Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-17
LYNCHERS CONDEMNED
Kansas Legislature Calls Tor
Their Punishment.
NEWSPAPERS FOR DEATH PENALTY.
ofieiais Defend Themselves ana se.-.2i
Said Another Girl Identified Alexander
as Fer Assaiiaut-sb- assert.a That
She on:y said He Looked Like the Mat.

| Topeka, ban. Jan. IA joint
resolution WIS passed by the legs
lature depl0ring and eondemning tin
LeavenwoEth lgnching The resain
ton fayors most rigid investigation
of all the acts and circumstances
attending tue lynching ana DEMANDS
that the perpetrators be punished 10
| the full extent of the law
/ Ieavenworth. Kan. Jan. I7.--Offi-
Gals responsible Tor the life of Fred
Alexander. tile negro burned at the
stake Tuesday evening In this city,
| began the preparation Of their de-
| Tense. The negfos guilt Of the as.
sault and murder last November of
Pearl Forbes which he denied with
his last breath, was. they say, proved
conclnsiyely by bis statements while
in the Lansing penitentiary This
evidence, it was asserted will be.
gathered and published.
In addition. Sheriff Eeyerhardy said
that the report that Alexander as.
sauted girl mt Stiiiings. near here.
is true. and that the young woman
had appeared at the penitentiary be,
fore the start for Leavenwortb and
positively identified the negro as her
assailant.
Sheriff Everhardy said in part:
.sThose who condemn me should
place themselves in my position.
did my duty so far as lay within my
power, but | was overwhelmed by
superior numbers.
Il deplore the fact that Alexander
was burned. | did my full duty as
sheriff of Leavenworth county
| Il did not request state militia and
am glad the troops did not arrive. If
| they had there would have been sew
efal innocent lives lost
Chief of Police Cranston. when
asked Wednesday If any effort would
be made to arrest the mob leaders.
said:
mo, ! thiBk not | know of no
movement to arrest any one. I do
| not approve Of the burning of Alex
ander, but he should have been hung.
He outraged another girl aside from
Miss Forbes. OH Labor day. but moth
ing was known Of 1t until lately.
This girl was taken to the peniten.
tiary yesterday aud identified Alex.
| ander as her assailant. 1t is my
opinion that he murdered Miss
Forbes"
Probate Judge l.. Hawn said:
There are some bad features about
the affair, and | am sorry for it all
The burning part is too bad; 1t hurts
the community 1t was intended to
give an object lesson but hanging
would have been better
Many of the newspapers through
out the state joined in condemning
the lynching, and called upon the leg
islature to enact q law promptly re-
storing capital punishment in Kan.
sas
The funeral OF Fred Alexander. the
negro who was burned at the stake,
took place and was attended only by
the undertaken and his assistants.
The remains were inferred in the
Potter's field. The coroner has inn
panelled q Jury which viewed the re-
mains before interment but he had
not decided when he will hold an in
quest. He Is looking up evidence in
the matter. but is unable to find any
one who can testify in the case
Nothing has been done toward max
ing any arrests, and when the MAYOR
was asked If he would take any steps
in the matter he answered:
at is . state case. T have nothing
to do with it."
Miss Thole, who, it is charged. was
assaulted by Alexander and threat
ened with death If she said anything
about it, stated to reporter last
night that the announcement that she
had identified Alexander as her as
sailant was erroneous Her state
ment is that Alexander looked like
the man. but she was not positive
about II.