Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-12-16
WHOLESALE lYNCHINC.
Lawrence County. Mississippi the
Scene OF the Hanginxs
>t~ry sf ths fd~nfiassfis.a 90 the >~xru
Nsrisrsr SD ,h~ t'ts.. IN ui. n*hsif.
The Hu-a~sad .sd fathsr - th-
Ntstiss. Itft. uts Noiv~ against
Summary rant.hw~ot.

wt,-eN. ~, . onr . The mos,
s'rs.rs"us and inhuusn murders ever
ucari II was committed laz' nighs In
the svizc ~ simpson csaniy, ~.ssue tw~n-
q miic> frsin h-rc. EroWn smith
farmer. icst his family At his house IN
thc country 10 ~ - town for shopping
purT-rs>. thinking .: NJ ps>>il'se dan
gcr for ,h-m. This morning when he
rciarued Dr. found hs> wife and i've
childr,n w.l;cring in their blc--i. and
sppsr.ntly all dead.
Oae of the little girls, supposed this
morning ;o have bssn dead. has revived
srneuah ~ tell What She knew u the
l---ufrcu,c. 81. ~ she ku-.scs the
rnsn Sh.. c..,umi,tssi the drcsl. thS; II
vas ne.-r,,. aut described him
!, 8, gr,atly feared ,ha, wholc>alc
iynching may take plaev in that neigh
l-srh,--i A. ;hc ccuntry j. excited t.
the hirhrs; pitch
wh~iss.I- Isa~hssx-
NILSSON. Ms. ~. IA gcntl~unan
M am,,i McBri.ic. VIII, l,ft the >.-cne II
the murder of the smith family. twenty
miles east - h.rc. At . o'cl,--S this
aftcrn,-,u. has ju>t reached herr. Nr
Mcisrisle says a mob - i.eso men has
formed and that wholesale iynehing
i taking place in ,ha; scighhprho--i-
tyH~Aiax Of I-wI.
EEn~SuAvEN. Mss. hsc- Ia t'l,ii-
,is-usi details 0t the murier - Mr.
l;rpNa smith snd her four ehildr,u. in
t-awrcnoc county, ai-pu, ,Nsuiy-fiur
miles eas, q this place, "n las' Nesine>-
dsy ami th, subsequent lvaching - the
supposed murderer. were rcccived 10
dav.
After capturing CAarley Lewis. the
allie ss,l murderer the mob placei him
alonE-sisie several other negr-rS and
asked the little girl. who e~eap-d the
mur,icrcr 70 pick cut the one who
KILLED her mother. She at ot,ce T-siui,t
- Lewis This strong evidence - the
mob made !, difficult for sheriff t;aS~ell.
80 Muntie.-ilo, to indus, the p--'Plc 10
turn Lewis over To- him fur ssfcsceping.
lis ASSUMED them he would hsvc the
Negro at I;snksion Ferry yesterday
usal niuy At o. O'Clock fur trial
A. prosnis.,i. h. arrived iherc ca
time with lewis. and another ulsh q
tao hundr,sl msn. arme-i with shui-
guns and winch,>ter>. me, him On the
opposite t0nk of the river.
>pc,ches Ncre mad. b e'-s,-heads.i
men. amoug them l-~iug lIoa- y Z.
wcather>hv. ss.nat.,r frssn I.aWrvner
county. and Rev. nrummensis- a Meth
csi.st preacher. who Pleadc,i ele-Iuently
for fh, negro, life
~ tzrsp=vt.d fi~.-
Er,svn smith. the man y vhase family
va murdered and Who should. -
sa.ur~s.. have frl; the mo>i agsrs~vssi.
got uprn the water shelf - the little
story gallery and pleaded with the
eg,ssssl Ia =. patien; and not - rush
hastily into thinE they NIGH, rrgrs.t-
IT., sail that y lille he did nu; doabi his
ehilds word. Yet she WAS - Young there
was a possibility that she might have
l-.en mistaken. lie said therc Was
NfsAtaF AitHE lA@AAtAN t-'AIAaAa~ ." a. ~ -
breast whfh did NO, exactly satisfy
him about the matter.
The. words II Smith did mors, Ia luiei
ths. mob than anything el>s-. hut 1t-ont
tina, time rain eommeuc,Si to T-,uT doN n
| in torrents. and those Nho eould. ;.'-
ceiher with the prisoner. sought shell
Ter inside the >tnrc. A. ~-sn a. the
rain stopped an at,emps was made To-
lDla court. hu, this was >rDn faund "a
l., impossible
After parieying for >.isne time the
l,,as,. under the leadership - a few de-
t.rrnins.l rurn. mad, rush for the ne
rr,a aud >neces~issi in getting him frsssn
tie. deputies after a hard struggle
They pu, plow line around the nessFe' :
neck and ran up the hill with him lie
wa> put on a big black horse and driven
under ,ree. After the halter Was faS-
tcued ta linb the horse Wa driven
from under him Ilis feet touched the
| ground. but he was strsngiing. and Mr..
Arlington. one Of the LAWYERS. and an
other man. cut him down IL. cUu.i
NJ, >psak. The crowd allowed him "a
d. revived aud then hung hiln in earn
es, tiis b,Sly was left hanging by the
rzd>iir. Lewis denied his guilt so the
last
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