The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-16
Negro Who Attempted to Assault Miss Eva
both Dealt Out Vengeance at Hands
of an Infuriated Mob
Father of Pearl Forbes Outraged and Murdered
IN November Last Applied the Torch
to the CuIp prit.

LEAVENWORTI, Kan, Jan. 15-Fred
alexander the negro who Saturday even
ing attempted to assault Miss Eva Roth
anu VINO was supposed to have assault
ed and killed Pearl Forbes in this citv
III november last, was this afternoon
taken from the guards and burned at
the STAKE at the scene of his crime. half
ooZen blocks from the center of the
city. Probably S,OG0 people witnessed
the lynching.
The negro was taken from his cell at
the state penitentiary at O'clock this
afternoon, and loaded into a hack and
brought to town. Fifty deputy marshaIs
surrounded him, and Deputy Sheriffs
StanCemyers and Tom Brown sat in the
hack on either side of him.
There were fifty buggies and wagons in
the procession, which followed the hack
In, and it was a funeral march, indeed,
for Fred Alexander. The trip to town
was made quietly, and there was no at
tempt to create a disturbance on the
road.
When the corner of Fourth and Olive
streets was reached, the police, VINO
were i'll the hack following that in which
Alexander was concealed, jumped out
and chased several negroes This Gre
ated diversion which attracted the at
tention of every one, and in the excite
ment the hack in which Alexander was
concealed was frantically driven to the
county Jail, and just as the mob reached
the doors he was locked In the first cell
on the east side of the cell house. All
the doors Of the Jail We're locked, and the
crowd first attempted to gain admission
by peaceful means.
Sheriff Everhardy refused to deliver the
negro.
MOB FORCED AN ENTRANCE.
Then the crowd pushed it's way to the
- IL So,
tering ram, the door was forced from it's
hinges Then the crowd surged into the
corridors by the narrow doorway. A
huge iron bar was secured and the iron
door of the cell attacked. This was final
ly bent so that it could be forced far
enough back for men to climb over it,
Several gained entrance in this manner
In the meantime the crowd had pushed
down the side gate of the stooAsade and
in moment there was mass in the
jail yard The side door, which was
made Of heavy sheet iron, was the next
object of attack. Several thoughtful
ones had provided themselves with sledge
hammers and cold chisels, and 1T was the
work of only few moments before the
hinges were cut from inside. It was off
its hinges in a moment. More men push
ed inside, and the iron bar was again
called into play and the doors of the cell
room broken down
Then. the cry went up, HE is not here!
He has escapedr'
Search the court house There is a
tunnel between, and he has been taken
out that way"
Then a man with sharp eyes spied a
shapciess mass crouched down in one
corner OF the dark cell
An exultant cry went up: "He is here!
We've got him! Bring the keys
Several keys were found lying around
the corridors and these were passed into
the crowd. Fhey would not work
Then again sledge hammer was call
ed into action, and in five minutes the
heavy lock had been broken Off yell
of terror issued from the cell
THIRSTED FOR BLOOD.
The tension was so great that
strong men tiIled the room with hysteTi-
cal laughter. Outside the crowd was
yelling in manner that has perhaps
never before been heard in the city of
Leavenworth Inside the cell rushed those
who were nearest the door.
The mob issued forth in a moment,
dragging the negro by the coat collar.
He had been struck over the head with
a hammer, but was still conscious
Many fought to get at him.
Don't hurt him. they cried.
Wen burn him." the response
'Take him where he committed the
murder" suggested one.
The suggestion met with instant ap-
proval, and the crowd, carrying the
negro pushed on for Fourth street. There
were many wagons standing about, and
into one of these they threw him The
wagon was started for the vicinity of
Lawrence avenue and Spruce streets, fol-
lowed on the run by the crowd.
AT a quarter past o'clock Alexander
was brought to the scene of the murder
of Pearl Forbes, at the corner Of Law
renee avenue and Spruce street. The
exact spot where the murdered girl was
found was located by the leaders Of the
crowd, and there a semi-circle was found.
The men standing behind the negro
showed him from the wagon, and the
ROAR FROM THE CROWD
drowned every other sound. The negro
was quickly driven down the embank-
ment to the pile of wood with his hands
still shackled, and there bound to the
stake. Long before the wagon containing
the doomed man arrived at the place a
crowd had gathered. Many carried rails
and boards. Several seized railroad irons
and carried them to the ravine. The
spot chosen for the stake was the exact
one on which Pearl Forbes body was