Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-04-28

l the Jail. Hose was turned ovel
: to Sheriff Brown, the crowd's
: leaders taking receipt for the
prisoner, thus making them.
| selves sure Of the $3.50 reward
} for the "arrest and delivery tc
: the Sheriff OF Campbell county
of one Sam Hose
Word was sent to Mrs. Gran
J ford at Palmetto that it Was be
lieved Hose was under arrest
and that her presence was nece.>
sarv IN Newman to make sure of
; his Identification.
Soon again the crowd gather>
ed about the jail. Sheriff Brown
was importuned to give up the
i prisoner, and finally, in order to
avoid an assault on the Jail and
| possible bloodshed, he turned
the negro over to the crowd. A
procession was formed, and Hose
was marched at its head th1 ough
several streets to the public
square.
Here former Governor AtLin-
sou. of Georgia. who lives i'll
Newman, stood up in a buggy
and begged the crowd to let the
law take its course. He said
"You are hurrying this negro
on to death without an identi~
fcation. Mrs. Crawford, whom
he is said to have assaulted and
whose husband he is said to
have killed, is sick in bed and
unable to be here TO say wheth>
er this is her assailant. Let this
negro be returned to Jail. The
law will take its course, and l
promise you it will do SO quick
" and efectually. Do not stain
the honor Of the State with a
crime such as you are about to
preform.
Judge A. u. freeman, also OF
Newman, spoke in a similar
strain and implored the mob to
return the prisoner to the custo
dy of the sheriff and go home.
The instant the voices of the
speakers had died away shouts
arose of "On to Palmetto!"
Burn him. "Think Of his
crime!' Then the march was
resumed.
Mrs. Cranford's mother, Mrs.
McElroy, and her sister are
residents of Newman. The mob
was headed in the direction of
their house The negro was
| marched in the gate and Mrs.
McElroy was called to the front
door.-She immediately identi>
fed the negro, aud her verdict
was agreed to by her daughter
VINO had often seen Hose about
the Crawford place.
ITO the stake!' was again the
cry, and several men wanted to
burn Hose in Mrs. McElroy's
yard. To this she objected, and
the mob, complying with her
wish, started for Palmetto.-
lust as the mob was leaving
Newman news was brought that
train from Atlanta would bring
900 people. This was taken
to be a regiment Of soldiers, and
the mob decided to burn the
prisoner at the first favorable
place rather than be compelled
to shoot him when the militia
put in an appearance.
The mob, which now nuns
bered nearly 1900 people start
ed on the road to Palmetto. A
line of buggies and vehicles of
all kinds, the drivers fighting
for positions in line, followed
the procession, at the head of
which, closely::guarded. marched
the negro.
One and kalf miles out of
Newman, a place believed to be
favorable for the burning was
reached. A little to the side cf
the road was strong pine tree.
Up to this the negro was march
ed, his back placed to the tree
and his face TO the crowd, which
jostled closely about him. Here
he was allowed to ak. He
said:
II am Samuel Hose. killed
Alfred Crawford, but was paid to
do it. 'Lige' Strickland, the
negro preacher at Palmetto,
gave me SI2 to kill him.
"I did not outrage Mrs. Cran>