The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-30
SUNDAY
THE NORTH HAS NO RIGHT TO
LECTURE THE SOUTH.

&M There is no sectionaism in vice OIL
= virtue. ~
r. The savage manning and burning OF
#%1 the negro brute in Georgia is crime
&A which finds condemnation among good
~ men i'll every portion of the globe. The
~ condemnation has been severer in the
ia Southern than in the Northern press be.
&@ cause the Southern Npeolie recognize
q that the crime reflects upon civilization
a and threatens respect for law and order
a. in the State. Such lawlessness must be
MI suppressed at any cost if the South is
N8 to preserve its traditional respect for
I law
&s& But while there is condemnation
E# everywhere of the Georgia lapse into
~ barbarism there is resentment at the
8& pharisaical spirit III certain Northern
- papers and pulpits which seek to make
E@ it appear. that the South is the only sec
SI ton in which iynching or lawlessncss
~ occurs 1t is Il crime confined to no sec
2S ton and if it occurs more frequently in
s. the South than in the North it is be-
4 cause there are more outrages by negro
"a brutes in the South than in the North.
= The New York World, i'll its issue of
April 21st, with big scare head lines
- gives a thrilling description Of the mar
EA:e row cscape.of Richard Bradley. negro,
who was accused of stealing the pocket
SH book Of Martin Kelly. road contractor,
of Munsey, New York. Here are the
"a head lines and most of the article:
b. Mob strings up man near New York
Bradley is twice drawn up by lynchers
81 and his life barely saved. Let down just
81 in time. Negro steals Martin Kelly's
pocket-book and 150 men cry 'hang
II him. Some want. to burn him. Wo-
men faint while the deed of horror is be-
ing enacted beforeS their eyes. Rock
land county frenzy. Good sense of one
citizen of Tallman prevents mob-mAr-
der. Victim revived at last.
The entire crowd took up the yell ana
: surged around the chattcrng negro.
Kelley and his sons were in the thick
Of it, Degroat was poweress to help
his son-in-law.
SN YES, lynch him, roared Kelley; get
rope, some one
At this Bradley broke and ran for his
life He made straight for the woods,
~ the whole crowd at his heels, yelling
- like mad He stumbled, fell and before
he could rise the entire pack was upon
him. 1t was lynching now in earnest
One man brought a rope: another tied
a moose, and a third slipped it over
81 Bradley's neck Bradley fought hard
~ but the crowd wanted his life and he
m was helpless against ~ many of them
Irembling~and praying. aie was dragged
n down the road to tall elm that held
q; its branches out like il gbbet.
&K Confess cried some one before YOU
s'A de-
ri But Bradley protested his innocence
3N with the moose around his neck
: Burn him at the .stake.' yelled some
IA one else. a~
us; \ yell of approval greeted the sugges-
ET ton Half dozen men got wood and
]A as many more produced matches. while
mi Bradley fell on his knees dumb with
sM horror.
III But wiser counsels, or fear perhaps.
,$$T prevailed, and the majority were for
Eg plain lynching. Half the country had
s.s heard the tum,llt by this time and Oh.
q. the edges of the crowd around the quak-
III ing negro were women and little chill
81! dren transfixed with fear.
M On his knees was Bradley, his ewes
h4 rolling with fright and blood streaming
isN from his face. A few calmer heads
III tried to reason and pleaded to let the
M law take its course. He could be ar
M rested and sent to prison, they argued
ssa HE stole that pocketbo yelled IA
WI dozen, land he's got to die if he doesn't
ne tell where it is
Ka.g ..He stole my horse.' shouted another
r. and Hes no good to us any way
S',8 chorused the rest Lynch him.
s3s Struggling and screaming Bradley
SH was led under the tree. The rope was
sH thrown over a limb ten feet from the
b. ground and twenty pairs of hands seized
~ The end. Up in the air shot the negro $
n. body.
& If he'll confess. shouted Kelley,
= We'll let him live.
II So he lowered the man, just passin~:
II off into unconsciousness. He recovered
" and gasped that he was INNOCENT
Observe this difference between the
new York outrage and thc Georgia lar
& barism: In Georgia the veople killed the
negro brute for an outrage tina. is SO
heinous as to demand death for its pun
ishment In New York the people were
& frenzied and about to lynch negro who