New-York tribune., 1901-04-21
IN DEAD MANS CA ! h.
THE REMINDER OF A LYNCHING FOUND BY
A PROSPECTING PARTY.
From The Washington Star.

From The Washington Star.
In Harlan County. Ky said man from that
State. the mountains rise as high as 400 feet feet
on one OF these lower hills is a hole In the ground
Mnhs tSf Gvd loFT This kfa he G about
feet at the top. How deep it is Is not known: Dut
strike bottom. and spool of thread 200 yards long
has been gnw%nd into it and s dd mot SsY @
veloped concerning 1t and The story that goes
The story is and II is evidently true that not long
before the war mountaneer was guilty OF some some
seemed to be too good for him and burning had not
yet become popular it was decided to let him down down
ties. so he might think over his crime and die
Of the killing Being duly tried and found guilty
by Judge Lynch. he was taken TO the cave and
clothesline had been used up. Then those on top
let go the rope and 1t disappeared down the hole
fender after that and the community settled once
time had never been given "A name. but in honor Of
the event just narrated it was called Dead Mans
inhabltant of IL became a tradition.
Now for the denouement Three months m age S,,r /
a lumber company. and ii became necessary for us
mill f Ss h e sY df@Ao on ~s' hs Of
hs nil in Which 3 Defd Mans ays Ss M and mad
the well fifty feet or our drills one day sur
appearing. We knew that meant a cave below. a
not unusual condition in cave countries. and. think;
proceeded to get into the cave. II wasn't more
and ending about hve hundred feet in the other d.
providing ourselves with shfs and leading strings
to find our way back. we set forth on exploring
expedition. Within one hundred yards of our start,
ing point the floor became sandy and We found
than animal feet me afher n hs
footprints odpI G growing more numerous as we pro
with the clothes stil on it. though they crumbled
higher here and not far beyond the skeleton we
as We're inl Of
chasm at least twenty feet vide Looking r' far up
W we ,S could Sis see faint light and lying the edge
crumbled at the touch. the clothes the skeie-
passage. but found nothing beyond except spread
ing OF the cave into branches and large chambers
ana these we were afraid to explore, as we might
We told story outside. and after the skele-
OF 1t as did not crumble the old settlers examined
the connections OF the cave that we had discov-
cluded that We had found the remains of the man
who had been lynched so long ago: and they
from consecrated ground Coming to such
cluson as the facts seemed to warrant. it be-
victim near the shelf on which we found his
skeleton. and had dropped TO it without injury:
he had evidently tried to sound the depths below
him. leaving the larger part of the rope hanging
down. the section had found remaining The
footprints indicated that he had felt his way back
and forth along the passage through which
had come for a mile or more. and had at last in
eheered by even % SO little little as the faint stream Of
light coming down from above 10 be with him until
there was no sign that he had and he no doubt
starved TO death 1t was pretty hard lines, and
ing, but the way of the transgressor is hard. and
it Is OF his own choosing
Yes Yes RESPONDED the story teller; showing a
found IL In another well We sank