Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-26
MOB FIRED FACETS
And Melted Out Awful Punish
ment to a Negro
Brute.
CHILDREN SAW HIS GRIMES.
Assaulted and Murdered Their
Mother-shot at One Of the Chill
dren-BuIIet Just Grazed His Head.
Negro Died Without Groan.

chattanooga, lGHu43 Aug d.
Henry Noles. negro, was burned by
a mob Of citizens Sunday for Grim
lpally assaulting and shooting to
death Mrs. Charles Williams, wife Of
a prominent farmer near Winchester,
Tenn, last Friday. Admitting his
crime and asking his friends to meet
him in glory, he met his fate without
a groan.
He was captured early Sunday
morning at water tank near Cowan,
Tenn, and was taken to Winchester
hy his captofs and placed Id the
county Jail. Sheriff Stewart made
haste to barrfeade the jail and pro
tect the prisoner. S DON an angry mob
of several hundred men gathered but
Assistant Attorney General Whit
taker appeared and made a speech to
the crowd. urging them to assist IN
allaying the excitement and uphold
ing the majesty OF the law He prom
ised to reconyene the grand jury to
cay to indict the negro promptly and
have him speedily tried at the present
term of court, assuring the crowd that
his conviction and legal execution
were z foregone conclusion. This APP
peal was supplemented by Judge J. J.
Lynch Captain W. W. TolleY and
others No sooner had their appeals
been made than several hundred citi-
zens from the neighborhood where
tie crime was committed came up
and augmented the crowd to thou
sands. They swept forward upon the
Jail, oyerpoWered the sheriff and his
deputies, took the prisoner and start
ed at 10. Is a. M. for the scGne of the
crime, Z miles distant
The Mob Was Determined.
The mob was determined, and it
seemed that almost the entire popula-
ton for miles around had turned out
10 see the fate of the wretch The
procession followed the mob to the
Williams home. Arriving at point
in sight of the scene of the crime the
negro Was placed upon a stump and
given a chance to make a statement.
He mounted the stump stolidIy and
laughed as he began his statement.
He said:
Tell all my sisters aud brothers
to meet me in glory. am going to
make that my home Tell my mother
to meet me where parting will be no
more.
He was then asked as to whether
ShS O4tS Ol9I " Go III JtlGdIGQ Ill the
crime. Noles stated emDhatically
there was no one implicated but him.
self
Why did you kill Mrs. Williams p
was asked
81 just done that because l had
nothing elseto do"
He was then taken from the stump,
bound TO tree by chains and his
body saturated with oil
At i: 40 p. M a match was applied
and instantly the quiYering body was
enVeloped in flames. Fence rails
We're piled about the burning body
and soon life was extinct The negro
made no cutlery at any time and died
as stolidly as a stole.
AT least 5000 people witnessed the
horrible fate of the negro. Many re-
NAMED until nightfa1l, augmenting
lie blaze until the body was entirely
consumed They then departed for
their homes quietly.
Found His Wife Murdered.
Lying on the floor of the family
room, her face splashed with clotted
bloow, Charles Williams found his
young wife Friday afternoon. when he
returned to his home A bullet had
gone through her head, life was ex-
tinct, and her two baby children were
crying in grief and fear. The oldest
boy, aged 5, tod what had occurred.
The young mother had been shot and
killed by Henry Noles, a negro hand
upon the Williams place. AS the NOR
tally wounded woman sank to the
floor, Noles shot at the boy. the bull
let grazing the child head. Then he
Ted to the woods. Williams neigh
bors were stirred to the pitch of ex.
acting merciless and summary ms
uce. Hearing of the crime Sheriff
Stewart departed for the scene with
Dloodhounds. A posse of determined
citizens, well armed and provided
with a rope, was also ON Noles trail
1t Is reported that the motive was
robbery and $40 was obtained by the
murderer. Mr.. Williams is a farmer
Well-to-do, and one of the most prom
lDent residents Of his section of
FRANKLIN county. The dead woman
was a member of one of the oldest
and most respected families in the
country. The two children. the Older
lust b wears Of app 1Unro Tho o,,1-x -.