia slrll scrcama wciv Wuinl iles'
ran. l.ldsilrr and the other boss wtr
appalled, I'le pine post 10 which ihe
/ hnV wua tied was The nrhi ihiug "a
catch CIV, aud d looked ns though ~
poor Dad would surely burn 10 death
FINALLY Hnno Of his companions took
of their coats and triod 20 boat the lire
ont Az the while mo burning boy was
Mickng with agony ,.,u,
Geha, cOlofel wnmnp, who was aihnN
al tho window NJ her hnnse dn Mechanic
street She iouked anr0ag the lot and
was hprnhed az srolng TIE boy burn
sam sam. for Coda sake. unl
There's u hoy burning nj O post on thg
loI.' she cried To Ser uncle hnmnoi
Coulter. fir wae bang down 10 another
/ a.. .tf,I 4f.lI alu I.aI
ihe lot, Win Wilhelmtna following With
a plnec 81 carpet by the Zine they
reached the place the ropes had burned
aud although Kinney WIS fre from fhc
post. hig cloflps were still bhkhF. roul.
fer seized ine carpet wrapped Il GROUND
INs did nut seem ig have rho desired
effect, ~ rouiier pulled ont biz knife
anb cnt tho burning clothes from HIM.
| This WAS not such M tngy inak. tor ~
Ue irifd 10 rompre the CLOTHES .he rltin
wonld racl nn. The chsi iad suffered
tho skin. leaving the body Win his un'
derooiothen, Tor he never made an tout
cry
tonlter wrapped him In tieee Of
carpet AMI l0d aim over 10 q house.
/ no sent hiH niece for Hu pihrer anl
Via Ilnnrv nat h. wond kcad hin 10
fha hospital 10 have bis burns dressed.
~ don't unnt 90 so e. % hn5piinli
sid the boy. who vaH bearing up hfuNely.
"f'll 10 i.0me 10 iuy mother, mo viii
i fafn cHro ~ me-
C0nliar again threw ihe carpet Ground
little Binncy and turned him oyer 10 ~
playmatoe. who helped him home. He
walked four squares and meyer wlim-
percd. His mother WAS greatly shocked
when khe saW her clni ma niNloei
Tainted. She reeuFrrcd. though, and sent
one Of the children 40 summon DR. +.
N. Entou A. soon rs The DOCTOR exam-
lnci the huns he pronoucod ilein very
serious and aald h. would have n eeld
Charlie 10 tho h0spitgl lie quickly
dressed the wonrds. which extended from
Inc nnkiea 10 me- face and by the time
he was through thepAtrnl was whiting
n ERE door 10 take ne lad 10 ne lioneo'
pothic hospital
burns would prove fatal They arc,
however very aerifatE. Fr0n lie nnkle
10 he knee Of each ier The outer iayer
81 AKIN haa peeled On The ihlah " each
leg 10 bidiy burned. but he left Il worse
than The right Itlooksd some ~ though
The ieft thlgh II burned 70 fiie bone. Hlr
harse nnd fhfefrfrs arc burned dread
nm, The skin Of The isff baud n dr.
afrore1 eaiireis TIN herh ~ The lrfi
hand vas like 20 much leather think
Z. iunr b. Necessary 10 aiupniais fhqt
hand IIis bodr and neck are badly
hliaored i have rerrf frr1 cnso INIT
Affected me % NH one I'D Fer 9 mn
mont r siftprcd me-. Thou. f0e ! felt
sarrr for tie boz, for n NJ iifca he
,s1i 10 inaioed for lifer
"nid he fnbnic any ~ The famef
eNa think not No vital psri N Tie
/ ber was burned. and tho anif thing We
, 80. a. fear IL the shock 10 hlgurfVoiil