Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-28
LYNCH|NGS DOWN SOUTH.
A Negro Fiend Burned at the Stake
and His Body Mutilated by
Mob.
A c0LoREB PREACHER ALSO LYHcHED.

Lige Strickland, Said to Have Been Impli-
Gated by Sam Hose in the Murder of
Alfred Crawford. Hanged to a Tree
Problem of Protecting White Women
in SparseIy Settled Districts.
Newman, Ga, April 25.-In the pres
ence of nearly 1900 people who sent
aloft yells of defiance and shouts of joy,
Sam Hose, a negro who committed two
of the basest acts known to crime, was
burnt at stake in a public road IL
miles from here yesterday afternoon. Be
fore the torch was applied to the pyre,
the negro was deprived of his ears, fin
gers and other portions of his anatomy.
The negro pleaded pitifully for his life
while the mutilation was going on, but
stood the ordeal of fire with surprising
fortitude. Before the body was cool it
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 negrO'S heart was cut
in several pieces as was also his liver.
Those unable to obtain the CHASTITY rel
les direct, paid their more fortunate
possessors eXtravagant sums for them.
A Colored Preacher Also Lynched.
Palmetto, Ga, April 25.-The body of
Lige Strickland, the negro preacher
implicated by Sam Hose in the killing
Of Alfred Crawford, was found swing
ing to the limb of tree about one mile
from town this morning. The ears and
| fingers were cut off and on the body
| was pinned d placard bearing these
| words: 1--WE must protect our southern
women" Strickland was a negro min
| lister, 60 years of Age. Sam Hose, just
I, ia6 10
the pile of wood under him, near New
nan Sunday, admitted killing Alfred
Crawford but said that Strickland had
given him S12 to do the deed. The con-
fession of Hose caused great excite
ment here and a crowd of men left for
the home of Mai. Davis, where Strick-
| land works, and at dusk took the negro
from the place and brought him into
| town. The court afterwards moved
out into the woods one mile away.
| Here he was strung up two or three
times in an effort to get a confession
from him, but each time he refused to
say that he had any connection with
| Hoses crime and denied that he had
paid Hose to murder Crawford. The
crowd seemed to be evenly divided and
speech-making continued till daylight,
when it was decided to take the preacher
| to Jail at Fairburn. This was the last
| time the negro was seen alive. \
couple of farmers coming into town
this morning reported finding the body
of Strickland hanging from the limb of
a tree and shockingly muti1ated. A
telephone message from Palmetto said
the mob which lynched Strickland cap
tured Albert Sewell, a negro, who eX-
pressed himself to the effect that the
death of every negro should be avenged,
and have put him to death. The mob
is said to be still on the hunt for ne
groes and it is probable two more will
be lynched.
| Question of Protecting White Women.
Atlanta, Ga, April 25.-The series OF
crimes which began with the burning
of Palmetto by incendiaries, the lynch
ing a month later of four negroes by
| the whites of that little town in retail
alton, to be followed ten days ago by
| the murder of Alfred Crawford and the
ravishing of his wife for which the
negro, Sam Hose, was burned at the
| stake Sunday, has stirred the people of
Georgia and the south into frenzied
discussion of the social problem re
vealed. The question of protection for
the white women in the sparsely settled
farming districts is the topic to-day. The
Atlanta Constitution to-day devotes a
page to a collection of opinions on how
proper protection can be afforded to
the women of the country. OF the mat
ter, Gov. Gambler has this to say:
The question OF protection for women and
homes in the country is one of deep interest and
which weighs upon my heart think the
wiseSt plan for protection will be for the legis-
| lature to take up the matter and provide suffi-
cient state militia and funds to be expended for
| patrol in the country districts
EN-Gov. William j. North expressed
himself as follows:
| An occasional negro lying dead in the back
yard, shot by brave woman in defense of her
honor, will do to stop this awful crime than
all the lynclling that may occur in year.
| would have every county supplied with at least
half dozen trained bloodhoundS- would have
an organization of at least 20 men in each coun-
| ty who should have supervision of all lawless-
ness and disorders in the country.
Mrs. H. FELTON,, who produced a SEN
sation by her assertion at an agricul-
tural convention two years ago that
LOCO negroes should be lynched every
week until the outrages stop, says she
has no reason to change her opinion.