The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18
Statement from I. C. Num- IN
Regard to the Lynchmg.


negroes taken out Of Jail and
lynched on Wednesday night,
June the 10Th, 1896,
First ] desire to correct false
statement that has been circulated
by some, perhaps from want Of in-
formation and by some who are
not my friends and for political
purposes, hoping thereby TO injure
me before the good people Of the
county. On arriving at home |
was reliably informed that il had
been reported that / knew all
about the assault on DR.. Wilson's
little daughter, and knew that the
negroes would be lynched, and left
D home to avoid the responsibility
that would be placed upon me. !
desire 10 say that there is not a
word Of truth in the statement and
: that a more unjust and slanderous
report was never told and circulat-
ed on a man than this; when !
left home ] had never heard a
word Of the crime and it had
never been heard Of in Bryan by
e any one up to the time ! left
home. have never shirked or
tried to avoid any responsibility in
my life, andif l had have had the
slightest animation that this lynch
!. ing was coming Off ] would have
d been found at my post Of duty and
would have forfeited my life in the
:. defense Of the prisoners in my
y jail.
Now in regard TO the merits Of
T. this lynching, il does seem TO me
. that under oil the circumstances,
j. that this lynching was certainly
N uncalled for and was net an up.
rising Of the good people of Bra
=, EOS county, while there may have
u been and doubtless were some
good Brazos county people in the
" party, but if reports be true there
OF was certainly some people in the
" crowd who were far from being
:. good citizens. Certainly il is a
dangerous precedent for men Of
this character to take the law in
10 their hands; when such men lead
50 mobs who is safe. Then again
am reliably informed aud believe
er that the party was largely com
. posed Of people Of another county
who came with their shot pms IL
se one hand and dynamite in the
III other 9tfd murder in their hearts,
with determination on the
slightest resistance from the Of.
ficers to blow up and destroy the
Jail, thereby destroying the lives
Of crazy women and other prison.
nj ers confined in Jail on other crimes
=. besides rape; certainly this kind
IN eff conduct can not meet the ap'
proval Of the good citizens Of this
Il county, we certainly have good
An and brave men enough in Brazo'
!" county to protect our homes anC
:, families from the rape fend Of the
country-without calling on tn,
!. lawless element Of any
A other county. Again am tolC
I'd that the father Of the child haC
two Of the negroes in charge anC
81 that they admitted TO him and som,
. of his neighbors that they wer,
n the guilty parties and that his VIII
i. begged him to avenge the wronI
so that had been done their daughte
X and this he refused, and failed /
ar avenge this great wrong, an,
either turned the negroes loose o
pm p, let them get away and come /
:" town. II there was any prope
,as time for the lynching, this mus
have been the time. In conclu
sion | will say that no man has
ne higher regard Tor the fair wome
OF this county :han myself an
In. am always willing to sacrifice m
ing life ir needs be to protect tn
homes aud virtue Of our peopl
at and no man has greater horro
ri ola rape iend than ] have,or woul
ad do more to see that justice wa
~ summary meeted out To all sucl