The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-23
MET DEATH AT THE STAE IA Negro Burned at Lal sing, Texas.
 --s Y THOUSANDS svHwToRTURp Condemned Man in Stateule 1 Admitted Guilt. Husband of the Woman Asssaltsk Applied the Match to the 1ss- gots-lrany Women h Crowd of Spectators z
THOUSANDS VIEW T0RTUIB

Ht Longviow, Tex.s Aday Inc cur tion of . man-hunt which has been 6 progress since last Saturday. was rsacns4 today when Dudley Morgan. colersd. wne assaulted Mrs. Mckee. wife of Tmae and Pacifoeforeman at Lansing. rexv was burned at ths.stalke.
 when 1t was learned that the negro ha4 been captured and was being taken . Lansing for .idehtincation the excitene3 of the peopit .jxnsw no bounds. By 11'o'clock tfis .morning great thron had sathsreds sat thssLansing switch a1 loolingfovsr the ground decided to ma arrangements. to burn the negro about quarter of q mile away on the line of aI county road "A better place could not have been selected for the convenience cf the crowd which witnessed the burning. for 1t was an open place. smooth and covered with grass. hedged in with hish trees. making an opening about 20 yardsE wide and 300 yards long.
 The trees were literally lined with peo- pie an hour before the negro arrived. Just after Il O clock theltrain bringing tho negro and his captors arrived in Marshall and was met there by great crowd Of people. M
 Blocked to the Scene. I
 Many more boarded the train at Hails vile and when it arrived at LansinE every available place on 1t was occupie4 Waiting at Lansing was another lare4 crowd from Longview and the surroundx ing country.
 The negro was not taken from the train on the side which the crowd expected hizx to be. and when the engineer started n pull out several Winchesters were leveico at him and others of the train crew. They were told if they moved the train an incM they would all be killed. The mistake was soon detected and the train moved
 f The prisoner was taken to the sectio1 house which stands close to the trac1Y and was identified by Mrs. Mckee and several negroes who worked on the secf ton with Morgan. Mrs. Mckee told them they had the right man. and the negro was escorted by about 200 men. armed with Winchesters. to the place of execution.
 As he was chained to the stake he said he desired to make statement. The crowd stirged around him and those In charge tried in vain to make them stand back and keep quiet while the negro talked. The negro made a statement in which he implicated another negro rana-l ed Franklin Heard. saying he Heard) was to get part of the money which was to be stolen.
 Confessed to Crime. H
 Morgan confessed to having committD the crime and after being securely cheiiH ed to the stake, or rail. with his hand and legs free, the members of the mo- began to take ties from Q fire already started and burn out his eyes. They then held the red-hot and burning tim bers 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 slow death, and the negro writhing and grooming. 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 sea the negro. The crowd was 50 dense. how< ever, that it was impossible. x
 Persons held each other on their shouln ders. taking turn about looking at the awful sight.
 Search for Relics.
 The negro's head finally dropped. and the ties were piled around and over him. In half an hour only tho trunk of the negro remained. AS soon as the neat would permit the crowd with long sticks began a gruesome search for relics. 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 negro and held them up over their heads. whila they held their. Winchesters in their hands and were photographed. m From the time the first match was aps piled to. the negro's body until the dying cmbers alone were left, the crowd yelled and cheered for the men who had chased the negro.
 Section Foreman Mckee. husband of the S'oman assaulted, applied the match to the fagots. 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 1 to Longview Junction. where they boardS | ed the Texas and Pacific fast train which does not ordinarily stop at Lansing. Tha l engineer was forced. at the point of @ | Winchester. to stop at the scene of thu | lynching. however. and the mob disen- parked.