The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-23

Longview, Tex, May 22,-The culmi-
nation of a man hunt which has been
in progress since last Saturday was
reached to-day when Dudley Morgan,
negro, who assaulted Mrs. Mckee, wife
of a Texas and Pacific foreman at
Lansing, Tex, was burned at the stake
near Lansing.
1t was learned this morning that the
negro had been captured and was be-
ing taken to Lansing for identification
and by II o'clock great throngs had
gathered at the Lansing switch, and
looking over the ground, decided to
make arrangements to burn the
away on the line of a country
road. The place of execution decided
upon was an open plot, smooth and
covered with grass. being hedged in
by high trees, which formed an open
ing 200 yards wide and 300 yards long.
The trees were literally lined with peo-
pie an hour before the negro arrived.
At II o'clock the train bringing the
negro and his captors arrived in Mar
shall, near which place he was cap
tured. and was met by a great crowd
of people. Many more boarded the
train vat intermediate points, and
when it arrived at Lansing every car
was crushed and crowded. Waiting al
Lansing was another large crowd Il Il
Longview and the surrounding coun-
try.
The prisoner was taken from the
train to the section house, which
stands close to the track, and positive
ly identified by Mrs. Mckee and sew
eral negroes who worked on the sec
ton with Morgan. The negro avs es-
corted by 200 men armed with Win
chesters to the place of execution. AS
he was chained to the stake he said he
desired to make a statement. The
crowd surged around him and those
in charge tried in vain to make them
stand back and keep quiet while the
negro talked. The negro made
statement in which he implicated an
other negro named Franklin Heard,
saying he (C5eard) was to get part
of the money which was to be stolen.
Died by Slow Torture.
Morgan confessed to having commit
ted the crime, and after being secure
ly chained to the stake with his hands
and legs free, the members of the mob
started and burn out his eyes. They
held the burning timbers to his neck,
and after burning his clothes off, to
other parts of his body. The negro
screamed in agony. He was tortured
in slow and painful manner with the
crowd clamoring continuously for a
slower death, and the negro writing
and groaning begged to be shot.
Mrs. Mckee was brought to the
IN, too S.ad NV
four other women and an effort was
made to get the carriage close enough
for her to see the negro. The crowd
was so dense, however, that it was
impossible.
Persons held each other on their
shoulders, taking turn about looking
at the awful sight The negro's head
finally dropped and the ties were piled
around and over him. In half an hour
only the trunk of the negro's body re-
NAMED. AS soon as the heat would
permit parts of his skull and body were
gathered up by some and carried away.
AS the fire died down the crowd took
the two men who first caught the ne
gro and held them up oyer their heads,
while they held their Winchesters in
their hands and were photographed.
Husband Applied the Match.
Section Foreman Mckee, husband of
the woman assaulted applied the
match to the faggots. Many women
were present from the surrounding
country, but owing to thesgre crush
they had very little oppor-
tunity to see the negro until the
heat forced the crowd to widen the cir
Gle and the flames leaped over him.
The railroads brought crowds of peo-
pie to Longview Junction, where they
boarded a limited train which does not
ordinarily stop at Lansing. The engi-
neer was forced, at the point of
Winchester, to stop at the scene of the
lynching, and the mob disembarked.
CHANGE OF AGE LIMIT.