The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-12-15
BURNEDAT.T THE STAKE
Dick Coleman, the Murderer Of
Mrs. Lashbrook, Meets a
st Horrible Death.
lie Is Taken From the Custody Of the
Sheriff and His Deputies by
an Infuriated Mob.
"A Hope 10 1hrowa Over H,s Head aud
while Pleading for Mercy bru'h~ood
and I,mbsr 10 Pusd About bim aud
Lighted By Many willing hssds

Maysville. Ky, Dec. NEGRO muir
sierer Dick Coleman arrived at 1880
"Wednesday morning under special
guard OF deputies sworn in by the
sheriff, including Detective Fitzger~
aid, Constable Dawson. CHIEF OF Po-
lice Donovan, all of the police force
and two deputy slreriifs. When they
arrived at the court house they were
met by "A mob of fully 1000 peoI3e,
headed by,Jamcs Lashbrook, the hus-
band of the murdered woman, and
went immediately up Second street
through the ceHtra! por;snn az the
city 20 the hill. followed by fully five
thousand Of the citizens of this city
aud county. This is the first time
anything of this kind ever happened
in this city, and the excitement f. in-
tense. All was done that was possible
by the sheriff and his guard TO pre-
vent lynching, hut ina the face OF
such mob of people, irrespective. OF
color. II was useless "a attempt To do
anything save deliver him up. which
was done. They grabbed him and
threw a rope over his head. and took
him mp above the city and strung him
up. The poor wretch could be heard
above the cries Of the mob. pleading
for his life, but the mob only heard
the cries Of MIR. Inshbrook. and the
vengeance they melted out TO him was
just the thing.
About $50 were at the {. & o. train
tuesday night expecting him, but as
he failed to come they waited for him
"Wednesday morning. There is no tell
ing what would have been done had
they succeeded in getting him in jail.
a. there would have undoubtedly
been several killed in the attempt 10
storm the Jail doors.
The mob carried tolcmnn 90 a small
hollow near the railroad tracks,
where they bound him tightly 90 9
young sapling Then they heaped a
huge pile of brush wood aud timber
around him and drcd the stack while
his eyes rolled horribly. Some one cut
out his eyes. and In moment HIS
head rolled around and he was be-
licycd TO bc dead.
Coleman said IS minutes before he
was SCI, afirc tha, he had nothing 30
say. Ills death was slow. and. writh-
ing in terrible agony, he was booted
and glarcd at BY al. people standing
on the edge OF the pit Many women
were present. lie died nt io:50 n. m.
The scene was an awful one. and
around the funeral pyre were 10000
maddrncd people, headed by the hus-
band of the dead woman. a dozen
torches were applied simultaneously,
and huge tongues Of fire swept up
and around the ngonizcd wretch.
Coieaaa's Crime.
Colcman's crime was n most revolt
ing one. lie cnticcd Mrs. Mary LASH
brook into shed on the prctcnsc Of
looking az some work. and knocked
her scnsclcss with "a club. lie then
assaulted her. She showed signs OF re-
turning consciousness, and he ran TO
his room. got razor and cut her
throat. Again she revived. and he
ended her misery with blow from
an AK. lie jumped on n horse. and
riding TO a field calmly told his VIC
Tins husband that some one had
killed her.
lie was arrested later, and before
Inshbrook suspected that he was the
murderer he was pat on train and
taken To the Covington Jail He made
complete confession of the ficndish
crime 10 Post reporter on his ar
rival. He il only 20 years old, and has
pleasant face. Mrs. Lashbrook was
beautiful, and "a society favorite ia
Maysville,