The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-20
/ NURD[RER'S REN()RSE


N1I0OU1 COuHhys AtA~p Wall toAE
charge Of Wiley Bum. the SELF
confessed negro murderer OF
~ Allen Martin. The sheriff viii
leave at an early hour this
morning for Arkansas, and says he viii
leave his prisoner at Little Rock in the
penitentiary. where he will be safe for the
time from mob violence. The sheriff. Bupn
and Chief Of Police Hauss had a long talk
last evening. and the prisoner seemed much
relieved to soe some one from near the
scene Of his crime. He showed q remark
able acquaintance with the people OF the
county. and questioned the sheriff about
many persons there. Bum seemed rcjoic-
Cd ct the arrival Of the sheriff, and begged
that whatever was done with him be done
at once. He wants the agony In which he
has lived for the past SIX years ended.
In addition TO the mental anguish which
he suffers. Il was discovered last night
that Bum had internal bleeding from .
wound he received when he was but four
teen years old. Last night he frequently
spat blood.
The sheriff recognised Bum Immediately.
and the negro also remembered the sheriff.
although At the time the crime was COM
mitted TurIow was In private me- The
sherif:s story Of the murder does not diff
fer materially from that given by the MUIR
derer himself. He - careful to avoid de-
tails. however. and says an to the trouble
that led directly up to the shooting that
he only knows In a general way that It
was a dispute between Martin and the
negro. The sheriff says that three negroes
have already paid the death penalty for
the crime Bum committed, and his de.
scription Of the events II quite stirring.
There was a negro shot and killed In
Drew county, who was supposed 10 be
Wiley Bum. about week after the MUIR
-
see. there was movement an soon a. the
murder took place to catch and hang the
murderer. One Of the posses that went out
after Bum was composed Of q deputy
sheriff. whose name ] forget: Jim Marin.
q nephew Of the murdered man. and J. e.
Worthinxsan. They went over into Drew
county. and near Dermont the deputy and
Worthington saw a negro run out from the
swamp. They thought II was Bum and
shot him. They piled logs on the corpse
to keep the hogs from eating him. ana
then went back to Dermont to get Jim
Martin AID see II It was the right negro.
Jim went cut To the place where the dead
man was aud said he thought II was tbs
negro wao had shot his uncle, bat he
never was very positive about II. az the
corpse hal all sweIied up and it was hard
to tell Just what he did look like. They all
came hacx 10 Clay county and got the re-
ward Of something like 800 for killing
Bum. The other two negroes who were
hung for the crime were Jim and Jack
wire. They were hung sort Of on general
principles. You see. they were smart pert
negroes. AMI We don't stand for that hind
OF negroes down there. We Kill Ave or six
OF them every year. and that makes the
others behave tolerable well. The two Wire
negroes had been arrested for being ac-
eessories To the murder. We always
thought that Bum was a good negro and
that II was the Wires who put him up TO
killing Martin. They wer" arrested soon
after thu killing and placed In the county
Jail at Hampton. Court was In session.
but that was kind Of slow for the boys.
jim Wire admitted that the shooting had
been done with his gun. and said that
Bum had borrowed II. saying that he
wanted II to XII. deer that he saw run
ming across h.s field
Bum has been asked repeatedly about
whcve he got the gun since ne gave him
self up. and has said that he found IL at
a place where some campers had been near
his cabin. Even after the sheriff had made
his statement. Bum denied tina, he had
secured the gun from Wire. Sheriff Tur-
low continued:
THE boys gathered about the ts.i one
night and started To take the Wires cut
ard hang them. but Cot. Thornton got up
uBb btEEcu IBem tp let the law TAKE III
course. They decided 10 let n 20 al .iai
and the crowd broke up. The next night
another gang gathered around the place.
and there was no one fo atop them. SO
they took the twasnegroes out and hanged
them to n willow tree a half mile from the
town. X. II, Cone was sheriff Of the csun-
~ then
what do think they Will do with W.
ley! Why. hang him. Of course They
would do II without trial IL took hin, to
Hampton to Jail That's a way we havs %
doing down cur way. hut then. the poor
fellow is N bad way new. and II, take
him TO Little Rock and leave him there
until time for the trial They will hang
him anyway. hu, he might Just as will
have as much time as possible We have
. negro woman down there In iaii for kill
ing a little child, and when told the i,f,ge
was coming after Wiley, hs sa.d he
would call a special session Of court and
the two Of them Will be 4 sposcti Of M
few days Wiley seems 20 I've badly In love
with his wife vet and made me promise |
would give her his things when he is gone.
l haven't told him about 1t. but she mar
red Jim Woods. "A likely negro. Just two
weeks ago Tonight. guess I won't tel,
Wiley about that because he Is 'sret.y
badly worried now"
WILEY HuNN's STORY.