The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-28

the lynching, The Constitution Will De
pardoned for stating the plain facts.
The wife was seized, choked. thrown
upon the floor, where her clothing lay
in the blood Of her husband, and raw
iShed.
Remember the facts! Remember the
dark night IN the country homei Re
membe the slain husband, and above
al, remember that hooking
ton which was inflicted by the black
beast, his victim swimming in her hus-
bands warm blood as the brute held
her to the floor!
Keep the facts in mind, When the
picture is painted OF the raviSher IN
flames, go back and view that dark
picture Of Mrs. Crawford outraged IL
SPECIAL TRAINS FROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, April 23.-One special and
two regular trains carried nearly 1000
people to Newman to witness the burn
ing of Sam Hose, or to visit the scene
Of the horrible affair. The excursion
lists returning tonight were loaded
down with CHASTITY reminders Of the
affair in the shape Of bones, pieces Of
flesh and parts Of the wood which was
placed at the negro's feet.
One of the trains, as it passed
through Fort Mcpherson, four miles
out Of Atlanta, was stoned-presum-
ably by negroes. A number Of windows
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painfully injured.
PREPARED FOR TROUBLE.
Governor Gambler stated during the
evening that he had been advised that
a mob of citizens Of Fayetteville and
Woolsy were coming to Atlanta to take
George w. Kerlin from Jail here and
lynch him. Kerlin murdered Miss
Pearl Knott near Woolsy several days
ago and threw her body in the river.
Tho rnuornNr iroroa6io{n1 n,1ar0d
eight companies OF the Fifth infantry
Estate militia) to be in readiness to
march to the Jail Upon order. 1t is
believed, however, that the troops are
held in readiness to be sent to Pal
metto in case of an uprising Of negroes.
WHAT GOVERNOR GAMBLER SAYS
Atlanta, April Ex-Governor Gambler
tonight gave the Associated Press the
following statement on the burning of
Sam Hose near Newman, Ga:
The whole thing is deplorable, end
Hoses crime, the horrid details of
which have not been published, and
are too horrible for publication is the
most diabolical in the annals CT crime.
The negroes of that community lost the
best opportunity they will ever v to
elevate themselves in the ectimation of
their white neighbors. The diabolical
nature of the double crime was we'll
known to every one Of them; the per-
petrator was we'll known, and they
owed it to their race to exhaust every
means Of bringing Hose to justice
This course Would have done more to
elevate them in the estimation of good
people and to protect their race against
the mob thar all the rewards and
prOclamatiOns Of all the governors for
the next fifty years. But they lost the
opportunity, and it is a deplorable fact
thai while scores Of intelligent negroes,
leaders IF fhnir lona have 10 ko0 tn
me about the Palmetto l%ynching, not
one Of them has ever, in the remotest
way, alluded to either the burning of
Palmetto, which provoked the lynch
ing, nor the diabOlical crime Of Hose,
I do not believe these men sympathiZed
with Hose or the Palmetto incen-
diaries, but they are blinded by race
prejudice, and ear see but one side of
the question. This is unfortunate.
They must learn to look at both sides.
I want to protect them in every legal
right and against mob violence, n I
stand ready to employ every resource
of the state in doing So, but they must
realize, in order to merit and receive
the protection OF the community, they
must show a willingness to at least
aid in protecting the community
against the lawless element of their
own race. The good and ~law-abiding
negroes must separate themselves from
NAAC 0A0 H>J
must denounce crime and aid in bring
ing criminals to justice, whether they
be black or white. In this way they
a do more to protect themselves than
all the courts and juries in the state
can do for them. To secure protection
against lawless whites, they must
show a disposition to protect the white
people against lawless blacks"
THE NEGRO PREACHER CAUGHT.
Palmetto, Ca, April 23.-Elijah
Strickland, the negro preacher here,
who was accused by Sam Hose, the ne
gro burned to death near Newman to-
| day, of paying him (Hose) $12 to mur-
der Farmer Alfred Crawford, was cap
tured by a mob of people from this
vicinity three miles out of town to-
| night. He was brought to Palmetto
and at midnight was placed on trial
for his life by a court composed of
those who had arrested him. Speeches
for and. against his character were
made, and the trial is in progress at
this hour 02:3O a.. mo-
| JUDGE YNC IN THE SADDLE