The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1895-11-18
AN UNMASKED MOB
Deals Out Justice to a Mary
land Outrager.
WARNING TO SUCH NEGROES.

Not in a Spirit of NJ sdness, but Simply to
Make an Example of the Brute, the
with Neatness sAd Dlspatch-But One
Shot Fired.
FREDERICK, Md, Nov. 1S.-James Go
lngs, who assaulted Miss Lille Jones at
the home of Hamilton Geisbert, near
this city, Saturday night, was taken
from the Jail by mob of 300 men Sun.
day and hung to a tree in field on the
Jefferson turnpike, one mile from the
city.
A report reached the city about mid
night that the woman had died from
the cuts and beating inflicted by the ne
gro, and this Infatuated the men, who
had been gathering in the streets, and
discussed the outrage.
A mob was quickly gotten together,
and unmasked, but armed with revolv-
ers, the men marched to the Jail. They
had previously broken into a machine
shop in the neighborhood of the Jail and
procured sledges, crow bars and files.
They made at once for the door on the
west wing of the jail, and began to bat
ter upon it.
Fully 20 shots were fired from the
windows above by Sheriff A. H. Zim-
norman and his deputies, but the mob
paid no attention to them, and went on
with their work. The Jail bell was rung
to summon assistance, but none came.
In 20 minutes the large door panels
gave way under the heavy blows, and
l,o oh h,,,,c int fha Tl,axy
quickly overcame the slight resistance
the officers on the inside were able to
offer and found the cell in which Go
ings, covering and crying was confined.
The lock was opened, the bolt swung
back, and the trembling wretch seized
and dragged out in his night clothes
md stocking feet.
In the meantime the friends of the
lynchers on the outside had lowered an
electric lamp near the Jail, and cut the
rope from it, eXtinguishing the light.
Goings was led out amid the bowls of
the crowd, the rope placed around him,
and he was hurried down the road to
his place of doom.
He protested his innocence as they
dragged him along and begged them
not to kill him. He was promptly rec
ognized by number of men who knew
him, and the mob did not hesitate in it's
work
Arrived at the tree, the negro was
asked to confess, but this he would not
do. Two officers of the Salvation Army
asked to be allowed to pray with him,
and their request was granted. The
Lords prayer was then repeated and
the negro and most of the crowd
joined in.
Goings' feet and hands were then tied
and the rope was then drawn around
his neck. A man seized the other end
of it, climbed the tree and threw the
cord over a limb.
"Let him CO." was shouted, and quick
as flash he was jerked from his feet
and hung dangling in the air six feet
from the ground. One shot was fired
into his body and in a few minutes he
was dead. The mob during the process
of lynching observed order; none were
allowed to fire at him except the one.
A member of the mob made brief
speech, in which he said that they were
there with the unfortunate wretch, not
in a spirit Of malice, but to make an ex-
ample of him, and teach his race that
they must let the women of Frederick
county alone.
ne dSSdulG LOT WHICH 0OlnBs SuIerou
death was a cruel and dastardly one.
Miss Jones has Is cuts and stab wounds
on her body where he hacked at her
with knife and razor. She says he
asked her for something to eat, and
when she gave it to him, he said:
II will give you dollar"
She screamed and ran 80 feet down
the garden, where he overlook her,
knocked her down and cut her, also
crushing her nose.
The field in which the negro was
lynched is the same spot the negro Big
gus was lynched on in November, 1887.
After watching the body swing, and in
a few minutes the crowd left it dangling
there, and dispersed.