The age-herald., 1899-08-05
THESEQUEL ID MOB MURDER How ogIetree Bade a Negro to
 Pursue His Purposes
 TO SAVE HIS WRETCHEO LIFE
Mrs Ogletree demonstrated Afterwards and She Was Told She Should be Thankful to Have Es-
 capped Alive

Montgomery, August 4-(special.)- .)-The terrible story of the lynching of five negro men at Saffold, Ga. for alleged outrage upon a white woman is still fresh fin the public mind, and the appalling vegeance of the mob remains to horrify the law-abiding element of all communities.
 It was charged that one Mrs. Ogletree was subjected to nameless shame and swift upon the making of this charge the mob passed judgment of death, and itself became the mad and irresponsible execu- tioner of the awful sentence.
 Now comes a story even more horribly sickening in it's bald and unwholesome de- tails than the frightful murder of the five men. The Dothan, Ala, Home Journal of yesterday, published not far from the scene of the crime, tells this in plain type:
 The Home Journals Story
 "The Home Journal had nothing to say concerning the Ogletree outrage at Saffold, Ga.. last week, other than what was published in the press reports found in tho daily exchanges. There was something unsatisfactory in it all- sort of misfit and lack of straightfor- wardness in details which made us sus- pcous. It was surprising that Ogletree, after making the statement that two ne- groes entered his home and committed the outrage, should be able to identify five as the perpetrators.
 Five negroes have gene to their &C., count, one more is in jail, and two are yet being hunted in order to satisfy an unrighteous lust for blood created in Cf lAfF fG iOh bors by tales concocted by him, which, in the light of a statement made by his wife to Sheriff Black were told 1t seems to hide his cowardice and general lack of manhood.
 After the excitement had, in meas ure subsided, Ogletree, in the presence of his wife, was telling the story over again to Sheriff Black, in way that suited him best, when he was inter- rupted by his wife, who asked him why he did not tell the truth In the matter.
 Then, upon being interrogated by MT. Black, she made the statement that the first she knew of the matter was that she saw her husband and one negro coming up the stairs together. When they reached her, Ogletree asked her if she had $2. She brought out a cigar box in which they kept money and was counting out the $2 when the negro seized the box and said he wanted 1t all. Ogletree told him to take it. Then Ogletree asked him if he had all he wanted, to please leave them. The ne- gro replied that he did not have all he wanted-he wanted a pair of shoes. Ogletree told him to get them, and the negro went below, into the store and remained for some time. leaving Ogle- tree and his wife alone in the upper room.
 "Ffnally he came back and told Ogle- tree that he did not have all he wanted, and Ogletree said: Well, you know where the things are. Just take what you want and spare our lives At this the negro seized the woman and out ragged her in his presence. With no one else in the room and with no gun hold ing him at bay. When the negro had accomplished his purpose he approached Ogletree and began to abuse him with the vllest language, and ended by say ing he ought to kill him, and at this juncture some one on the outside spoke and said: No, don't kill him yet Wait till I get there to see 1t well dons.' Just then an engine whistled, and the negro made his escape. The rest of the tale Is known, except that when Ogle- trees wife reproached him, he told her that she ought to be thankful that his life was spared.
 This report comes to us direct and seems to bear the stamp of authenticity and as much as we deplore bloodshed and mob rule, 1t seems that the neigh bors of Ogletree did not finish their work or they would have swung him alongside the first negro they hung. And if his wife continues to live with him after the statement she has made, 1t would be an suspicious time for wholesale regulation of their affairs through the medium of a white cap visit, for there is hardly a statute that meets the requirements of the case.'