The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-04-27
NEGRO LYNCHED.
In the Presence Of Many People Sam
Hose Was Burned to Death.
Before the Body Was Cool IL Was Cut to
Pieces and Bones Crushed-Ex-Gov.
Atkinson. who Interfered, Was
Threatened With Death.

NEWMAN, Ga, April "a. In the pre-
d ence of nearly 1000 people, who ser
= aloft yells of defiance and shouts {
s Joy, Sam Hose, Negro who committe
!, two Of the bassst acts known to Grim,
I was burned at the stake in a publ
. road one and one-haf miles from her
I Sunday afternoon. Before the torch WA
D applied to the pyre. the Negro wa
= deprived his ears, fingers and othe
, portions Of his anatomy. The Negr
, plead pitifully for his life while tn
mutation WAS going on, but stood th
ordeai OF fire with surprising forti
tude. Before the body was cool i
was cut to pieces the bones wer,
crushed into small bits and even tn,
tree upon which the wretch met hi
tate was torn up and disposed of a.
souvenirs. The Negroes heart was GU
in several pieces as was also his liver
Those unable to obtain the CHASTITY
relics direct, paid their more fortunate
possessors extravagant sums for them.
Small pieces of bone went for 25 cents
and bit of the liver crisply cooked
sold for 10 cents. AS soon as the Negro
was seen to be dead, there was a tre-
mendous struggle among the crowd
which had witnessed his tragic end to
secure the souvenirs. A rush was made
for the stake and those near the body
were forced against it and had to fight
for their freedom. Knives were quick
ly produced and the body was soon dis
membered.
The mob was composed of citizens of
Newman, Griffin, Palmetto and other
little towns in the country roundabout
Newman, and of all the farmers who
had received word that the burning
was to take place.
Hon. W. i. Atkinson, formerly gov
ernor Of Georgia, met the mob as he
was returning from church and ap-
pealed to them to let the law take its
course. In addressing the mob he used
these words:
Some of you are known to me. and
when this affair is finally settled in
the courts you may depend upon it
that will testify against you.'
A member of the mob was seen to
draw revolver and level IL at Gov.
Atkinson, but his arm was seized and
the pistol taken from him.
Hose confessed to killing Crawford.
but denied that he had outraged Mrs.
Crawford. Before being put to death
the Negro stated that he had been paid
BIZ by Life" Strickland, a Negro
preacher at Palmetto, to kill Crawford.
Sunday night a mob OF citizens was
securing the country for Strickland,
who has left his home, and will lynch
him il caught.
Gov. Gambler has been asked to send
roops here to preserve order for day
n two, as it is feared the Negroes may
vreak vengeance, many threats to
Lat effect having been made.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 24-The Con-
titution says Monday: The terrible
xpiation which Sam Hose was forced
o pay for his crime will arouse food
t discussion carried on by those who
now the facts on the one side and by
hose who do not care for facts on the
ther.
tBut. while the form of this crimi-
ais punishment can not be upheld,
t those who are disposed to criticise /
look into the facts and by these facts
mper the judgment they may render.
IAN unassuming. industrious and
ard working farmer, after his days I
Ill, sat at his evening meal. Around
IN sat wife and children happy in the
essence of the man. sFf5w as fulfilling
them every duty imposed by nature. q
peace with the world, serving God Il
I'd loyal to humanity, they looked d
w oA ~ w hho N0hbihk
"Noiselessly the murderer, with up n
ted Ak. advanced from the rear and T.
nix jt to the hilt in the brain Of the
suspecting victim. Tearing the IL
lid from the mothers breast he u
ng 1t into the pool OF blood oozing q
,in its fathers wound. al
Then began the elimination which W
S dethroned the reason Of the peo-
} of Western Georgia during the past IN 10
elk. "
The wife was seized. choked. thrown pa
On the foor where her clothing lay
the blood of her husband. and raw al
ed. o.
the facts. Remember n
dark night in the country home! tr
member the slain husband. and, in
we all, remember that shocking ba
which was inflicted by the Of
OK beast, his victim swimming in dr.
husbands warm blood as the brute wi
d her to the floor. gu
Keep the facts in mind! When the Ii
.ure Is painted of the ravisher in al:
aes, go back and view that darker ab
.ure of Mrs. Crawford outraged in po
blood of her murdered husband.