Evening journal., 1902-05-23
TEXAS Mob BURNS
NEGRO AT STAKE
Burned Out Eyes Of White
WOmaR'S ASSaiIant
While Crowd ClamOred for Slower
Death the Tortured Negro Bee
ged PiteOuSIy to be Shot

Longyiew, Tex, May 29.-The culmi-
nation OF man hunt, which has been
IN progress since last Saturday, was
reached yesterday, when Dudley Nor
gan, colored, who assaulted Mrs. Nc
Kee wife of Texas and Pacific Rail-
road foreman at Lansing, Tex, was
burned at the stake near Lansing
1t was learned yesterday morning
that the negro had been captured and
was being taken to Lansing for identi-
fication. and by IL o'clock great
throngs had gathered at the Lansing
switch. and. looking over the ground,
decided to make arrangements TO burn
the negro about a quarter or mile
away on the line of the country road.
The place of execution decided on was
an open plot, smooth and covered with
grass. being hedged in by high trees,
which formed an opening 200 yards
wide and 800 yards long. The trees
We're literally lined with people an
hour before the negro arrived. The
train was met by a great crowd OF peo-
pie from surrounding towns. The pris-
oner was taken from the train to the
section house, which stands close to
the track. and positively identified by
Mrs. Mckee and several negroes who
worked on the section with Morgan.
The negro was escorted by 200 men
armed with Winchesters to the place
of execution. AS he was chained to
the stake he said he desired to make
q 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. He i'm
plicated another negro, named Frank
lin Heard saying he (Heard) was to
get part of the money which was TO
be stolen Morgan confessed to having
committed the crime, and after having
been securely tied to the stake, with
his hands and legs free, the members
of the mob began to take ties from
fire already started, and burn out his
eyes They held the burning timbers
to his neck, and after burning his
clothes of, to other parts of the body.
The negro screamed in agony. He was
tortured in a slow and painful manner
The crowd clamored continuously for a
slower death and the negro, writhing
and groaning. begged piteously to be
shot
Mrs. Mckee was brought to the
scene in a carriage, accompanied by
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 i'm
possible.
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 remained.
AS soon as the heat would permit,
parts of his skull and body were gath
cred up by some and carried away. AS
the fire died down the crowd took the
two men who first caught the negro
and held them up over their heads,
while they held their Winchesters in
their hands and were photographed
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 the great crush
they had very little opportunity to see
the negro until the heat forced the
crowd to widen the circle and the
flames leaped over him.
The railroads brought crowds of
people to Longview Junction, where
they boarded a limited train which
does not ordinarily stop at Lansing
The engineer was forced at the point
OF a winchester to stop at the scene
OF the lynching, however, and the moi
dlsembarked.