Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-26
BURNED
/ At THE STAKE.
], 4,t Murdered a Mans Wife
" h Cold Blood
!, r,DE NO CRY OR MOAN.
,,. stump stoiidIy an"
s'p'le' .e Addressed the
''' Mob ADOu, Him.

-, Tenn, Aug. 25.-Lying
c''', soor Of the family room, ne,
/, De , uvs' with clotted blood ana
y a''s s,siued with the same drops
sl'a, Williams, a well-to-do farmer '
N~ :, tbe most prominent ei'iNens
d ''' va, !, county, found his devoted
Fals afternoon when he re-
u f', ,.',o marketing his wheat IN
SsT ''' ,orn Of Maxwell. A heavy
. ' w zone through her head HE
Y etrct and her two baby .. en,'a ap%
~ ,.., hoy. aged 8, told what had
y w., The young mother had been
e-'. sllled by Henry Noles, a me-
"a unon williams place, AS the
r hI ua Wounded woman sank to me
pfAs3, shot at the boy, the bullet
y ". Nm me child's head. Then ne iled
f'La' r 'o The motive, II Is be-
! " vas robbery and $40 was OBJ
I'd BY Noles ,,,,,,od ~ tho
leiAS "a mob Of infurated citizens
q. go, ~ If Williams, about 5000 peo-
ssgrsssinr the execution, many re-
p,,"r al day until the body was en-
I r9., WAS captured early this morn
w. water tank near Coan, Tenn
as taken 10 Winchester by ms
'i,ars and placed in the county jail
a'is stewart made haste to try TO
s IN, the jail and protect the prs.
", an angry mob Of several hun
~ men gathered about Asst
s,,r ATTY. n, NJ, Whitaker VINO
s ,,,..fad and made speech 10 the
s,.a He appealed TO them to assist
. Having excitement and upholding
I. msiesty OF the law. He promised
\ ,onyene the grand jury. toprompt-
5i5ict the negro and have him speed
\ hid al the present term Of court
,.nrng the crowd that his conviction
I4gsl execution was foregone con-
,vsIon. This appeal was supplemented
\ hage Lynch, Capt. Tolley, j. NJ.
Leteton and others
"a sooner had their appeals been
-,6. than several hundred citizens
han the neighborhood where the crime
rs committed augmented the crowd
B thousands They swept forward up
4 be fail. oyerpowered the sheriff
ID his deputies, took the prisoner ana
kstel Tor the scene of the crime,
lrsys miles distant, at 1915 a, m.
M mob was orderly but determined.
lssmed that the whole population for
rlts around had turned out 10 see
d iate Of the wretch. a procession
Ane miles In length followed the mob
b he Williams home.
Arriving at a point in sight OF the
ssal o. the crime the negro was placed
vol a stump and given a chance TO
rsk statement
y mounted the stump stolidly and
hIAed as he began his statement, He
~ Tell all my sisters and brothers
meet me In glory. ] am going to
NE that my home Tell my mother
o meet me where parting Will be no
rn
" was then asked as to whether
ryoae Else was implicated in the
cine Noles stated emphatically that
eEe vas no one implicated but him
VI
Why did you kill Mrs. Williams"
y vas asked.
Iiusi done that because had moth
h else to do
Ne finished his statement AT 1885 p.
b Ne was taken from the stump, car
Nd to a tree nearby, bound TO the
n by chains and his body saturated
riih oil.
Al liQ y. m, a match was applied
~ Instantly the quivering body was
tveoped In flames Fence rails were
llN about the burning body and soon
.'t vas extinct.
ne negro made no cutlery at any
me and died as stolldly as a stole.
NE we're no dIsorderly scenes about
y burning body.
NJ dead woman was a member OF
n o. The Oldest and most respected
irlies In the county.