The age-herald., 1899-07-23
THEY WILL BE
 BURNED AT STAKE
Two Negroes Captured Who Are Thought to Be Ones
WHO RAPED MRS. OGLETREE
They Are Being Held for Identification Further Details of How Husband Was Forced to Witness As
 sault on His Wife.

Columbia, July 22.-(special)-Two ne- groes have been captured by the posse searching for the men who robbed the store and assaulted the wife of Agent Ogletree at saffold, Early county, Georgia, near this place, Thursday night.
 The men are being held for positive iden- tifeation, and if Mr. and Mrs. Ogletree de- clare that they are the men who committed the outrage, they will be quickly lynched or burned at the stake There is great ex- citement throughout Early and Decatur counties, and even in this section, and many Alabama men are in the crowd pur- suing the trail of the desperadoes.
 The people are determined to bring the guilty men to justice, and a speedy justice at that.
 Saffold is station about three-quarters of a mile east of where the Alabama Mid land railroad crosses the Chattahoochee riv- CT at Aaga. MT. Ogletree is the agent there, and the only one who lives near the station. He resides with his wife and one child, an infant, in a room over the station building, and just under his bedroom he has a small general store and a small ve- randall juts out from his bedroom over the store door.
 On the night of the goth instant, after Ogletree had closed his store and repaired to his bedroom, where his wife and child were, and about 5 o'clock, he was hailed from the front of his store door by a low stout-looing black negro, who said he wanted to get in his store; that he wanted to buy some tobacco. Ogletree told him that he had a piece in his pocket that he had just cut off, and that he would let him have that, as he did not want to open his store any more that night.
 The negro insisted that he wanted to buy some o3ler things; that he had the money, and insisted on his opening the store for him, which Ogletree proceeded to do, and cut off some sheetng for him. The negro saw some ready-made shirts which he de- manded to look at, taking several, to- gether with a pair of shoes. His reckless buying excited Ogletree, who footed up his Dill, which then amounted to several dol lars, and asked him to settle, when the negro suddenly jerked from it's hiding a large pistol and threw it in Oglemee's face. saying he was going to kill him. that he was a highway robber and had killed many white men; to get his money and turn it over, and be quick about it as he wanted to finish his job with him.
 Ogletree pleaded for his life and told the negro to take what goods he wanted and all his money, but to spare his life. The HeSio Hhdue HlIl pat HIS .pOchetS rom the outside to show that he was unarmed and made him turn his pockets wrongside out, when two silver dollars rolled out on the floor. The negro made him stoop and pick them up, when just at this time a tall yell low negro put his head inside the door and remarked:
 ''Go ahead, I want to see this thing well done" He then came in holding a pistol in his hand. The black negro ordered Ogle- tree to go ahead of him up the stairs to his wife's room, swearing that the money was kept up there and he wanted it quick. The three went upstairs into Mrs Ogletree' s room, when she commenced to plead for the life of her husband and self, saying she had some money, which they made her get out for them very hurriedly, and as she went to hand it to the black negro he seized it, put it in his pocket and grabbed her S>d by force bore her off down the stsrs out into the darkness about twenty yards off, during which time the yellow negro made Ogletree kneel down and hold up both his hand in which position he was forced to re- main until his wife and the black negro re- turned to the door. he having in the most brutal manner and by force accomplished his fiendish purpose with her, after which the other outraged the woman.
 Just at this time the eastbound accom- l modation was heard approaching and cross | ing the railroad bridge. The negroes ex- | pressed their further determination to kill | them, saying this they would do if they had to wait until the next night.
 The two negroes then stepped off down | the track in the direction of the approach | ing train and crossed over the track, the | last seen of them by Ogletree. The train | fortunately stopped and the conductor was | made acquainted with the facts, when he