The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-08
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Children Witness the Ba,bor.3ss
,ous Scene. No Attempt .'Is
at Concaalmant &
Puhiahment, swift and terrible was
meted out "Wednesday at Terro Hauto,
Indiana TO George Ward, tho Negro
who murdered Miss Ida Kinkolstein,
tho school 'toaoher, BY, shooting her
with q shotgun and outing her throat
Tuesday afternoon. "A fow hours afteir
his arrest an angry mob battered down
the doors Of the jail, dragged the pris-
onerS to tho Wabash bridge, several
squares away and hanged him to the
bridge draw. Not oontont withDtile
hanging tho crowd cut the corpse
down, and, laying it on sandbar, un-
del. the bridge, kindled fire and ore
mated tho romans. 1t was the first
| lynching that TeHe Hauto ovor OK pe.
rienced. q 5 ii ,s%e
Ward was arrested at 10 O'Clock at
the car works, where ho was employed
as g lahorer, and after being fully
identified by two oitizea, made oon.
fession. His, only exousofor the mur.
der was that iss 8Finkeistoin had
called him a dirty Nigger" and slapped
him in the faoo. Sheriff Tasig oom;
munioated with! Gov. Darbin. but tho
mob accomplished it's work bofore the
militia could .be ordered out. q "a II
The governor had wired Capt
Thomas Of %. ,B, to rlaoe his company
fully armed in readiness for duty.
AT. noon tho crowd outside tho Jail,
numbering sevaral hundred, including
mon, women and boys battered down
the iron doors, but were driven back
by Jailer hawrepc, % O'Donnell, who
fred ovor tho heads Of the mob. Deputy
Shoriffs Cooper, Hossiok and Leforge
wore struok by scattering shot and
slightly injured, but nobody in the
crowd was hurt. A detail Of polioo
yainly tried to disporso tho crowd. 4.
ar 1896 O'Clock another crowd bat.
tered down tho outer doors Of the Jail
securing possession Of tho keys and en-:
tering tho cell room. SJThe sido door
was opened for tho rest of the crowd.
The cell was quickly opened and Ward
was dragged forth. Ho fought with
the desperate ferooity Of q beast, at
bay. He: was dragged out to the
street, still fighting with all hts
strength, i but q blow from heavy
hammer Sfelled him to the ground .5;
a moose WIS quickly adjusted to his
nook and the mob :starto with its
victim toward 1 the q ;l ,abaah y bridig,oo55S
The Fee bic iSresf stanoo & al Sd d by. GIG
wretohed creature after that blow with
the hammer was soon. quieted by the
savage blows Of tho mob Faoe down.
ward he was dragged through tho
street to tho bridge and across the
rough planking Of the driveway. to tho
drawbrideo. Many are of the opinion
that the follow was dead before tho
eoene of the hanging WAS reached.
However, tho ropo was thrown over
ono Of the upper beamD and the body
drawn up. 4:
Thon burnings at tho stake was
agreed ON unanimously, and a. fire was
quickly kipdled on tho bank, Of; the
river just. south Of tho bridge. The
body, bearing no sign Of life, was
thrown into tho FIRE, and faggots were
piled upon it. The stake was omitted.
The body was in a horizontal position,
the feet protruding at one end. the
head at tho other. The can Of turpen..
tine was poured on tho eager flames.
After thst4 combustihle oils seemed to
,doY sp9ntanoously. TOWARD The fire and
tho flames leapedi high, while, the body
OF the Negro was rapidly consumed.
Mono Of the mob attempted disguise.
When the body WAS, taken down to
be carried tothe fire tho bridge west
Of tho draw was barricaded, but the
east bank Of tho river and the bridge
on, :tbo, oity side of.ithe draw were
crowded with thousands Of mon, wo.
mon and ohildren, gazing at the awful
spectacle. With grim determination
tho mob fod the flames and watched tho
flesh. shriyel to oindors and the bon6s
l;orumbl6 and burn. J. ',.s ~
!: Souvenir hunters wero on hand in
|,forcq,. and fragments of, the body are
now scattered broadcast. One man,
while the feet still protruded from tho
flames, offered 81 for d toe from I. the
Nigger,s Foot" A vonturesome youth,
drawing q knife from his pocket, made
4 dash FOR the prize Ho quickly ampu.
,tated ! q toe, delivorod tho goods and
|, got his money. 4. j,% A n Z. Fl
Aa the bones began to crumble and
fall apart tho fragments were taken
from the fro and carried away. AZ 3
O'CLOCK there was nothing left Of The
,boay exoept o small llseotioil Of the trunk
tapd the back Of tho head, Busy hands
kept tho burning fagsots piled upon
tho roasting aogmonts. Women oafne
to the aoeno. by SCORES. AT about /. 2;8O
O'Clock tho barrioado was removed and
tho crowd surrounded the fire.
Ward was27. yoars old, "a i loavos a
widow andtwo children. He oame here
fouN years ago, from Ciroioville, o.
The statement that ho wase one time
in an insane Asylum is donied by hia
wife. He served q jail sentanee in 1889
for laroeny. Y Tho loaders Of the mob
arc unknown, sand as public sentiment
npholda tho lynohing, no prosecutions
are exp6otod. .4 ~ &
A Mystery of'Verdi's Will.
vordi's will, says the London OKron.
iolo, contains one very ouriouaitem,