The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-28
NEGRO LYNCHED.
In the Presence of Many People Sam
Hose Was Burned 10 Death.
Before the Body Was cool IL Was Cut 70
Pieces and Bones Crushed EGO"
Atkinson. who Intcrfered. Was
Threatened with Death.

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NEWMAN. Ga, April 2L--In the pres
: encc OF nearly 1900 people, who sent
aloft yells of defiance and shouts OF
JOY, Sam Hose a Negro who committed
/, two of the bascSt acts known to crime,
was burned at the stake in a public
q road one and one-half miles from here
Sunday afternoon. Before the torch was
applied 10 the pyre, the Negro was
. deprived of his ears, fingers and other
portions of his anatomy. The Negro
plead pitifully for his life while the
mutilation was going on, but stood the
ordeal of fire with surprising forth
tude. Before the body was cool IT
was cut to pieces the bones were
crushed into small bits and even the
tree upon which the wretch met his
fate was torn up and disposed of as
souvenirs. The Negroes heart was cut
in several pieces as was also his liver.
Those unable to obtain the CHASTITY
relics direct, paid their more fortunate
possessors extravagant sums for them
Small pieces of bone went for 25 cents
and a bit OF the liver crisply cooked
sold for 10 cents. AS soon as the Negro
was seen TO be dead, there was a tire
mendous struggle among the crowd
which had witne ssed his tragic end TO
secure the souvenirs. A rush was made
for the stake and those near the body
were forced against il and had to fight
for their freedom. Knives were quick
ly produced and the body was soon dis |
mem bered.
The mob was composed of citizens of |
Newman, Griffin, Palmetto ami other |
little towns in the country roundabout
Newman. and of all the farmers who |
had received word that the burning
was TO take place.
Hon. w. Y. Atkinson, formerly gov
ernor of Georgia, met the mob as he
was returning from church and APP
pealed 10 them to let the law take its
course. In addressing the mob he used
these words:
Some of you are known to me, and
when this affair is finally settled in
the courts you may depend upon it
that l will testify against you"
A member of the mob was seen TO
draw revolver and level ii at Gov.
Atkinson, but his arm was seized and
the pistol taken from him.
Hose confessed TO killing Crawford,
but denied that he had outraged Mrs.
Before being put TO death |
the Negro stated that he had been paid |
si2 by Life" Strickland. Negro
preacher at Palmetto, TO kill Crawford.
sunday night a mob of citizens was
securing the country for Strickland, |
who has left his home, and will lynch |
him if caught.
Gov. Gambler has been asked 70 send |
troops here to preserve order for day |
or two, as it is feared the Negroes may
w-eak vengeance. many threats to
tlat effect having been made.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 24.-The Con-
stitution says Monday: Tine terrible /
expiation which Sam Hose was forced |
to pay for his crime will arouse a food |
of discussion carried on by those who |
know the facts on the one side and by |
those who DO not care for facts on the |
other.
But, while the form of this crimi- |
nails punishment can not De upheld, |
let those who are disposed TO criticise |
IT look into the facts and by these facts |
temper the Judgment they may render. |
IAN unassuming, industrious and |
hard working farmer, after his days |
toll, sat at his evening meal. Around |
him sat wife and children happy in the |
presence of the man who was fulfilling |
to them every duty imposed by nature.
AT peace with the world, serving God |
and loyal to humanity, they looked |
forward to the coming day.
"Noiselessly the murderer, with up
lifted AK, advanced from the rear and
sank ii to the hilt in the brain of the |
victim. Tearing the |
child from the mothers breast he |
flung it into the pool OF blood oozing
from its fathers wound.
Then began the elimination which |
has dethroned the reason of the peo-
pie of Western Georgia during the past
week.
The wife was seized. chok ed, thrown |
upon the floor, where her clothing Law |
in the blood Of her husband. and raw
ished.
Remember the facts! Remember
the dark night in the country homel |
Remember the slain husband, and, |
above all, remember that shocking
degradation which was inflicted by the
black beast, his victim swimming in |
her husbands 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 darker
picture of Mrs. Crawford outraged in
The blood of her murdered husband"
Cattle Famine la Canada.
TORONTO. Ont, npin 94.-In some
parts of the province there is some
him, nf nattla ~ ~. |