The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-19
The LY|lC HING IN
MEL son COUNTY
Pinknsy Murphy Executed in a.
Dramatic Manner
me ROPE READY IN HIS PATH.
Taken From tho onicers and Swung
10 Tree Before They. lsearizcd
What Mas Being Donc-Hc
Planned 10 Leave County.
Especial Dispatch 10 The Times, ,

Especial Dispatch 10 The Times.
LfNCABURG, VA, Sept. 17.-Coinplete
"details of Inc iynchin.s al Arlington. Nel-
son county. on last Friday night. have
been received here. As stated by Your
correspondents. negro named teinkney
sNAnrphy committed a criminal assault
on Hiss Eiaa lsaSworth, a a'el-known
l.sighiy respected yce.ig iaay, ana u dausa-s
Ser OF 1iae late Az. Pe.rs Bosworth,
1ormer residen, III .appotnattex- Miss Boss-
WORTH lived with hsy notner ana b:otncEs
within about u l.l1le OF Arlington On
last Friday morning at about eleven
o'clock she went q short distance 10
neighborss house to<iaay a visit On !tet
return home at ABOUT Twelve cioch. SIZE
had 10 pass t.rorgn u small body OF
woods, and when some distance unaer The
trees she was accosted by the negro -auf-
ply, who asked ner If sae nad seen any
thing OF his little dog. knowing -hut-
ply We'll, she Old not hesitate 10 fePis
to his question. and having answered sae
started 10 continue her walk
TIE ASSAULT.
AS Murphy passed Miss Bosworth ne
graspei her 10y The threat and choked her
10 insensibility, and after wreaklns MS
purpose ieG1 her lying upon the ground ap-
I,areDt1s dead. In a snort while alter tie
negro disappeared Miss Bosworth recoy-
cred CONSCIOUSNESS and OF once began
screaming for help. AS she was not more
than three ilundred yards froIn her nome.
her cries were soon heard, and one OF her
brothers fastening TO the spot found her
lying helpless upon the ground. Sne was.
in a pitias,e condition ana was badly
bruised.
Miss Bosworth was at once removed 10
her lIorne and The alarm given III the
neghboraood- People in all directions
turned out to hunt for Murphy, but tue
search for several hours proved futile
1T seems that the negro after committing
the crime recognized the enormity of his
deed and concealed himself i'll The bushes
TRYING TO ESCAPE.
Towards night he made his way to Ar
rins1on. wilere he tried TO obtain some
money due him for work in q stare mill
1t is thought that he intended taking
train at that point and thus getting safely
out of the county. His plans, however,
1niscarried very seriously; for he uad been
at Arlington but a short while when he
was discovered by a party of the search
ers and placed under arrest. Soon after
wards he was carried before Miss Bos-
worth. who promptly and readily ideIiu-
fled him as her assailant. and later on.
d. is stated, Murlsly made a fua COM
dession. When taken before a mag.s-
1-ate, he was sent on to the grand jury
moved at once to the county jail at Low
iugston He was committed 10 the care
of two young men, who, with the negro,
started for the county seat in a single
buggy.
STOPPED BY A CROWD
When the guards and their prisoner
reached the forks of the road at Timber
Ridge Church. a few miles from AIRING
ton, they were stopped by a crowd OF
men. From that time until the close OF
the tragedy. there was enacted one of
the Sirangest scenes ever recorded in The
history OF lynchings. When the buggy
arrived at the forks of the road II was
Between seven and eight o'clock, and in
the gloom OF the night that vas fast
falling, The occupants of the vehicle could
see men lined UP on either side From
the limb of a tree dangled a rope and
the moose at the end of 1t announced only
too plainly the Intention of the crowd.
Not "a single word was spoken. and
throughout the proceedings an intense 81
1ence prevailed The moment he saw the
men on the roadside and Inc sinister rope
hanging before his eyes, the negro Muir
ply recognized his fearful situation.
A QUICK EXECUTION.
One hand he threw OUT and seized one
of his guards while with the other he
grabbed the TOP of the buggy. He evil
dertiy med.tated springing from tils Ve-
hicle and attempting 10 run Tor ms NE.
In the twinkle Of an eye, however,
dozen hands Tad hold Of HIM and he was
torn from Inc buggy with such force that
the top Of the vehicle came with him. By
the action OF the iyncaers the horse was
thrown with some violence TO ole side
and a sh:ft OF the buggy was broken.
For q moment or two the officers had 10
devote themselves TO checking the horse
and bringing dle buggy back to the road.
AS quick they were. they did not re-
cover themselves before the negro had
been dragged to tle tree and swung up
from the ground. 1t Is stated that before
the two officers fully realized what had
happened, tie negro's body was swaying
IN the night wind with dozens OF bullet
aaples in it, while the crowd of lynchers
were filing down the turnpike and rapidly
disappearing from view.