Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-02
A HORRIBLE GIFT
Piece of Human Flesh Semi to Or.
Broughton.
by Letter From Pal.
motto, Gu, Warning Him 10 Leave
Atlanta I'm Six Dnys-wnI stand
His Ground-TobinacieD Damaged.

Rev. DR.. Len. G. Broughton, pastor
of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, At
lanta. Ga, is we'll and favorably known
in this section, having conducted re-
vlval meetings at Freemason Street and
Park Avenue Baptist Churches, in this
city, and in Portsmouth Therefore,
anything concerning him not only
4 possesses interest for the people not
only Of Virginia, but of Eastern North
Carolina. where he was born and
4 reared.
Last Tuesday DR.. Broughton received
In Atlanta. through the mail, a pack
age purporting TO come from com
j mittee of Palmetto citizens. containing
q piece of the flesh of Sam Hose, and a
ictter oil warning, notifying the minis
ter that he would be given six days
In which to leave the city. DIR. Brought
> ton is highly Indignant at having re-
ceived the package and says that 1t
simply bears out the statement he made
from the pulpit Sunday night, the 23d
instant. condemning the action of the
mob at Newman.
The letter which accompanied the
flesh OF the negro was obscene in the
g. extreme, and among other things,
called DIR. Broughton Il dog" an "old
devil. and stated that he was held in
contempt and condemned by all good
women in the community at Palmetto.
4 Along with the flesh were several
onions, some lettuce and salad. and
\ the note stated that as DR. Broughton
admired Sam Hose so much as to de-
lend him from the pulpit, that the
committee recommended that he have
the ilesh made into Il Brunswick stew.
Dr. Broughton has no idea who
mailed the package and it is impossi-
BILE to tell Just where 1t was received
In the mail. as neither the letter nor
package bore q post mark 1t had
evidently been posted on the train.
After reading the note and seeing the
contents of the package, DR.. Brough-
ton destroyed both. 1t was stated nv
the minister that the piece OF negro
meat was about the size of IL hens
egg and was Il most horrible looking
object.
WHAT HE SAYS:
In speakinS OF the matter to n rem
reaentative of the Atlanta Journal DR..
Broughton said:
Inc mere fact that the people of
faiinetto mailed that package and let
ter to me goes to show that my remarks
IN regard to the Newman outrage are
nrooer. ana that the mob who handled
sam Hose were only irving ia satisfy
their desire for human blood.
1T WAS certainly an uprulv md
thouShtless crowd. This is borne out
pS inc TACT that. not satisfied with tor
turing human beyond doscriDtlon
they try to carry their work further
ny threatening ministers OF the gospel
WIN obscene letters and the like.
vi course do not intend leaving At
ianta. ard when the six duys have
passed away think my friends viii
hnd me just where l have been for
somc time.
THE TABERNACLE DAMAGED.
atlanta, Ga, May 1.-The Baptist
! Tabernacle, at the corner of Harris ana
I-uckic streets. presided over by Rev.
t. G.. Broughton. was broken into some
time during last night and considerably
damaged. a door leading into the sun
oay-school room from an alley was
wrenched from its hinges, Il large tanlt
In toilet room torn from it's fas,cn.
lnss. water ran over the floor eo!lin.s
the carpets, and paint was smearad on
the floor and walls. Several chairs ana
table We're broken and piled in /,
heap. ilacards were found nailed to
the building bearing various sentiments
regarding DIR. Broughton's stand
against the Newman affair