Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-16
In The HANDS OF A MOB,
A Negro Criminal Tortured and Mutt.
lated Before Daalh.
liars, Fingers ana oihsr organs OF the
nody cut on aad tho bleeding rrsg.
msn,. Held Up 10 view.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, oct. l0.-Jolor'on
Ellie. the La Fayettc county rhpist.
was strung to telegraph pole at lao
this morning by $50 men within two
hundred yards OF the sosne OF his
crime. Before hanging tho negro. the
mob cut oil both his ears aud ali OF his
fingers. and mutila,ed him In a horri.
bio and unmeroiful manner. The mob
with their prisoner reached tho home
Of his victim, Miss Prster, soon after
midnight. The young lady identified
him M her assailant. AZ soon Ne this
was done M armed squad Of mrn took
Ellis from Constable FATrow aud
started for ths Pike where the public
road crosses the Louisvills and Nash
Vile railroad. Here there Is also n
telegraph pole. A big fire had been
built At tho place and around II tn 10
mob gathered In circle. The hand.
cuffed negro was on his knees before
the fire. The leadefa OF tho mob told
Ellis TO pray, but he only looked at
them Ia n stupid manuer. Beiug told
that he was about TO die, he raised his
voice In n negro hymn, and by tho
time he had finished the mob was
looking ugly. The fiercer element
were 10 complete control. Cries OF
"butn him" were heard on all sides.
THIS fearful fate would probably have
been fortunate for the negro, ~ subsc.
quent events proved.
Amid tho shouts Of tho mob man
jumped 10 this negro's sldo with n
drawn knife Ia bis hands.
"Cut OF his care" they cried.
"Giye mo a finger" shouted one
msn.
~ want n thumb" cried another.
The better element In the crowd
drew of vt this time and ssid they
were not IN iavor OF doing anything
but hanging the negro. Tne protests
wsre not noticed. Being urged on by
the nercest In the crowd the man
with the kuiie cut on the negro's right
ear aud held up the bleeding trophy In
iull View of the crowl.
The negro screamed from his torture,
but his other ear was cut Ufi few mo-
msnts later. The mob became madden
At the sight ofthis work anu those who
were mutilAting the negro found ample
encouragement. They next cut of all
his fingers, and tehriRg away part OF
his clothing they mutilated him In y
horrible manner.
II was fully 35 minutes after the tor.
tufe began when the rope was put
around the negro's neck. The tele.
graph pole was 20 feet away. The free
end OF the rope was taken by q mau
who climbed the telegraph pole aud
threw IL over the cross arm. Tho
crowd Jerked the negro 10 within q foot
ofthc pole, aud while the mob shouted
the bleeding and mutilaied form was
swung 10 the cross arm. The negro
was lowered to tho ground later aud
his head cut from his body with pocket
knives. The moose was then Put over
tho feet aud the hsRdless body sgAin
swung up. II Ia intended 10 send the
head TO the family OF the little girl the
negro attempted TO assault, on 6AtuT-
day, In Mississippi. A plAcard was
put on the negr0's body bearing the
words: "Desth TO any man who outs
him iowa before $3.50 this EVENING"
Passengers on the Louisville aud Nash
willie trains today may sec the horrible
sight.
The point where the lynching oc-
Cured Ia n cross road called Clifton
summit. Jef Ellis, on tho afternoon
OF October 8, oriminally assaulted Miss
Rettie Pralrr In the presence OF the
laitei's two little sisters. lie was pur-
sued until captured on Monday near
Mount Pleasant Miss. He confessed
10 the assault upon Miss Prater, the
Outrage anu murder OF Mrs. Wilcox, OF
tue Same neig hhorhood two years ago,
and the attempted assault upon u little
girl IN Mississippi, while trying TO es-
cape from the mob.
President Cleveland Goes 20 Atlanta.
WAsHISdroN, OCT. l6.-rhs Prssi-
dent, with ths members OF his cabinet
snu iAu's, On
MONDAY night anu srhve AT Atlanta
=. h.,,t mann on pusHuay THAI x.tli