The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-17
Infuriated Citizens Determined
That They Should Die as
Their Victims Had Done.
All APPEALS II REASON d.
WERE WITHOUT AVAIL
Not Heeding Such Pleas the Men Men
cred and N, 2 Disarmed i; slr,'sy
the Military. and Taking
the Prisoners to the
oods, Burned 5i#,,S
fRY.i iAssociated Press }

(Byb Associated Press.)
sTArEsBORO.G q A., August 18. With
clothing saturated viii kerosene wrt n
Ing ing and twisting In their agony, screan-5
inK NJ. to heaven for the mercy that the
mob would not show, Paul Reed and n:
VIII Cato. negroes. two Of the princi-5
pals in the dastardly murder and burn
ing of Henry Hodges and wife and gthrees .lr,
Of their children, six miles from States -S
Iboro. three / weeks a 60. were burned sat
the stake today. Es,s j .ssS
This afternoon at II o'clock, y, q " de-
!termtped mob 3 charged upon the court
house. overpowered5 5sthe military guards
secured Cato and Reed, who had been
found guilty after "a legal trial and SEN;
tenced TO lie hanged, took them two miles
from statesboro and there q enacted the
fearful penalty. l.s$s s
Tho forenoon passed qlIetly ". the trial
Of D paul Reed, ,a8t the ring lead in the.
murder, Icing concluded and q verdict
fof guilty rendered. Sentence was im-5,
posed upon ]. both, vi him and Will Cato,
convicted the day before, and September
9th was liked as the d ate for the exc
3cution. sSif 555sSs
Is Quiet But Determined Crowd.
RI; FIie crowd assemble ed about the court
house wa 8 not h as la rge! as iyeste rday.
Nor was Sit SO threatening g, i for that mat
ter, for there was never CHI parade
There swas a quiet about the crowd that
augured the worst and the determine
{ ton OF the countrymen who had come
In from miles around for the trial was
never to be doubted. i:
III Up; to the noon hour, there was no
Elimination that so soon was to be en-.
of Reed & little delay was caused. and
upon its conclusion the prisoners, as be-
fore, were hustled into the witness room
where a strong guard Of military was,
mounted over them. 53 NJ
In the corri dors, the agitation began:
The spectators left the courtroom and
from the lawn outside many entered tho
shallways. shortly y before q o'clock the
crowd was addressed by a tall man who
seemed TO inflame 1t greatly. He called
gon& those about him to follow him. gsS ssgs
Then Captain Hitch, OF the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, who was q In command
OF tho forces, realized that the situation
was desperate He posted guards on
each side OF the stairways that lead Ito
the floor above. where the prisoners were
confined. Il f8sSsl d 81 h 5S
With z fixed 5bayonets, lit aIn1oadedi
rifles, the guards stood @ The mob surged
toward them, but were repulsed several
times. The determined effort was yet
to be made. AZ Il 4
All Appeals Were Vain. IL
ssi At the scar stairway the gravest dam
ger threatened. Prominent men, among
them Rev Mr.. Hod ges. brother OF tho
murdered man, sprang to the front TO;
address Che crowd. They begged them
ito disperse. is3 u sis .9ii ES N.
cautioned the crowd against Violence
and pleaded with them to disperse.
am you r friend;;'' he said .8i"I beg.
you to do nothing that reflect on
US, as vel! as on the community Dis
peYse and let the law take its course
We need hese men,. There are others to-
be brought to Justice and only from the
information to be gained from Cato and
Reed can We bring the right ones to
Justice, can almost promise you that
when the case Is finally sifted there will
spes FIVE. parties who are equalA guilty.
know you are our friend. Ken
drlck. some one shouted. ''but promise
us hat you WI II let these men stay In
the a Stat sboro Jail and not be taken
back to Savannah, Then we will 3dlsperse:
not until then. 'sji3 ~ 35'
There was some shouting and ch heerlng.
and Ken drick could not reply,
Promise us that, \" they shouted, .'yo,i
shall not take then, away from States
boro.' s 5tiSS n #
Disarmed the Guards.
"a commotion at the front drew the
crowd there. This was but temporary,
Presently; they were back at8the rear.
and some twent I've men crowded
around the guards. Before they could
be prevented they had caugh two Of the
guards, lWrested their weapons from then,
and thrown open the breech locks. The
weapons we're empty. That was what
the crowd wanted to ascert tain. The troops
had been given orders not to load their
rifles, & III q 5s3 W ss 58s5 u ss i3
The captured soldiers were held pris.
oners, The same policy was i followed
With others Of the soldiers. Man ter
ma n caught isolated was rel lieyed OF his
rifle afte,sa struggle. At the front a
member OF the mob crept along the wall