The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-10
BURNING Or TT
Sickcnina Spectacle
the rrsas
OTHERS MAY MFe1llsl
Posses Determining :,
Murder OF Mrs. sim :.
Met Death wltA'

Little Rock, Ark, JAMS
and burned beyond all semts
beings, the frames of Marh,. p
Fat Simpson. the two ss1'
who a few days ago mufdss
Simmons. are still rcclfi1s
against the blackened tru,i q
tree In the Seminole NaiI
Friday night they met t;ei :
most awful manner coue.I ~
hands OF an Oklahoma mak,
burned from the bodies a.
and i'll smelling particles L
the ground. The ilngeia W
burned from the frames g
skeletons, bgreft OF feet a.
on blackencd tones in n sz|
ground. Every vestige 81 ~:
are burned from the heads e
teeth Of the dead men ~,
determination TO endure thsS
tshment in silence, which 4
did. The scene is fascin1i1
the curious and has been Mp
people since yesterday rnofS5
Additional details OF the ~
OF the mob near Maud p1iis
Seminole Nation last Fridn
received here today. Acnex
Information, the mob's vost
finished and will only be coss,'
four more. Indians nave ~,
in the same manner as vera 4
Simpson. The citizens, POSSE ~
the country for the four IL
messenger left yesterday. hi
that at least part of the ou,,|
by this time paid the penaiu
the maddened populace.
The crime which led to IL
the Indians was committed d
day. Markus McGiesey was IL
some property. On his laad b.
family named Simmons. Du6
senee OF the husband on Thu1i
sey went TO the Simmons csha
for drink of water. Mrs. Ht
at home with her four sm,f
she gave him the water. H
for a saddle and upon being
grabbed the woman, who had
her arms, and dragged hes
house. When the woman NJ
run away the Indian seized
and dealt her a deadly biow i,
crushing the skull. The wcmu
stantly. The murdered womfsi
did not return home Thurt4g
and the children were unabls
the body into the house fmn
had fallen in the yard. TM
stood up and watched thek
corpse until the bitter cold comf
to relax their vigil and seek N
the weather in the cabin. d
night the body was almost e.
hogs.
The news of the murder spNd
Friday morning. and the W.
for twenty miles around n
About twenty Indians we're en-
eldest child told the crowd ~
was the guilty man. and q poee
determined men went TO ~
Simpson was at McGiesey's benl
posse arrived, and both wtre Z
custody a rope was secured ~
oners were tied up by q rock
and FAMED four az
they declared were equally gulH
yeloned mat the Indians desll
rid of certain white settlers ~
Giesey had been hired to Do y
| osses were at once sent in sa
other four indians. and II VI
have a wholesale lynching = fx
could be captured.
As night came on. howeyd,
other four were not captured, Y
changed their plans and oese
dispose of McGiesey and siVpn
further delay. The feeling ~
WAS so bitter that the crowd "
satisfied with the Ordinary
and 1t was voted 70
At the stake. The victims wefe
chained to a post oak tree.
md dry wood were then plled
hem and in a few minutes Y
we're wrapped in roaring name
.imbers cracked beneath thef
/ word did the Indians utter
we're being roasted alive. Tney
saw that they were powerieS.
md endured their death IKE y.
The crowd was composed u
.hirty men. and the work ~
iuiet but thoroughly detefnlsl
RE bodies were not touche
;halns were first fastener,
probably hanging to the
rec yet.
The gentleman brlnGi1g thn
itates that there is grave feen
Iurst among the Indians. ana
hat blcodshed is certain 70 ~