The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-18

Tho body was cut down this aftcrnoon
by sheriff Spradley and uow lies reldy for
burial, or It may have bpcn nut in the
ground by this time In SONG scclnd1d spot
where none win ever ind It save those
who put It away
The soldiers left early this afternoon aud
tho town ia quiet tonight for the first time
In week
BUCHANAN's CRIME.
Friday October 10. Duncan Hicks n well
to do farmer living near Attoyac. Nacog-
dochcs county, his wife aud his daughter
were also murdered, the young lady In
most brutal manner. Ia his confession
Buchanan said that he had been working
for Mr. Hicks and went 10 the house. TO
SEQ something about this work When he
arrived there Mr. Hicks had shotgun aud
offered TO trnde II for ride which Buch0u-
an had with him While they were DIS
GUESSING the trade Buchanan alleged that
Mr. Hicks made some remark that apgercd
him. At any rate, Hicks was shot dead
as he stood on his porch his body being
found lying beside it.
Then Mrs Hicks was shot to death She
was lying on The porch when her body was
found aud there was q sheet about II as
though she hhd been lying down and ran
out on hearing the shooting.
The fate Of Miss Ollie Hicks was much
more dreadful The poor woman was kent
alive by the brute for several hours She
was crmlually assaulted and was dread.
fully mlstreutcd by tho beast who beat
her over the head with his ride and nually
stuck the bnrrel through her eye into her
brain Then he dubbed her TO death, Il
Is probable that she was near death even
without this brutal beuting and that she
would have welcomed death there Is no
doubt.
buchanan denied that he mad crmlnoly
assaulted the young Lady. He admitted
the brutality or his beating her md stick
Ing TIE rno barrel through her eye.
buchanan confessed the crime 10 another
negro living near him This negro told
sheriff Spgadley OF It and the sheriff at
once set out to- search for Buchanan lie
found him within few hundred yarnS
OF the spot where no had committed the
crime aud arrested him. Buchanan was dcs
perate negro with a laundering to he known
among his race as a bad man. lhc eher
IN ran upon him and suddenly covered him
with o gun. The sheriff has no desire TO
pasc as a bad man, but he is known as a
man WHO will shoot quickly and who can nit
what he shoots at aud the negro mcckly
surrendered and WAS tied.
There were others besides Sprndley after
that negro aud the shcriu realized tnat
tho capture or the fellow was the lIghlest
part OF ms Job.
THE FLIGHT FROM THE MOB.
From san Augustine. Nacogiochcs limp
son. Lufldn and other towns in that Nlcin-
ity mon had gone out to search for the
negro. The details Of his crime dew Hike
wlldGrc over tho country and wherever IT
was told there were men anxious to under
take the search through the thickcts to
suffer the dlscomforts and the dangors that
they might get holu 0f that negro and In
hici the punishment he so richly deserved.
Spradlcy took to the woods. lie had With
him Constable Borders aud Deputy sheriff
Matthews Of San Augustine county aud
together they started for place of snfcty
with the negro. They went into Tenaha
10 catch the train bound north aud found
that n moh awaited them. They gave them
tho slip aud afterWard fooled the men from
Nacogdoches. as has already been told in
these columns They 0nally landed tho
| here the fellow repeated the confession he
had already made 10 the negro aud 10 the
Officers. lie tried to lac a desperate IN his
| telling and said that he knew death await
| ed him. But he did not know what sort
| OF death awaited him it the men from
! Nucogdochcs caught him or could get Ain
from the officers
The people OF shreveport heard the tale
and they would not tolerate the beast IN
| their town, They gathered about the jail
! bent upou vengeance. and tie oNicCrs III
| charge OF the negro agnin He'd with him.
! this time back to Texas, tNeu ohicctiV,
point being the East Texas pcnttentlary
I az Rusk
They did not reach s.. for the people al
/ the towns along the route had hecn warned
/ and werc prepared 20 get hold ~ the negyc
! aud administer Justice Tho officers uhAn
/ dencd the train aud went 10 Henderson
/ rhes were not afraid for themselves, hut
/ they had to protect the negro and they
| were doing their duty In the only was
! thoy could DO IT,
Arrived at Henderson, they again on
! ccuntete0 mob, and there was a report
| thar the men OF Naeogdoches had not ahan
| doned the chase, but were coming Rcr0s,
| country 20 get the negro aud wroak ven
grance ON HIM The Officers appealed I,
| the governor for aid SheHn Halo az Rusl
| and he told the governor that the only wa,
that the negro could be rdttcn 10 Rusl
was with a force that would oyerawe tn
| mob
The governor acted with nromptness and
ordered the Henderson company 10 guard
the negro. He ordered four other com
panies to SO to the assistance OF the Hen
derson soldiers In getting the negro e
kusk The soldiers arrived at Henderson
before the mob did and took the fellow
sniely 20 Russ, whore they guarded Oh,
pepitentlary Today they got orders {,
hr'pr The negro here Tor trial and Mnlo
iin,ncs brought him The rest has becl
u hAs reVfe4 slurc tNc cCmmi ssior
Ni N'p fIr1f tg ppsns Us dnl.I hV dH,
PROCESS ~. laW fldfe & Na Stain dDau Ib,
efme.f9a ~ tlf Stsia Rld fbe.e eeneli
eRNe peeN lfed GUS reuble Wlih "a
INV
NNi tiiorC ere mnnv who believe tim
hanging was too good for lin buchanan
HAIL. Mckinney, Texas, October II. !
Mrs Henrietta HAIL, aged 80 years die,
| Ut the homo OF her ann pnrru- Ilnl fnn