The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-09
NEGRO LYNCHED AT GRIFFIN.
HANGED TO A TREE AND RIDDLED
WITH BULLETS.

Assault on the 5-Year OLD Daughter
of n Farmer the Crime That Cost
Him His Iife-Omccrs OVerPOVveF-
ed as they Were ON the Way to
Nail with the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Inclined to Hang the brute on the
Main street of the City, But Were
Dissuaded From Doing SO.
Griffin. Ca. Aug. s.-John Meadows, a
negro. who yesterday attempted 10 as
sauh the seven-year-old daughter OF Ben
son Camp. at Carmel, a small place near
Griffin. was hanged on the edge of town
To-day and The body riadied with bullets.
The negro was arrested this morning in
NIeriwether county. and, in charge of Two
sypards. was placed in a buggy and start
ed for Griffin.
Arriving in the city the negro suddenly
sumpea from the buggy and escaped.
During the afternoon he applied at
farm house for something TO eat and was
entertained by member Of the family
who recognized him, while word was sent
10 Griffin. Meadows was arrested without
trouble, but while on the way TO jail here
the officers We're overpowered 10y mob
of about $50, who took the negro and
hanged HIM.
Mr.. Camp is a prosperous farmer living
near Sullivan's mill, in Pike county
twelve miles southwest of Griffin.
John Meadows the culprit that paid the
penalty to-day for the crime, was about
80 years old. of a dark ginger cake color
He had been employed for eight or ten
months as a farm hand on the plantation
of Mr.. Camp
II had been the custom Of Mr.. Camp
TO keep one of the hands employed on
Sundays to feed the stock and look after
the place.
Yesterday being Meadows day on duty
he was feeding the stock at dinner time
when Mrs. Camp sent Dora TO the barn 10
get some eggs from hen nest there. IL
was then the dastardly crime was com
mitted.
Mr. Camp was away at the time and
was sent for. He soon arrived and search
ing parties were organized and were soon
securing the woods.
News reached this city this afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. 1t was said Meadows came
this way and in a short while the town
was in a fever of excitement Every sta
BILE horse, private conveyance and bicycle
was in use by searching parties.
At o'clock the crowd had gathered
again on Hin street to report what news
they could gather concerning the direction
taken.
II was then reported by cyclist that
negro answering to the description had
been caught just out of the city on Poplar
street.
with a yell the crowd started in that
direction, but before they could reach the
spot two of Grifhn's policemen had arriv-
ed and were on their way TO the jail.
At the corner of Hill and Solomon
streets they were intercepted by some
70 or 100 armed and determined men,
who overpowered the officers and took the
prisoners from them.
1t was with great effort that the crowd
was kept from hanging Meadows to tel
egraph pole on the main street.
They. however listened to the business
men of that section OF the town and with
a shout started to the west end of the
city, where they hanged the brute and
then completely rddled his body with bull
lets.
He was executed just outside the city
limits hanged to the same tree and limb
on which Oscar Williams met his fate for
a similar crime last July.
Coroner Williams was notified of the
finding of the body and Immediately en-
panneled a jury. The latter returned a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death by strangulation at the hands Of
unknown parties.
In October 1896, a negro was captured
near Griffin for the crime of rape and
was lynched near the city.
Again, i'm July, 1897, Oscar Williams
committed the same crime and paid the
same penalty.
The last news received from Meadows
victim stated that she was suffering from
the nervous shock, but otherwise was get
ting on very well.
the evening buggieS We're coming in
with searching parties anxious to know
what had been heard from Meadows, not
knowing that he had been executed BY
dark there were men from all the adjoin-
ing counties here who were anxious 20
reap vengence on the brute who had SO
dastardly assaulted the daughter of this
highly esteemed farmer.
GOOD WORK AT CAMP NORTHERN.