New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-25
SAT.4GES.

From the comments OF "'The Atlanta Constr
tuition" on Sundays murder of negro wretch
nv n Go orcia mob we are led to understand
that all who regard this crime and its feroclous
accompaniments as an outbreak Of savagery
rather than a mere irregular but necessary
nun,shment of another crime are to be set
down ms people who do not care for the truth.
"The Constitution" tells us that this lynching
evil arouse a food of discussion carried ON
"by those who know the facts on the one side
"ond nv those who do not care for facts on
"the other" That makes II plain that the
nconle who knew the facts and burned the
negro and saved pieces of his liver for SOU
yenirs are excused. If not justified Of them
selves. and all who presume to take different
view are to be dismissed as full Of ignorance
and prejudice. Nevertheless. in spite Of the
warning from Georgia that we must not con-
denim Georgia savagery too harsbly. we shall
still say what we think Of the reproduction Of
Irouuois fortunes by Anglo-SaxOns in the year
1900 though we shall strive to do so with care
for the. facts. Therefore we will take 1.-THE
Constitutions" own statement:
As critics will howl about the lynching The
Constitution Will be pardoned Tor statlng the
The wife was seized, choked thrown upon the
floor where her clothing lay In the blood OF her
husband and ravished.
Remember the fact Remember the dark night
In the country home. Remember the slain hus-
band and. above all. remember that shocking
degradation which was inflicted by the black
beast his victim swimming in her husbands
warm blood as the brute held her to the floor.
Keep the facts in mind. When the picture Is
painted Of the ravisher In flames. go back and
view that darker picture of Mrs. Crawford out
ragged In the blood OF her murdered husband.
That. indeed, is an awful picture. The wretch
deserved death, If ever creature did. But
since we are TO compare pictures. let us put
beside II that other one Of the revenge. which
Is thought by The Constitution" to he less
dark:
the Negroes dropped into a hand ready to
receive 1t. Hose pleaded pitifully for mercy, and
begged his tormentors 10 let him die His cries
we're UNDECIDED The second ear went the way
OF the other Hardly had he been deprived Of
his organs Of hearing than his fingers, one by
one. were taken from his hands and passed
among the members of the yelling and now thor
oughly maddened crowd.
When the crowd wearied OF this mutilation the
words, Come on with the oil' brought a huge
can Of kerosene TO the foot Of the tree. where
the negro his body covered with blood from
head TO foot. was striving and Juggling at his
chains The can was lifted over the negros
head by three or four men. and It's contents
poured over him.
Before the body was cool II was cut to pieces.
the bones were crushed into small bits. and
even the tree upon which the wretch met his
fate was torn up and disposed of as souvenirs.
The negros heart was cut In several pieces. as
was also his liver Those unable TO obtain the
ghastly relics direct paid their more iortsnate
possessors extravagant sums for them. Small
pieces OF bone vent for 25 cents and bit OF
the liver crisply cooked sold for 10 cents. AS
soon as the negro was seen TO be dead there
was q tremendous struggle among the crowd
which had Witnessed his tragic end to secure the
souvenirs. A rush was made for the stake, ana