The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-24
BOUND And BURNED.
Charley Young. 4 Negro
Charged " III. the Rape
and Murder of Mrs.
Ed Lewis.
SLOWLY ROASTED To DEATH.
The jail Broken Open With 5ledse
Hammers. and the lnfuriated
Hob. Needless OF the SIlerif.s
Pleadings, Takes Prisoner
from HIS Cell. and Burn
II m al the Stake.
asted alive

Easted alive.
That was the awful penalty paid by
Charley Young. very black. british
looking negro, for tie violation and
murder of IIrS. 81 Lewis.
TIE causes which led to tie terrible
fate Of Charley Young. dated back ore
week. ard were fully reported in these
columns. There are many, however,
who will read this paper. who perhaps,
have rot seen last weeks issue. and for
heir benefit. more particularly, We
wlil briefly 90 over
THE STORY or TIE CRIME.
On Monday morning. October 18th,
leo2, Ed Lewis left his home, which is
about eight miles southeast of Forrest
City, in the Tuttleton settlement, and
went to the camp of some fishermen,
about two miles distant, where he Was
working. Later in the day. Mrs.
Lewis. his young and industrious wife.
saddled her horse ard started to the
camp to carry bundle OF necessities
TO her husband.
The route which She pursued leads
partly through open fields. with here
and there tenant house, in which
negroes ale living, and partly through
the wild wooded lands of st. Francis
bottom. From the eff repeated trips
a ong this route, riding her trusty
horse and followed by her faithful dog,
he little dreamed OF the horrible out
rage aud death which awaited her ON
that bright and cheerful morning.
She was seen to Iide from the open
field into the wilds Of the forest, about
a mile of which lay between her and
the camp of her husband.
Shortly afterwards her horse reached
the camp r!derltss, and all being
alarmed, her brother-in law, mounted
him, and riding back oyer the trail to
see what had happened, shortly came
upon the almost lifele8s body Of the
woman, attended by her faithful cog.
lying some thirty or forty yards from
the roadway. Life was so nearly ex.
tinct that she could give no account of
what had happened, She spoke only a
few words, asking TO be laid down and
to see her husband and father. She
was found to have a fracture of the
skull in the tack Of her head, an ugly
gash across the forehead, aud another
8H tn eft cheek There were also
bruised II aces about the neck as if
] tom having been choked, and upon
! 'Ae limbs. She died that ght about
/ O'Clock
Mrs. Lewis was about - years of
age, the only child of Mr. and Mrs
James 5. King, who reside in Lonoke
county, but who came Ia time to see
4 their daughter laid to rest.
The family came to this county in
loS2 and though humble in worldly
$ circumstances, have ever merited the
highest respect of the community il
! which they lived, being near the scene
OF the late tragedy. An i'll fated agen
ey seems to have beset the family, fol
few years since their only son was
4 accidentally drowned.
The first suspicion Of her husband
and friends WAS that she had beer
! The victim Of run-a. way accident
They Were awed and dumbfounded Al
the terrible catastroDhy, but soon re
covered sufficiently to remember thai
I the occurrence justified closer inves
tigation. a physician was summoned
\ bat could do nothing for the unfoltu
nate woman, and the coroner was noli
I he'd OF her death. The following morn
I ing the coroner and his jury went tc
!. the scene of the tragedy, and in the
! course OF a close investigation. finding
! unmistakable evidences Of rape and
4 murder, they returned verdict thai
I deceased came to her death by as
Sault by someone unknown to them"
CHARLEY YOUNG sUsPIcIONED.
I Rumors reached town that certain
negro was under suspicion, and was
being watched. but we could not learn
his name at that time.
YOUNG \ FUGITIVE
Two days passed with no develop
ments from which could be drawn a
elew. Tue third day Charley Young
negro, residing near the scene of the
tragedy. was missing from home.
Having been under suspicion. il was
remembered that many Of bis actions
were mysterious, and several links in
the chain of circumstantial evidence