The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-25
ANOTHER GEORGIA WAY.
This Time They Lynched the Negroes
and scaipcd Them.

RAtNRRIDGE. GA, July 3.-One
negro lvncred by hanging. TWO iouhd
dead VINO were undoubtedly ynchei ana
were afterward scalped, and an eAcileI
mob chasing tive other negroes, is l"S
si,uatiou i'm the Ogletree outrage To-Day
There Is the widest excitement through
out thjs section OF the state, ana IL Is
feared by the law-abding ciuzehs lh"1
others will be put 10 death by the lreh-
lied mob searching for the negroes I'M
pncated in the assault OF MS Osleliee'
al sanold Ga. Thursday night.
Late last night Louis Sammins, DIG
yellow negro who answered tO the descrip-
ton of one of the men who committed
the assault. was captured near Brinson'
ca. and at midnight he was taken 10
Sanold and Mrs. Ogletree positively
Identified him. Me then made a full con-
fession. swearing that he belonged TO
band OF seven other negroes VINO recent
lv broke iail at Augusta, Ga, and who
rad been i'm hiding I'm the Chattahooche
river bottoms near Saffold for several
weeks.
hc said he and another of the gang
were selected to rob the Ogeiree store
ana divide the spells with their pals IN
tine swamps No assault on the woman
was contemplated until the two negroes
saw her Sammins gave the names OF
his companions BOZ crime and described
them.
RMS morning az sunrise mmins was
taken 10 an oak tree near The Ogietree
house. n stout rope was tie1 around his
neck and he was told he could pray IL
ne wanted 10 before being hanged.
ION. Lordy, have mercy on my SOUL
was AN he could say. with great
shout from two hundred men fifty ot
tho 1nnW rome anu
I'D shot Sammins' body through the air.
lie kicked and swayed for ten minutes
and then life became extinct.
Sammins' body was riddled with bullets
by the mob as II dispersed. The body
was left hanging 20 the limb to-day as
an object lesson TO the negroes or the
community. Before being hanged Sam
Minis was chained 10 the tree and parts
OF his body were cut of. Some wanted
10 burn him, but the majority favored
hanging.
Early this morning the bodies OF two
unknown negroes were found on the rail-
road embankment near cambridge a big
crowd examined the bodies II was be
Hevcd by some that the men had been
accidentally killed bv a train. but others
asserted that the negroes bad been hang
ga by a mob and Their bodies placed on
the track be run over by 20 train. The
heads Of both had been neatly scalped.
So divided was the opinion that tho
coroner was summoned ana be empane'le1
a jury. which. after two hours Of DELHI
GRAFTON. returned q verdict that the me-
gr0es came 10 their death accidentally.
but this Is Laughed at by many persons
in view NJ the fact that The men answered
the description Of the men told % by
Sammns. IL is believed that they were
put on the track by a portion Of the
posse which left Saffold as soon as sam
minis confessed The bodies We're found
near the Flint river and the men vs. re
undoubtedly strangers in the community.
The officers Of the law are powerless 90
check the fury NJ the people. even n they
were so disposed The man who was
with Slmmins has not yet been captured.
lie Is regarded as The more guilty Of The
two as De proposed The assault on tho
woman and first committed tho crime.
II De is caught o. Is doubtful If the mob
can Doe persuaded 90 allow him 20 be
hanged. as they demand vengeance mo the
stake.
Many declare he shall Dc burned and
tortured. as was Sam Hose Several me-
eroes have been captured and taken be-
fore Mr. and Mrs Ogletrcc. who have de-
cl3red them 10 be- Innocent
ON June 9Th eight negroes broke JAIN al
Augusta. and despite the fact that re-
ward was offered for them they were
never found until the gang turned up near
Saffold They are Sammins. John Doc
gan. Ed Henderson. VIII Easterlng. Ben
Lark. Columbus Ray. VIII Campbell and
another whose name is unknown.
The victim Of to-day's lynching declared
that these men have been together since
their escape from iail.-New York Herald.