San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-21
GOT QUICK JUSTICE.
NEGRO RAPE FIEND AIKEN FROM
JAIL AND STRUNG UP. .
Although he Protested His Innocence, His
Neck Paid the Penalty and His Body
Left as a Warning to Others.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 21.-A special
TO the COmmercial-Appeal from May
field, KY, says:
Sheriff Cook and w. A. Usher arriv-
ed in this city yesterday morning ear
ly on the Cannon Ball having in
charge Jim Stone, the rapist, who has
been in Louisville for the past two
weeks. Stones trial was set for
Tuesday. Dec. %, in the Circuit court.
III. J. Morgan and Gus Thomas had
been appointed to defend the negro
by the court and were in close consul
tation with him nearly the entire day.
Stone was charged with criminally as
saulting Mrs. J. NJ. X. Greene, at her
residence in this city, on the night Of
November "a, and was arrested by
Sheriff Cook the day after the crime
was committed.
Stone denied his guilt but the evil
dence was overwhelmingly against
him. His preliminary hearing was set
for the 9th and the prisoner taken
to the county Jail for safe keeping.
On the afternoon of the 25th. the Off
GERS visited the jail to prevail upon
Stone to waive examination. He was
bound over to await the action Of the
grand jury without trial.
An order was received from Judge
Moss to take the prisoner to Paducah
for safe keeping and Sheriff Cook,
with a number of deputies started for
the depot with the prisoner to take the
local freight for that place. When
the train arrived the officers placed
the prisoner in the caboose and a few
minutes later mob of about one hun
dred determined men surrounded the
car and demanded the negro. The
sheriff refused to give up the negro,
and the mob was preparing to over,
turn the ear when Mr. Greene, the
husband of the victim, appeared at the
side door of the ear and urged the
crowd to let the prisoner depart in
peace. His advice was granted and
the train pulled out of the yard and
the negro was safely landed in the Pa,
ducah Jail.
That evening over 100 well armed
men went TO Paducah for the purpose
of lynching Stone. but the McCracken
county officials had been notified of
their intentions and upon arriving al
the Paducah Jail the negro could not
be found and the crowd returned to
Mayfield. Two days later Stone was
removed to Louisville, it not being
deemed safe to keep him longer in the
Paducah jail.
Sheriff Cook left for Louisville on
Saturday morning and in a few hours
his departure was well known all over
Graves county. When he arrived with
the prisoner this morning several un,
known men were at the depot and fol,
lowed the officer to the county jail
and during the entire day the jail
was closely watched to see that the
prisoner was not again moved away
Word was received just before dark
last night to the effect that MOB OF
800 men were moving on the county
iail from the north and half the peo'
ME residing in the city remained up
i'm authorization of the expected event
Last night at 1890 a mob of about
ZOO masked men assembled a few hun
dred wards from the court house and
marched onto the county Jail, and
breaking the door of the prison down
entered and secured the negro VINO
had committed the horrible deed. He
was carried to the court yard and
swung up to limb at 2 o'clock this
morning and several of the mob fired
shot through his body.
The Tailor attempted to defend the
negro, but the mob demanded him In
such a manner that he was forced to
surrender.
The negro made statement to the
effect that another negro had com
mitted the crime, but the mob paid NO
attention to his words. The negro
offered prayer while knives were
plunged into his body, but to no
avail. The men were convinced OF
his guilt and acted accordingly. A
placard was pinned on his body TO the
effect that he should not be taken
down until IL o'clock today. To the
placard was added the names of sew