The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-30


the hands Of n quiet and orderly. but de-
terrnined. mob Of 100 men. Elijah clark.
m rsgro boy twenty years old. this even
ing paid the extreme penalty for n Grim
inaI assault upon white gri' Susie
Priest, twelve years old
Tie regro was taken out OF JAIL after
,l,., sheriff had been overcome by smoke.
carried 20 the girl and identified. and then
,aken TO the Moore grove. near Dalias.
- -vr,,nS 10 a limb. his body bei'Ig rid
,sIc5 with bullets and shot The body Is
a, a late hour tonight swinging to htnr'
,n n deserted grove and stands as warn
ING 10 other negroes who may nave u"
a., n. committing this crime.
-. US guilty os one of The most
.-.ars,v cases If assault ever ccmmitte1
=, north Alabama lie caught susie
TS~,..- and her sister. Nellie Priest. OUT
a. n lonely field and grabbed the fcfmei
t,- the throat. Threatening to cut ner heais
o,,, IL shs. did not submit TO MN.
ScsIIge priest escaped and gave the alarm
a., Uallas- Within a few minutes the en-
tire male population OF ,he ,h.
a, rurs,Itt If the negro. who iied INTO eIIe
,,,1,,,Ds- - The search for the negro CON
.-.,,s.I an eight Deputies were also aiter
-, and he was captured by DePuuc
,,,,IIyns and lamar ct the home OF Isa
- ,,,s,- NIs.riS;ianvilie. eight miles from
.I,. s,ens s,f his crime Clark was ii -
,.-,,h two cousins. and they inade Al"
,or,D, 10 conc al hiuI by sleeping on '.'
re was hustled out ana otOush1 S,-,,
ne ~ .-,rlx h,,,ir this morning. C;ark
S41s - = =, en-. deputies that ne was the
-, Who asseuItcd the girl. anu sslu
80. t,oxt,- that she was "a poor ia".'rS
- - thought nothing would DC o""e
W., thc news spread over the toWh
,ha, th.. negro was in jail the i"-' Pcs
,-Iatton OF Dallas suspended worh' s..-s
,earlv ths entire Dallas mih 20 shie eoS.l NJ
-, ,,,r, came TO town ana surrou''ueu
.,1 T-h.v brought ufies. SHE'S
, 1IS -. Wei, Them, and were ready iIT
any kind OF trouble s,a
ssberifT FuIghaIn was requested 10 hss"e
- -. t.ys He refused. saying Una,
~ ,nob would have 10 Kill MIN 10 se'
them .,.s .,.,he fail
,r-,ea with winchesters ana shoNs s- su,
STh. moi, then began TO make prep 80
=. $50 in the Jail The ront door was
- - - and a rush made Sor the lire
- .s'.,,v,-I.s II, the hall The deputies open
- -. .rd ,,r,e man, Will Ninins, ar ciec-
- Us-ht trimmer. was shot IN tic sheui-
80 T-llis checked tie mob n: Nh"e'
- tho leaders decided to go about &C
..',,,r,rlshtus their object In some other
way -. -o.,,ra /,
ss.-Y-erai mounds Of dynamite We're secut -
ard ularea against the walls OF the Ja.l
T-be sheriff Was again asked 10 sutreiue.
the KEYS. OF have the 1AIl u'""N ~P'
ia refused again
P-o-,I-e-- citizens. among them Cap
So, Asilr.u Uumes. Captain Daniel Cole
r,ar Juhn IL Walker and others, InAHe
su..,,.hsS In N enGeayOr 20 paciiy the
mob hut they were hOoted down
shortly after noon a large stick OF dyna-
nice was thrown Up the main stairway OF
the iaiL Tho explosion damaged the
stairs and broke every window In TN
front part OF the building. Inc sherut
vras varied 70 come out with his deputies
s-s ,-isoners. but he again firmly re-
fused
The mob then made plans 20 smoke .he
office out ns the faii. A barrel OF oil.
large amount Of tar and several husneis
OF feathers were placed on the cement
ground fiu0r o. the jail AMI set aiire- n
Eurocat1n- smoke arose and the sher.t
v-as compelled 90 take refuge In the third
story Of the taIl. the deputies and suaFis
seeking the remote corners
Al this tuncture Circuit Judge II. c.
Sreaka appeared On the iail steps and beg
eef the crowd 70 disperse- He read a teie-
rr-r1 from Governor Johnston. instruct
.nr- him e. hold a special term Of court
ara Try sle prisoner Immediately. The
mob held OF again and the Jail was auiei
fo- Al hour
Jud-e Speake reappcared at the county
courthouse and organized n grand jury
which returned n true bill. after IN
hours FelIberation. charging Elijah Clark
with rsps The trial was set for Wednes-
dEv or Thursday
At o'clock tho mob began 20 fire M
tar and feathers again and another
r.iafrr smoke was raised Chief % Po-
lce o.ertor noted Sheriff Fulgham's ab-
renee from MS window on the third floor
and feared that ne rad been smothered-
lie dashed mn the stairs and found Sheriff
Fuichau almost overcome by the smoke
Oscar b. said. You must get out OF
Le-e ~ you w.Il die
Go hack. Dave" replied the sheriff: II
must stay here and protect this man. !
Em willing % de doing my duty"
Chief overtou compelled the sheriff 20
come out with him and led him 10 the
city hail. Tonight the sheriff IS I'm a
serious condition
When tho sheriff came out the mob
had no opposition IN the jail and took
tElm.diatu possession. The negro was
fn a modern steel cage and there was no
way 70 get him out except by breaking
Tho lock Thls was a hard job and re-