New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-10
CHAINED UP AND BURNED
HORRIBLE VENGEANCE OF MOB.
TWO SEMINOLE INDIANS PUT TO DEATH IN 4
BARBARoUs MANNER FOR KILLING
A wOMAN-THE MOB LOOK
ING FOR OTHERS.

Little Rock Ark. Jan. 9-Charred and burned
beyond all semblance Of human beings the
bodies Of Marcus McGeisey ard Palmer Simp-
son. two Seminole Indians who a few days ago
murdered Mrs James Simmons. are still reclin-
ing in chains against the blaokened trunk of an
oak tree in the Seminole Nation. where on Fri
day night they met awful death.
According to the latest information the mobs
work Is not yet finished. and will be completed
only when four more Indians have been dealt
with in the same manner as McGeisey and
Simpson. The citizens posse was securing the
country for the four when the messenger
left Maud. and It Is probable that at least part
of the quartet have by this time paid the pen
atty decreed by the mad populace.
The crime which led to the burning Of the
two men was committed on last Thursday.
Marcus McGeisey was the owrer Of some prop
erty. On his land lived a white family named
Simmons. In the absence Of the husband on
Thursday McGeisey went to the Simmons cabin
and asked for drink Of water. Mrs. Simmons
was at home with her four small children. The
Indian got the water. and he then asked for a
saddle. On being refused. McGesey grabbed
the woman. who had her baby in her arms. and
dragged her out Of the house. When the woman
attempted to run away the Indian seized a
Winchester rife and dealt her a blow on the
head, crushing the skull. The woman died in
stantly. The murdered womans husband did
not return home Thursday evening, and the
children were unable TO move the body into the
house from where it had fallen in the yard
The news Of the murder spread rapidly, and
the whole populace for twenty miles around was
aroused. About twenty Indians were arrested.
The oldest child told the crowd that McGeisey
the guilty man, and posse Of twenty de-
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al McGeiseY's home when the posse arrived.
and both were taken into custody. cope was
procured and the prisoners were strung up by
the neck. on being let down both confessed
TO the crime and named four others who they
declared We're equally guilty. II developed that
the Indians desired to get rid of certain white
settlers and that McGeissy had been hired to DO
the murder
Poses were Il once sent IN search Of the other
four Indians. as Il was decided to have a whole
sale lynchinC soon as they could he capt
ured. As night on. however and the
other four We're not captured, the citizens
changed their plan and determined TO dispose
of McGeisey and Simpson without further de-
Law The feeling was bitter that the crowd
would not be satisfied with the ordinary method
Of lynChng and II was voted to burn them at
the stake The victims were accordingly
chained TO an oak tree. Fence rails and dry
wood were then piled high above them, and in
a few minutes the Indians were wrapped IN
roaring flames while the timbers cracked be-
Meath their feet. Never a word did the Indians
utter while being roasted alive. The crowd was
composed Of not over thirty men. and the Work
was done in a quiet but thorough manner.
The man bringing this Information says that
there is grave fear Of an outbreak among the
Indians