Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-30
NEGRO RAv|SHtR
/ IS BURNED ALIVE.
,,,,, Outraged His Victim The"
Cut Her Throat
,,ya SEARCH FOR BRUTE
h, Two Negroes = f"r"e'
''' ",', to sheriff raA'n BY the
nOb-Dea'b Scene

Fla May ~
B'i'0' 4, years of age VINO az 'ool
n'sIN ~ .imlnally assaulted ana then
yesterday ,,rs Rena Taggart, a we'll
nifdeieu .osnectable white woman oil
S'0'n d. a'p WAS burned at the stake here
0s CIV, .,,onipg in the presence oil
df,y . ,a,' Of people, The burning was
th'Ops ~ If the negro's crime WIN
. 20 '1' Yards Of the principal 'nOrous'-
are Of this city, ..,or was one of
inc ' ' and coolest blooded crimes
he O0'-, n,itted in Florida, Al 10 o'clock
eva '~ . morning Mrs, Taggart, VINO
ye;le'1a! and reared in this place, ana
was pV,n Oman nam Of good family ana repu,
vas WV,'t fishing alone In a snlal
apoh W." ,hat she kept at the clty
w. W.. cer Place creek inns ia, !" iui'
@-s Inc public thoroushlare -
's' tontes before noon, desiring TO
nv D' ao,oe she rowed her boat TO
ellih i ,o, and made II fast. A negro
he prub eshinq from the bridge at the
tine s,orted home and had
.A,oss1ed only a few steps III IA t ,he
pI% sn,n toward the open prairie anu 'he ,
ManP men she was approached Dy
VIZ. nuso,e who had been hiding IN the
R9cheIN t w. seized her and she broke
swamp screaming, ran into the prai-
pO'' Move he overlook her.
NJ WIN ,to assault while she was pros
,.S S'' ne held her with ms haiius uliu
s wy, !" and taking his knife rom ms
ntss ' "u, her throat from ear TO ear,
pWAe', iustant death. He then walked
CAUSING , ,n1r who had been fishing on
V uN 4ee and who was Thoroughly
lhe v,% "eSi and asked him what he
, ,hen@ 40 with the body lie was tolu
,ng lsave Il where It was Rochelle TOOK
w. Needing form In his arms ana car
wy w !, Mack TO the swamp, threw II
1 'yr and escaped into the interior OF
u !, Sew t@W minutes the crime had been
~ and in less than an hour
nrSpcticaly the whole city was IN arms,
AMI n well.armed posse was moving
a o. evsrv direction In search OF the
cr,minai Bloodhounds we're secured
va ,u all night a fruitless search was
contnued This morning no trace OF
,be negro had been secured, ana the
seople were becoming more determiheu
"a apprehend him, as the chances Ior
HE dnal escape seemed to grow.
Ahont noon a courier arrived an
ronncIng that the negro had been cap
,nrsd hy two other negroes three miles
sov,b n the city Posses were imme-
distev upon the trail, but the captors
succeeded In getting tnelr prisoner
ouiety into the city and turning nm
aver 10 the sheriff Of Polk county In
less Than fen minutes after the trans
Ter had been made the streets became
congested and the crowd being aug
mented as II marched, they headed to-
ward the jail.
In spite Of the sheriff and a strong
guard VI deputies, who made every Ell
fort 70 protect him from mob violence,
The mob secured the prisoner and took
up the march TO the scene of the crime.
Rochelle was half dragged, half car
cIed to the bridge, enyeloped by a
great thrOng OF people OF all ages
Scream after scream broke from the
wetch's lips, followed by groans and
prayers for mercy
AT the bridge the mob turned toward
The prairie and then into the swamp
and TO the scene Of the Negroes crime.
By common consent burning was TO be
he penalty. There were no ropes, no
plans for lynching by hanging.
The stake was the only suggestion as
70 the proper expiation Of the crime,
and without organized effort, and yet
WIN apparently unanimous UNDER
uinding barrel was In readiness and
vs. placed by the stake in the very
50 where Mrs. Taggart was assaulted
in murdered. On this the negro was
lltd and chained TO the stake.
Ne pleaded for mercy, but In the
lfat crowd around him silence was
ne only response. There were no
sds' no swearing, no disorder. Be
'ie The chains around his body had
zen made fast cans Of Kerosene oil
om many sources were passed to the
ol' and one OF the leaders stepped
we negro and slowly but deliberately
lufed i on him and his clothes, until
y clothing and the barrel were well
I1uIa'ed. II was then 6 o'clock. The
oFa was growing and business In the
y mad practically been suspended.
nheh the match was touched the
az quickly leaped sykward. The
nnlng body could be seen only as a
lA OBJECT in the circle OF a roaring
.l, Then the fire slackened and the
.'ning body came back in full view.
J already tho groans Tad ceased and |
only evidence Of life was In ME
.Ioruons OF the muscles OF the limbs.
,T hiteen minutes the body burned |
7 N a half hour from the minute
match was applied only the charred |
-ss We're left as a reminder OF the
,los crime and his fate. The crowd |
/ psIsed rs quietly as It had gathered.
III s,3O fDuipbt tho ,tt. Ia n,tiat