New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-04-29
Awful Crime Horrible Retribution.

When barbarsm of the nature described
in the following account is praeticed bv
human beings, one must come TO the con
cusion that civilization has not by far ne
complished its task
| Newman. Ga, April 23.-on the night
of Wednesday, April II. Sam Hose slipped
up on Alfred Crawford while he was at
supper with his family. and sinking an AK
three times into his head mangled him TO
death He toro the sucking babe from
Mrs. Crawford breast and crminally as
saulted her under unspeakahlo circum-
stances, telling her that he had longed for
the occasion He then fed and the chase
for him has been kept up without cessa-
nearly 5000 people. who sent aloft yells of
defiance and shouts of joy. Hose, was
burned at the stake in n public road one
and one half mile from here this afternoon.
Before the torch was applied. the negro
was deprived of his ears, fingers and other
portions of his anatomy. The negro
pleaded ptifully for his life while the
mutilation was going on, but stood the or
deal of fire with surprising fortitude Be
fore the body was cool il was cut to
pieces, the bones were crushed into small
bits, and even the tree upon which the
wretch met his fate was torn up and dis
posed of as souvenirs. The negro's heart
was cut in several pieces, as was also his
liver. Those unable to obtain these
CHASTITY relies direct paid their more for
tunate possessors eNtravagant sums for
them Small pieces of bone went for %
cents and bit of the liver crisply cooked
sold for 10 cents. As soon rs the negro
was seen to be dead there was 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 free
dom. Knives were quickly produced and
the body soon dismembered.
"Come on with the oil, brought huge
can of kerosene to the foot of the tree
where the negro, his body covered with
blood from head to foot, was striving and
Juggling at his chains. The can was lifted
over the negro's head by three or four
men and its contents poured over him.
BY this time good supply of brush,
pieces of fences, rail and other firewood
had been placed at the negro feet. This
pyre was thoroughly saturated and
q match was then applied. A flame
spread quickly over the pile of wood. AS
it licked the negro's legs he shrieked once
and began tugging at his chains. As the
flames crept higher and the smoke en-
tered his eyes and mouth. Hose put the
stumps of his hands to the tree back Of
him, and with terrific plunge forward of
his body severed the upper portion Of the
chains which bound him to the tree. His
body, held to the tree only as far as the
thighs, lunged forward, thus escaping the
flames which roared and cracked about
his feet. One of the men nearest the
burning negro quickly ran up and pushing
him back said "Get back into the fire
there and quickly coupled the disjonted
links of the chain.
The road for distance of half mile on
each side of the burning negro was black
with conveyances, and was simply impas-
sable. The crowd surrounded the stake on |
all sides. but none of these nearer 100 feet |
of the centre were able to see what was
going on. Yell after yell went up, and the |
progress of the flames were communicated |
to those in the rear by shouts from tho eye |
witnesses.
The torch was applied about 2 f: 30 O. clock |
and Mt the body of Sam Hose was limp |
and lifeless, his head hanging to one side.
The body was not cut down. II was cut |
TO pieces. The crowd fought for places
about the smoldering tree, and with knives
secured such pieces of his carcass as did |
not fall to pieces. The chain was severed |
by hammers, the tree was chopped down |
and such pieces of the fiewood as had |
not burned were carried away ~ souve-
Mrs.