Evening star., 1896-07-04

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Taken From the Jail.
Peyton then gave up the keys, but re-
fused to open the locks. One of the crowd
did so. and the lynchers proceeded to Ran
dolph's cell and opened that The negro
yelled Justify, and his shrieks could be
heard pleading for mercy and asseverat-
ing his innocence. He was struck on the
head with great force and in the face. and
was then dragged, bleeding copiously
from the cell and from the JAIL and out
through the yard and by the rear, through
Dr. Warheld's lot to a private road leading
to the residences of Mrs. r. T. veirs and
Mr. Edward F. Droop. where spring wa
gon was in waiting near the residence Of
ex-Stav.'s Attorney E. c. Peter. He was
placed in this and driven to the Anderson
place by a circuitous route. where a large
crowd was IN waiting. Here a rope was
placed around his neck and swung over a
limb of chestnut tree, the end of the
rope being tied to hickory tree nearby.
ten minutes and then hung motionless
with his feet but three feet from the
ground Here his body was found at $50
O'Clock by Messrs. Minor Anderson and
Benjamin Riggs.
The mob wore handkerchiefs around their
faces and heads, and were otherwise dis
guised. false mustache being found in the
Jail after they had departed. The lynchers
also left at the Jail cold chisel of peculiar
design, heavy crowbar upon which
points had been freshly welded and which
heavy new pickax head was found at the
place of hanging.
Scene at the Inquest.
At o'clock this morning Magistrate
Charles Jones impaneled jury, composed
of E.. c. Riggs. foreman. Samuel Soper,
George Emerich. Thos. Mccullough Thos
W Stonestreet. Joseph D. Moulden, F. Cush-
man Braddock. Wallace E. Ricketts, VIM r.
humphrey. Lawrence Flack, Samuel A.
Matlack and Charles Ogden. The justice
and jurymen proceeded to the scene of the
iynching, where Randolph's body was still
suspended The scene was striking one
Ihere was an immense crowd in attend
ance. which had been attracted by curios-
ry, and IL was motley throng. Farmers
IN tnelr wagons, summer boarders in car
riaSes. men. women and boys in vehicles
On horseback. with bicycles and on foot
We're massed In great circle surrounding
the body Randolph had been hung as
before Suited, on a chestnut tree. 1t stood
within ten reSt of the public road in full
view of all passes. The bushes In the
immediate vicinity ariI. the condition of
Randclph's clothing shower he had made
a firal desperate struggle for his ne. The
bushes We're broken and the blue hic.>rry
shirc and brown overalls in which the vic
TIM was dressed We're almost torn off him.
his hercuiean frame hung HstleSs, and his
powerful arms were scratched where he had
fought for existence. There was a deep
cut In the back of his head, where he had
peeH StFuck AT tne jail so as to quiet him,
and the wound on his hand where he was
shot when he was captured had been torn
open In his efforts TO free himself Ran
dolphs tongue was hanging out. and bloody
saliva had fallen upon his hickory shirt
II was evident that he had been hastily
pulled up and strangled. His legs had
been securely tied together at the knees
and ankles with pieces of tarred rope and
the rope with which he was hung was
brand new and about five-eighths of an inch
In thickness. After the jury viewed the
body the inquest was adjourned to 3
o'clock this afternoon at the court house in
Rockville.
Chastity MemcntOs.
The body was then cut down and i'm
mediately the rope was seized and cut
into little pieces, a hundred or more NOR
bid men eagerly struggling to secure por-
tions as ghastly mementos. The re-
mains were then removed to Rockville and
placed in W. r. Humphreys undertaking
establishment, where they were viewed
by scores of people of all coIors. 1t was
said this afternoon this dispatch was
written that sensational DEVELOPMENTS
would be made at the inquest this even
ing.
LynchinE Carefully Planned.
In some circles here The lynching of
Randolph last night did not come entirely