The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-18
MEATH FOR TIIENEGR0
r.lsu From Jail and Hanged
BY a Maryland Mob.
- sso ASSAULTED A WOMAN.
,,ot Was Very Orderly and the
Body. Dangling From the h'pe'
ua- shot by But one Man.

..s.s.k. sd. Noy. lI-James Goings.
go tlssd Miss Lille jones ~ tne
80 asfs,,flfr,7 Cie.sbert. near this place.
=. - waz taken from ths yaia -
-. "a -oer thlg morning and hanged
nco Z. 4, : fed on the Jefferson turn
: RTE from tae city. report
30. - elfv about midnight that fhe
80 - aied from the cuts and healing
rell@.. - sba negro. and Infatuated men
..stberfug in the streets and dis
a<ssa 80 afgtrsge. mob was quickly
fass..s .1,ether. ard unmasked but armed
fss1 rsvglvpFs. the men marched TO the
a. ~-ae,g bad previously broken into a
- shan In The nelghnorhood OF the
So ,-orf,red sledges. crowbars and
4hev made a. once for the door q
.es+ wing o. the jail and began to
SO txsnfy sfcts were fired from win
-. shove BY Sheriff A Fl. zimmerman
- s,s deputies. bat the mob paid no at
- u fhsu and went on with their
- the faf bell was rung 10 summon
sss..,~e INT none came. IN twenty min
-. - large door panels gave Ray undsr
=. ks.yv blows and the mob burst into
-eyrsdor. They quickly overcame the
-. ~assstanee the officers or the inside
80 srsr and found the cell In which
rs-vv covering and crying. was confined.
80 vas opened. the bolts pushed back,
- - trembling wretch dragged out in
=. ,iabt clotheB and stocking feet. In the
-s,e.5,se the friends Of the lynchers on
- s.sssAe had lowered an electric lamp
=, 10 fail ard had cut the rope from
!. ,,sagassafng the light Goings was
"a =. amid the howls OF the crowd. the
= .as placed around him. and he vas
.e-sss down the road to bis place OF
assn
"a ssosa,ed his Innocence as they drag
sd An aIong. and begged them not TO Kill
Ar ne VAS promptly recognized by a
.~saAs, 81 men who knew him. and the
rsb ai not hesitate in It's work Arriy-
rsygg Al TIE tree. the negro vas asked 70
ssaiess. but This he would not d.. Two
sfessrs Of the Salvation Army asked "a
! ag9aed pray with the man, and their
,ssusst was granted The lords prayer
rss than repatad and the negro and most
:, The crowd Joined In. Golngs' feet and
Aas3s we're then tied and the rope drawn
sroand his neck. A man seized the other
al. climbed the tree and threw the cord
ever limb. Let him CO. was shouted,
ara quick az a fash the wretch was jerk
= from his feet and left dangling in the
az slx feet from tho ground. one shot
Fas fred into his body and In few MN
siss he was dead.
The mob during the progress OF the lynch
TX observed the orders OF a leader. No
ere was allowed 70 fire at him except one
mar. A member Of the mob made brief
speech in which he said they hanged the
unfortunate wretch. not In a spirit Of mall
ioe but 10 make an example Of him, and
10 teach his race that they must let the
samsn ~ Frederick county slorn.
The assault for which Goings suffered
sssth was q cruel and dastsriiv one. Miss
Jones had eighteen cuts and stab wounds
on her body. whore he hacked her with
knife and razor. She says he asked
her for something 20 eat and when she
gave It 10 him he said. 81 VIII give you
dollar" She screamed and ran fifty feet
down the garden. where ne overlook her.
knocked her d0wH and eut her. also crush
lng her nose The field Ia which the ne
gro VAS lynched Is the same spot where
De negro Bggus was lynched Ia Nove1l-
Ag, iss7, After watching the body swing
- air a few minutes the crowd left
angling there and dispersed.