The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-17
LYNGHING HORROR
Negro Criminal FrightfulIy Tor
turod Before Hanging.
HIS EARS AID FINGERS CUT OK,
And After a Halt Hours suffering
Ho is strung Up to a Telegraph Pole
and His Body lIiddlod wIrh bullets,
Ono orths Most BarbarIo incidents
Ever Witnessed GA American Soil.

MGurHs, TRSS., Oct l6.--J0tiersan
Ellis, the FAyetlee county negro, was
strung to a Telegraph pole at lao this
morning by three hundred and dity
men wllhin two hundred yards Of the
scene Of his crimo. Before hanging the
negro. tho mob cut OF both HE ears and
all OF his iingers, and mutiIStel him in
a horrible aud unmerciiul manner The
mob, with their prisoner, reached the
home Of his victim. Miss Prater, Soon
attOr midnight The young woman
identified him as her asiailaul. As
/ soon as this was done an armed squad
OF mon took Ellis from Constable Far
row aud started with him for tho pike.
where the public Rad crosses tho
lausyilla x NasRyilla railway. A big
| tira had been builg at this place anI
| around Il thR mob gathered IN u circle,
The handcutlrd negro was on he knees
before tho lire. The leaders Of tie MOB
told Ellis to pray. Nv, no looked at them
in = siuDid manner. l'eing told that TO
was about TO die no raised his voice IN
a negro hymn. Ey tie time lIo dashed
the mob was looking ugly. lie iiercsv
element were in control. CTiei OF "buvn
him" were heard on al slls'. lHis
fearful ato would probably have been
fortunate Tor tue negro - subsequent
events proved Amid tho shout OF tho
mob a man jumped to the negro'a side
with q drawn Eniic in his hand,
Cut oil his care" they cried. Give
me fnger!' shouted Que m4u.
81 want ,humbr cried another
Tue better element in the crowd drew
Oh at thus and said they were not 10
favor OF doinc anything but hanging the
negro, The protells were not noticed,
Being urged on by the hereest Of the
crowd, the man with the knife Gu. oil
tue nsgro's right ear aud held up tns
bleeding trophy in view OF the crowd.
/ he negro screamed from his torture,
but his other eur was cut oil few min.
utes later. The mob becsme maddened
AZ the sight Of this work aud those who
were mutilating the negro found ample
encouragement. They next cut OF all
his GngerS and otherwise mullla,ed
him. The negro was covered with blood
and his head looked like 1t had been
scalpei. The mob was not even then
WiIliHg 20 end the HegF8'4 agony.
hey made him stand 40 go all the
crowd could sec him. Finally, iully
thiTly.fve minutes after tho torture, tile
rope was put around his neck. he irco
end was taken bg man, who quickly
climbed telegraph pole and threw 1t
over the cross arm. The crowd crkel
the negro to the top OF the pole. AMI
while the mob shouted the bleeding
aud nutilated form was swung to tue
cross arm.
Afterwards the negro was lowered 20
the ground aud hs head cut from his
BODY with pocket kuiyeL The moose vac
lhen put over tho feet OF the headle''
body aud 1t was again Swnns NJ. II IL
intended to send tho head TO the family
OF the little girl the negro attempted 20
aSsault last saturday in Alis,isHppi. \
placard was pu! on tie negro's body
bearing these words:
death tothe man whocuts him down
before $3.50 thii evening
No doubt tile injunction OF the mob
will be obeyed. aud the passengers on
tue Louisville K Nashville trains to-day
will be able to see thGhorriblo sight Tao
point where the lynchiug occurred IL a
cross road called Clifton summit The
mob iispsrIed after doing Ia work,
JEFF Ellis on the afternoon OF October
,. criminally assaulted Miss Bette
Praior IN tho presence Of tho latter's
two li:tle sisters. Ito escaped from q
mob which had gathered 10 lynch him
that night, but hr va. uursGel until lie
was captured Moniar noar Mount
Pleasant, Miss. No confessed to tHs As.
sanlt upon Mss PRier, to ,hn Assault.
ing aud numbering OF Nn Wilcox. Of
ihc same nstgUbJthold, two yUars ago,
and TO an attempted as,aul. upon lti.
tic girl IN Mi-s8s'pni Willie ho WAS Try.
iIg 10 escape from tho mob.