The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-18
MARYLAND VENGEANCE.
lanes Goinss, a Young Negro. Lyuched
by Mob Of Formcrs-A Bravo sa'Sa'
tiOu Lass,

lanes Goinss, a Young Negro. Lyuchcd
by Mob Of Formcrs-A Bravo Saliva
tiOn Lass.
Frederick. Md, Nov. 17.--James 60
inrs. n Young negro, begged food at the
residence of Hamilton Geisbert, near
this csty, Yesterday afternoon. After
eating Voraciously, he assaulted MISS
Lille Jones, whom, he discovered, was
alone in the house. In overcoming the
girls resistance the negro broke her
nose and cut her with a razor. He was
arrested and held for hearing on Mon
day. A few hours later he was taken
from the Jail by a mob and hanged 10
tree on which, a few years ago, the
negro Bigus was lynched for the same
dastardly crime.
1t was early in the afternoon when
Goings knocked at the back door of the
farmhouse of Hamilton Geisbert, about
a mile from town. Miss Lille Jones. a
domestic, answered the summons, and
responded to his appeal for something
to eat by giving him good meal. Ho
ate ravenously and repaid the girls
kindness by assaulting her. She finally
escaped from the house screaming for
helm. Mr. Geisbert was close at hand
and as he appeared the negro fled.
When Mr.. Geisbert reached Miss Jones
she was unconscious, lying in the yard,
her face badly bruised and cut.
Half dozen neighbors were quickly
on the trail of the negro fiend. They
caught him in this city and Sheriff Zim-
norman took him to jail, strong stone
structure, which would, 1t was thought,
withstand the attacks of a mob. Nut
terings and threats of lynching were
heard during the evening as the assault
on Miss Jones began to be generally
known. Crowds began to congregate on
street corners, many of the men coming
in from the farm lands in the country
The report reached the city at II o'clock
that the woman had died from the cuts
and beating inflicted by the negro and
this infuriated the men. There was nc
noise or shouting, but quiet deter
mination to avenge the pooor domestic
was seen in the faces of the sturdy
farmers as they looked up at the Jail
windows
The Jail Attacked.
Shortly before midnight a committee
of half dozen went to the Jail door
and demanded the keys. Sheriff Zim-
norman refused to give them up. There
was another consultation. the word was
passed among the 300 persons. and the
w IL.
AS the leaders reached the stout oaken
side door, Sheriff Zimmerman raised a
window and fired his revolver but no
one was hurt. He also rang the Jail
bell for assistance, but none came In
an instant the Jail door gave way before
the infuriated citizens. A moment later
a dozen stalwart men were hammering
at the door Of Goings cell. While the
negro crouched in corner piteously
begging for mercy, the bars of his cell
We're wrenched from their fastenings
Then he was dragged out of the Jail.
while cries of lynch him. and rope,
rope" filed the air. Some one climbed
an elctric light pole and tore off a rope
which supported a lamp. A moose was
thrown over Goings' head. and he wa
hustled out Of town into an open field.
AS the rope was thrown over the limb
of tree, which had once heretofore
been used by lynchers, Salvation
Army lassie. who had kept by the side
Of the doomed man regardless of the
fact he was about to be hung for an
assault on one of her own sex, asked
permission to pray for him.
1t was solemn moment. Stern faced
men paused while the negro with the
rope about his neck crouched down by
the tree Beside him knelt the brave
little woman and tears dimmed the eyes
of many as she offered up last petit
tion for the condemned man.
After a short prayer the woman arose
and disappeared in the darkness. A
moment more and Goings was suspend
cd in midair. A single shot was fired.
Some one, mercifully inclined, sent n
bullet into Goings' body. 1t pierced his
heart and ended his agony.
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
example of him, and to teach his race
that they must ret the women OF Fred
erick county alone.