The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-20

burning than any other men and all other
forces in Georgia. Through the columns Of
their paper.they exaEGer ited every detail of
the killing. invented .nnd published iniiam-
mntory dcScrlntinns 81. rrime.thnt was never
ally suggested the burning of the man when
caught. They offered n reward Of 5000 blood
during all the time Of the man hunt thay never
made one suggestion that the law should
have Its course.
The Governor u the State arquie seed In
the burning by refusi ing to prevent 1t. sam
Wilkes Vas cartured at . O'Clock saturday
morning. 1t was first proposed 20 burn him
IN Griffin: hut TIE programme was chanEed,
burn him him Gov Gambler had ordered " that
Wilkes, should lie taken TO the Fulton County
JpI when canght That n, you'd n9yt HHcGsd
Zones. r.. 4. Gordon, William Matthews. !. F,
They would not take the prisoner to Alfalfa.
whore the Governor had ordered him to he
takon. but arranged to take him to Newman.
waiting 10 burn him.. 1t is nearer TO Atlanta
from Grian than NeTnam B.fides there
morning. so that the cnptors Of Wilkes were
obliged to secure, n special train 70 take the
prisoner to the place, Of burning; This re.
the snecial train al, lid not leave Griffin for New
Meanwhile the news OF the rapture Of
Wilkes was known all over Georgia 1t vas
known in Atlanta in the early morning that
the n , would not he brought to Atlanta
burned. AZ soon rs this was settled a special
train was engaged as an exrursi ion train to
tax, the people to the burning. 1t was soon,
train for Newman. All aboard for the burn
ing" After this special moved out another
was made NJ to accommodate The late cCmers
and those who were al church. In this way
more than 1000 citizens Of Atlanta were taken
the power Of the State at his command. al
lowed Qll preparations for. the burning TO be
made during ten hours Of daylight. and did
not turn his hand To prevent it,
Il do NOT need to give the details Of the burn
ing. mention only one. fact. and that is the
disappointment which the crowd felt when it
ing all the time Of his torture he never uttered
2 cry, Only once in a particular!v
groaned. % Lord Jesus.
Mr.. lie Yin. names a long list ot prominent
the burning An OF these gentlemen OF
eminent respcctahilltv coull give the authors
ties yalnohie tn!ormati9n about tho ' !!,,l
Wilkes was being burned he SAYS further.
the ,coored people fled terror; stricken.to the
woods. for,none, 'kncw where the, fury Of the
mob would strike. talked with many col
orcd peope, but all will understand why can
As to the lvnchng of Iige Strickland. De-
tertivc Ic Vim could discover no justification
for it, The wife and five children OF the poor
who believed in Stricklnnds innocence.
The detective also spent some time irving to
learn the fact. about the lynching Of the five
men at Palmetto, but no one Wa, able 10 tell
who accused the men Of burning, one or, two
houses and barns They were shot without
accnscrs appearing. Nine OF them were ar;
character and standing. int li=ent and hard
working. md all declared they could easily
prove their innocence. They were taken to
q warehouse to lie kent until their trial next
day. That night about T. O'Clock an armed
mob marched to the place and fired three vol
lcvs into the line nf chained prisoners They
then went away. thinking al wore dead All
the prisoners were shot, or these five died
Nothing was done about the killing Of these
mon. but their families were afterward or
dered to Leave the place. and all have left
Five widows and seventeen iatherIoss chill
dren. all driven from home. constitute one re.
suit OF the lynching, ] saw no one who
thought much about the matter. The negroes
were dead, and while peCpie did not know
whether they were guilty or not. II was plain
that nothing could be, done about the matter
And so the matter ended.
Is II any marvel that this Chicago detective
reached the conclusion that with these 'actS
J. made my wav home. thoroughly convinced
that negros life Is very cheap thing in
There are always two sides to every uues-
ton. and each side seems plausible enough
until the other side il heard Gov. Northern
who WAS not At Newman when the tragedy took
place and who stated the facts as he got them
out Il ureludlced newspapers an a he wished
to believe them, stated his position and that Of
the white pe"ule OF Georgia before a Boston
audience and 10 the whole country; Louis T.
lie VIM white man, n Chicago detective
spent three weeks Investigating the rase. and
his fnrtS and conclusions differ radically from
those of Coy Northen.
II is Tor the white PEOPLE OF Georgia TO dis
prove Detective IeNin's statement OF the case
or stand convicted before the world as DELHI
ernie mGrdcrerS. turned fhlsiilcrs to excuse
their horrible crimes. 7, THOMAS FoRTUNE.