The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-22
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M trial. aa1 me jury had l1s, been
sHDu ll ahen fhe mob rushed into
fae ,olr'foom al1 panl,.zed the
IrDDf' 'n ne melee sheriff ile Sparks
|of GIl1.1ga Fas sbot through ne hand
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sheriff and hIa deputies drew their
guns ar1 e'uba tIf l1 an Incredibly
short Hme Wes'ey uas in re hand
|Df .ne m1D and carried and dragged
/ |DIt NJ fbe courtroom.
/ The Officers were poVeriesa 10 act.
afd Ief 'he mob have lfa own way.
on mo courthouse square they uah-
90. dragging thc negro. There man
bad climbed "a telephone pole and fas-
tened rope ~ it The moose WAS
soon made and tbe negro waa hauled
IN tbe ground without ceremony
IN he meantime another section ri
The mob had broke into jail. taking the
guard completely by surprise. Lnuo
or DO resistance war offered.
BARTON was dragged from hia cell
and q rope pot around his neck Dozens
of hands clutchod the rope and the
doomed wretch was dragged and
showed othc courthouse square
wesley had just been pulled NO
when thc second party arrived, and i've
minutes later Barton was hanging 10
another pole
Both negroes were brought 10 Hemp
stead from Houston in the morning
whore they had been placed for safe
keeping several days ago They were
10 be tried and then returned to Hous-
ton 10 await the date Of execution
Sheriff Lipgcomb when The outbreak
came, Immediately wired Governor
Baycrs Tor help.
The governor ordered here the two
companies Of militia at Houston. but
the order was countormanded, as the
mob 80 quickly did lts work.
The crime for which The negroes
died was the most atrocious In the his.
tory Of Waller county
AZ an carly hour Sunday morning a
week ogo while under the Influence Of
liquor. the broke into the home Of
Mrs. Lowia. aged 60. respectable
Christian lady living alone.
She was repeatedly assaulted Ia her
bed. although she managed to get |
away from the clutches OF the villains
and ran from the house into the street |
The negroes followed her and she was |
shot down two bullets piercing her
hrcnW.
Arrests speedily followed. Sentiment
was 30 strong that Judge Wells Thomp-
son FIRST ordered the prisoners 90 be
kopt at Houston, and then on the prom.
iac of the citizens that they would In.
sure good behavior. pormitted the
negroes TO be taken TO Hampstead.
II is believed the outbreak was not
generally planned. but when once II
started hundreds eagerly Joined in.
Tho bodies hung for nearly AN hour.
and woro then cut down by the coroner
who hold the inquest
No shots were fred at the bodies.
and after the execution extreme quiet
prevailed