Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-08-22
OFFICERS AND PRISONER LEFT
THE TRAIN AT NEW FLOR
ENCE AND WERE DRIV-
ING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
Hanged at 1O'Clock ThursdayMorning,
Nine Miles East of Fulton-The
Mob Met With No Resist
ance From the Two
Deputies.

morning at the bridge that
crosses the stream at Calwood, in
Galloway County, nine miles east of
Fulton.
AS stated in Wednesdays daily
LEDGER the mob was on the lookout
for him and every avenue leading into
Fulton was closely guarded.
Deputies Buckner and Buchanan
brought Divers out of st. Louis We'd
nesday afternoon on the Montgomery
accommodation and left the train at
New Florence. Late in the evening a
conveyance was secured and officers
and prisoner started for Fulton, know
ing full we'll that Divers was being
taken to his doom.
Near the little hamlet of Calwood
the party was surrounded by the mob,
the deputies made no resistance, a
rope was brought into play, one n
of which was tied around the negroes
neck and the other fastened to the
bridge, and he was forced to jump in
to eternity.
The mob was quiet but determined
and the deputies knew it would be
useless to attempt to defend their
prisoner.
Arrangements had been made to
burn Divers in the cabin where he
committed the bloody deed, but the
enraged mob thought as the time was
opportune he had better be disposed
of then and there.
Emmett Divers confessed that he
outraged Mrs. j. W. Cain near Fulton,
at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning, July
%, and then cut her throat eight
times.
No more fiendish crime of the kind
ever occurred in Missouri. The vic
tim of the negro's lust was a fine look
| ing young woman, only Is years OF
age. She was married to j. w. Gain,
a prosperous young farmer living five
miles from Fulton, last May. TIT
negro entered the house when the
young woman was alone, felled her tc
the floor with his fist, tied her righ1
hand and neck with a rope, outraged
her, murdered her, and walked cody
away. In the terrible struggle which
she made for her honor the young
woman's right thumb was severed a
the second joint by the large knife
which the negro carried in his hand
After he emerged from the house hi
wiped the blood from the weapon will
his handkerchief and returned both t.
his pocket. His shirt vas coveret
with blood and one of the buckles wa
torn from his suspenders. 1t wa
found beneath the body of the muir
dered woman.
In his confession Divers said: I"
left home about 9 O'Clock in the morn
ing to look for work. / reached tn
Cain house about an hour later. Tn
door was open and / walked in. Th
woman was sitting by the bed cuttln
out quilt pieces. | asked her If Their
was anybody there but her. She sal
no. l asked her to give me the rim
she had on her finger. She said sh
didn't want me to have it. l the
started to take it away from her an
got it off her finger. 1t dropped
the floor. / then Rocked her dow
with my fist. She started to get VI
1 saw a rope lying on a chair and tie
her right hand to keep her from tigh1
, ing me. then put the rope aroun
her neck and drew it as tight as
could. She kept trying to fight N
and / cut her throat"
AfterWard Divers admitted that
outraged Mrs. Cain before he kille
her.
g Just after the deed was committe
Sheriff Windsor, fearing a mob ar
= desiring to uphold the dignity of tt
law, spirited the negro away fro
Fulton. He was brought to Mexic'
and still fearing a mob, he was take
to Bowling Green. From there he WI
taken to New London and later to Il
-Four Courts prison in st. Louis, wheI
he remained until removed by Dep
! ties Buckner and Buchanan Wedne
day evening.
: HOW THE JOB WAS DONE.
l The Auxyasse RerieW of Thursda
in it's account of the lynching of Di'
ers, says:
j, Ed. Buckner and John Buchani
, were sworn in as special deputies
bring the negro from st. Louis.
, Mr.. Buckner left Auxvasse Tuesdi
morning, ostensibly for Keytsvill
t and Mr.. Buchanan left Mokane t
: same day. These gentlemen met
ST. Louis and on Wednesday afte
noon at 4 O'Clock they left st. Lot
with their prisoner. They came
way of the Wabash on the Montgol
cry accommodation and stopped
New Florence, in Montgomery Cou
ty. From New Florence they start
. with the prisoner overland to Fulte
}, a distance of 35 miles. The deput
=, knew the stations from Montgome
= City up were closely guarded a
;. thought to avoid the mob by leavi
the train at New Florence.
They proceeded on their way i
molested until they came to DIR. J.
It Tate's place, two miles and a b
west OF Calwood, where they W,
. halted by a band of fifty or m,
masked men.
Mr. Buckner said the negro v
asleep when the halt was made O
!. did not appear to be much disturb
u when he knew what was up. I
r: negro was the coolest man in
= crowd.
!. The masked men commanded