The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-08
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Punishment, swift and terrible was
motcd out Wednesday, at Terro Hauto,
Ipdians TO G eorge Ward, tho Negro
who murdered Miss Ida Kinkolstein,
tho school teacher, byS shooting hor
With Q shotgun and cutting shef throat
Tuesday afternoon. "A few hours aftor
his arrest an angry mob battered down
tho doors Of tho jail, dragged the pris.
onor.y to tho Wabash bridge, several
Squares away and hanged him to the
bridge draw. Not oontont with1tha
hanging tho. crowd cut the corpse
down, and, laying it on sandbari un.
der. tho bridge, kindled fro and ore
mstod the romans. 1t was tho first
lynohing that TeHo Haute evor expe.
rlenced. !.
Ward was arrested at 10 O'clock at
tho car works, whore he was employed
.as a laborer, and after boing fully
identified by two citizes, mado oon-
f666ion. His, only excuse for the mur.
der Was that ttft Il iss fink eistoin mad
called him dirty Niggor" and slapped
him in the face. Sheriff Easig com.
municated, with. Gov. DarBin, but the
mob, accomplished it's work before the
militia Gould .be ordered, out. .
The governor had wired ! Capt.
Thomas Of %. B, to rlaco his company
fully armed in readiness for duty. iS55S, S,Sl
AZ, noon tho crowd outside the Jail, 4
numbering sevaral hundred, including
mon, women and boys battered down.
tho iiron DOORS but were driven back
by Jailer Lawrenc, -O'Donnoll, who
fred ovor tho heads Of the mob. Deputy
Sherffs Cooper, Hossiok and Leforge
we're struck by scattoring shot and
slightly injured, but nobody in the
crowd was hurt A detail Of police
yainly tried to disperso tho crowd.
Ar 1895 O'Clock another crowd bat.
tered down the outer doors Of the Jail
sccuring possession of the keys and en-
tering the cell room. @,Tho side door
was opened for tho rest of tho crowd.
The cell was quickly opened and Ward
waa dragged forth. Ho fought With
tho desperate ferooity. Of, boast at
bay. Ho.. vas dragged out to the
street, still I fghtings with all his
strength, but a. blow from d heavy
FIhaMmert fellod him to the ground. 1
A moose was. quickly adjusted to his
neck and the .3 mo b start od:sgwith Its
victim toward the Wabash IS bsid 8of
| Tho foo ssrssl lstano GO # d. I'd tha
wrotohed creature after that blow With
the hammer was soon, quoted by tho
savage blows Of tho mob. Faoo down.
ward he was dragged through the
street to the bridge and across the
rough. planking Of the driveway. to the
drawbridae. Many are Of the opinion
that the fellow was dead before A tho
sccno Of tho hanging was reached.
However, the rope was thrown ovor
ono Of tho upper beams and tho body
drawn up. u q 5.iT
| Then burninga at the stake was
agreed ,on unanimously, and a. fire was
quickly, kindled on tho bank :of tho
river just. south Of tho bridge. Tho
body, bearing no sign Of lifo, was
thrown into tho fire, and faggots' were
piled upon it. Tho stake was omitted.
The body was in horizontal position,
the feet protruding at one end, the
head at the other. The oan of turfpsn.
tine. was poured on the oager flsmes.
After thatl combpatible cila seemsd to
:aoY spontaneously teyard The fire and
the Gamesg !eaped; high, while, tho body
Of the Negro WAS rapidly consumed.
N9ne OF the mob attempted disseiso.
When tho body xwas taken down to
be carried to.the FIRE the bridge west
OF the draw was barrioadod, but tho
! east bank Of tho rivor,and the bridge
on, the oity side Of the draw were
crowded with thousands Of mon, wo-
mon and children, gazing at the awful
spectacle. With grim determination
tho mob fed the flames and watched the
flesh. shrivelto oinders and the bonoa
|,orumble and burn. IS. f,
!: Honvonir hunters were on hand in
,foroq, and fragments Of, the body are
now scattered broadcast. One man,
while tho feot still protruded from the
flames, offered 81 for 4 toe from .'the
Nfgger,s foot: !" A venturesome youth,
drawing q knife from his pocket, made
q dash for the prize; He quickly ampu.
Etatod q toe, delivered tho goods and
got his money. j. 3 IS S \ B
As the bones began to orumblo and
fall apart tho fragments wero takonl
from tho fire and carried away. AZ 8
o'Plpok, there was nothing left Of tho
.body oxoept q smallseotioii Of tho trunk
and the back Of the head. Busy hand s
kept the burning fagsots piled upon
tho roasting. aogments. Women oatne
to tho aoeno; by scores. At about q ;3O
O'clock tho barrioade was removed and
tho crowd surrounded tho fire. l
Ward was,27 years old, and leaves d
widow andtwo children, Flo oamo here
fouw years ago, from sCiroiovillo, o.
Tho statement that he vase ono time
| in an insane asylum ID deniod by his
wife. Ho served q Jail sentonoo id 1889
for laroohy. Tho leaders Of tho mob
arc unknown, sand as public sentiment
upholda tho lynbhing, no proaooutions
are oxn6oted. y.s "a M
A Mystery Of .Verdi'sW Will.
Vordi's will, says the London Oh)r'oonr..
iclo, contains one very y curious itorn,
His ,rosiduary legateo is his nieoo.