The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-08-17
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Mob In Georgia Takes Revenge On
the Colored Asssiia~t 90
q White Woman.

Il
Savannah. Ga, Aug. ls,--The negro
nssailant OF Mrs. j. y. Clark was cap
tured at Liberty City Friday ny h. L..
Young. section master OF The Sea-
board air line. Friday night he was
taken TO Ways Station and identified
by Mrs. Clark positively. While be-
ing removed from Ways 10 Bryan
county jail the prisoner was taken
away from his capiors by mob, and
ii is reported, was burned at the stake.
With his prisoner Mr.. lounG reached
| Ways Station al $3.50 O'clock. Int
| found no one in authority waiting TO
receive him and take charge Of the
negro. The negro mp 10 this time had
stolidly denied all knoNlcdge 81 the
assault upon Mrs. Clark. he was car
ried before his victim. and she posi-
lively identified him as the man who
had assaulted her. She said there
could be no doubt that the negro nm
der arrest was the guilty man, and
with this positive assurance Mr..
Young started with his prisoner for
Bryan county Jail. He was not per
mitted 10 reach his destination. Five
hundred yards from the place where
the crime was committed mob 81
400 or 500 men was collected Its
leader demanded the surrender OF the
prisoner. and Mr.. Young had no al
tentative but obedience 10 their de-
mand He was ordered then TO leave
the vicinity. and he obeyed this COM
mand A short time afterward he
saw fire. the flames from which
assembled above the tops of the sur
rounding trees. He telegraphed that
he had no doubt that the negro was
burned at the stake.
Later the story of the burning of
the negro was confirmed. His positive
identification by his victim sealed his |
fate. 4 mob of 400 men clamored for
his life. but the leaders of the mob.
numbering less than a dozen, carried |
into execution the plans of vengeance
they had formed. The rest of the |
mob was kept at n distance and was
not\permitted to come within 100yards |
of the place where Washington met |
his death. This was at a spot few
feet from the railway track and not
500 yards from the house in which the
raysher committed the crime for
which he paid so dreadful penalty.
He walked to his death without trem-
or and met it without a prayer or an
appeal for mercy. He admitted his
guilt of crimes incident to the princ-
pal one, which proved his guilt Of that.
But to the end he stubbornly refused
to acknowledge that he had assaulted
Mrs. Clark. Along the side of the rail-
way track crowbar was driven into
the earth. To this Washington was
forced, and bound in sitting posi-
ton. His legs extended straight in |
front of him on either side of the bar. |
A chain held him fast around the waist,
while heavy rope encircled the bar
and his neck
Washington's victim had been asked
by the leaders Of the mob to apply
the torch to the pyre, but at this Of
flee her soul revolted and she refused.
Her husband was selected in her
stead. Washington looked straight
into the eyes of Clark as the latter
stopped down to apply the match
The wood was rich, fat pine and was
saturated with Kerosene oil The
flames leaped hungrily towards
Washngton's body. The man showed
no signs in his face of the agony he
must have suffered, and met death
without groan, as seemingly he
had faced il without fear. The lead
crs of the mob watched the work Of
the flames until Washington's head
fell back upon his shoulders and he
died. For some minutes longer they
waited around the spot, and then,
without shot having been fired.
without noise and without undue ex-
element, they dispersed.
CPISpT &c MEAN