Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-29
BURNED AT THE STAKE
A Georgia Mob Makes Short
Work OF a Self Confessed
Negro Murderer.

NEWMAN. Ga. April % In the pre-
Scncc of nearly 1000 people, who sent
aloft wells of defiance and shouts of joy.
Samuel Hose, a negro. was burned ut
the stake in public road, one and one
half miles from here, this afternoon. for
the mur,lcs of Alfred Crawford aud an
alleged assault on his victim widow
Before the torch was applied To the
pyre the negro was deprived of his ears.
fingers and other portions of his anatomy.
The negro pleaded for his life while the
mutilation was going on, but stood the
ordeal of fire with fortitude.
The body was cut to pieces before it
small bits and even the tree upon which
the negro met his fate was torn into
pieces and disposed of rs souvenirs. The
Negroes heart was cut into several pieces,
as was also his liver
Those unable To obtain the CHASTITY
relics direct, paid their more fortunate
ihsFT' 'NAA ~ atF-'aht sums W. iti'His
Small pieces of bone went for - cents.
and hit of liver criSply burned sold for
10 cents.
Before his death. Hose confessed his
crime, and declared he had been hired
To do the killing. declaration many
dishclicvod. However, Elijah Strickland.
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paid him Sl2 to commit the crime for
which he paid the penalty of death ut
the stake was treated in Il similar way
by the same mob three days later. when
his body was found swinging To the
limb of Il pcrSimmon tree near his home.
Before death was allowed 10 end the
suffering of the negro, his ears were cut
off and the small finger of his left hand
was severed ut the second joint. These
were taken to Palmetto.
On the chest of the negro was Il piece
of hloodstaincd paper attached 10y an
ordinary pin On one side of this paper
was written:
I'VE Must Protect Cur Ladies'.
The paper also contained the figures
''2334'9, supposed to refer To the date of
the Negroes arrest 10y the mob.
The other side If the paper contained
a warning. as follows:
Beware. All DarkicS You Will BE
Treated The Same Way"
Before being lynched. Strickland was
given Il chance Ia confess to the misdecds
of which the mob believed him tn he
guilty. but hc protested his innocence
Ia the last.
The mob WAS cumpocd of residents of
residents of Newman. Griffin. Palmetto
and other little towns in the country
roundabout Newman and of all the
farmers who had received word that the
burning was To take place
Governor Chandler has been asked to
send troops here To preserve order for
a day or two. as it is feared ithc negroes
will attempt To wrcak vengeance, many
threats to that effect having been made
Hoses awful crime which he confess
ed saying he was hired To commit the
crime. is well told in the following from
the .lJdHid CoHStitUfioH.
The terrible eXpiation which Samuel
Hose was forced 10 pay for his crime will
arouse flood of discussion carried on by
those who know the facts on the one side
and by those who do not care for fact ON
the other
But, while the form of this criminals
punishment cannot be upheld, let those
who are disposed to criticise it look into
the factS-and by these facts temper the
Judgment they may render.
AN 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 VINO was fulfilling
to them every duty imposed by nature.
At peace with the world, serving God
and loyal to humanity, they looked for
ward to coming day
"NoisclcSsly the murderer. with up
lifted axe, advanced from the rear and
and sank i. to the hill i'll the brain of
the unsuspccting victim.
Tearing the child from the mothers
breast, he flung it into the pool of blood
onZing from its fathers wound
Then began the elimination which
has dcthroncd the reason of the people
of Western Georgia during the past
week As critics will howl about the
lynching. the Constitution will be par
doncd for stating the plain facts
The wife was seized. chokcd. thrown
upon the floor. where her clothing lay
in the blood of her husband, and raviSh-
ed.
'Rcmembcr the facts, Remember the
dark night III the country home Re
member the slain husband. and. above
all. remember that shocking degradation
which WAS inflicted by the black beast,
his victim swimming i'll her husband :
warm blood a. the brute held her To the
floor.
Keep the facts III mind. when the
picture is painted of the ravishcr III
flames. 90 back and view that darker
picture of Mrs Crawford outraged in the
blood Of her murdered husband"