Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-25

! men. on can XIII me. IT YOU WISIf Dul
/ / know nothing more 20 tell
The negro's life might have been end
! ed then but for the arrival of Major
! Thomas. who leaped from his buoy and
| asked for a hearing. lie asked the
crowd TO give the negro a chance for
| his life here on the streets Of Palmetto,
| and said:
MAJOR THOMAs's APPEAL.
"Gentlemen. this negro is innocent
| Hose said Iige had promised TO give him
500 10 Kill Alfred Crawford, and l be-
lieve Lige has not had $50 since he has
been on my place. lie has never done
any Of you any harm, and now ! want
you 10 prOms~ me that YOU VIII turn
him over 10 either the Sheriff or the
Balif OF this town. IN order that he
may be given a hearing. ] do not ask
that You libcrate him Hold him, ana
II the courts adiudge him guilty, hang
him"
70 this the mob replied that stricl;-
land had inhamcd the negroes In the
neighborhood, and had a bad reputation.
having been run from East Point, seye-
raj years ago.
RESPITE FOR STRICKLAND.
Major Thomas reminded the mob that
the negro had voluntarily told OF seeing
Hose on the night of the murder.
man of the mob replied that strickland
had done this ln the cunninsntss or MS
guilt TO establish his own innocence:
with Major Thomas and after a Discus
sion a vote was taken. which was sup
posed 90 mean life or death 10 strickland.
The vote TO let him live was unanimous.
Major Thomas then retired some dis
lance and the mob was preparing 20
take Strickland I'm a wagon 20 Newman
when a member Of the mob cried out:
eve have got him mere; lets keep him
This again aroused The mob. and mes
scnger was sent to advise Major Thomas
TO leave Palmetto for his own good. bat
the old gentleman was not To be fright
encd He drew himself up and said cn-
phatically:
THE MAJOR NOT BUILT TO RUN.
Il have never before been ordered to
leave a town. and am not going 10
leave this one" and then the Major, up
lifting his hand 10 give his words force
said 10 the messenger: Tell them that
the muscles i'm my legs are not trained
TO running: tell them that / have stood
the fire and heard the whistle of the
minies from a thousand Yankee rifles
and l am not frightened by this crowd
Major Thomas was not molested. Then,
with the understanding that Lige Strick-
land was 10 be delivered 10 the jailer at
Fairburn Major Thomas saw the negro
he had pleaded for led off to his death.
MOOSE AGAIN ADJUSTED.
The mob took the negro to a grove near
the home of Marshall j. j. GiVens. of this
place. and again the moose was adjusted
around his neck. He WAS hauled OF the
ground, but was let down 10 be allowed
TO confess. lie refused TO do so, and the
lynchers were about TO haul him up again
when the son of Marshal GiYens came
upon the scene and asked that the lynch
ing should not occur near his fathers
home. The negro was then taken To- the
yard in the rear of Or. w. :. Zellcr's
home hung up to persimmOn-tree, and
left hanging.
CORONER'S VERDICT.
4 Coroner's jury held an inquest over
the body this evening and rendered the
usual verdict-"Death at the hands of
parties unknown"
Another mob is hunting the country for
Albert Sewell. who has made himself OBJ
nOXiOus by remarks concerning the treat
ment given the negroes by the whites.
There is no prospect Of his capture how
ever. as he has days start OF his pur-
sucrs
REWARD FOR HOSES CAPTURE.
ATLANTA. GA. April 2i.-J. y. Jones,
one of the captors of sam Hose, came
to the city to-day and collected 5000 of
the reward which had been offered for the !
negrO's arrest. one hundred dollars was |
from Jacob Haas, of the Capital city
Bank and the remainder was from the |
Atlanta Constitution. The other rewards !
offered are 500 from the State ana $50 |
from COweta county, making total of (
81 $50 The States reward has not yet /
been paid.
GOVERNOR WILL INVESTIGATE.
Mr.. Jones and the men from Griffin call !
ed on the Governor to-day, 10 put i'm their |
claim but Governor Gambler said he |
would hold up the matter for three days |
until he could investigate their affair lie |
had conferred with the Attorney-General |
and II was the latter's opinion that the |
Governor ought TO be convinced there was |
no collision between the captors and the |
Ivnchers. and that the delivery 10 the /
sheriff at Newman was made in good /
faith. before the reward is paid.
STRIPPED AND WHIPPED.
RICO. GA. April 2i-Bud Cook, ne
,ro. was stripped to the waist by crowd
If people here this afternoon. and loO
ashes administered 20 him. His ouence
was the remark that the negroes snould
,av mo attention TO notices pinned on
heir doors to leave the country.