The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-08-26

I.:~ A Sss
.DEAf|l PfNALTY
Rid BY Bullets and His
Body Cremated.
HIS scTiM GIRL OF THIRTEEN.
eeofais Mob at cedartown Takes Sum.
mai Vengeance Upon tho AssaIlant
ef Little oirlssNear that place.
cFnstsd at the Stake.
oedSown, Ga, August 2s.--The
orgy 3y lynching was enacted here
last .nish with all its revolving feat.
Jim 8loyes, the, negro who outraged
little I*eyia Reeves paid every penalty
for hi srime known to revenge or
M ttsd to tree and shot al.
res and his riddled body,
orasg ftaps t0E The cen.
'st,:s..s Ssiostt cons cuous spot of Main
lily 1900 people witnessed his
aSsbest they could in the bright
mook light. and mob of crazed par.
ttictpRnts whooped and sang as the
bodysfried and crisped.
negro's victim was Levia the
old daughter of Abner Reeves.
ent farmer, who lives about
oles from Cedartown.
Crime was committed as the lit.
was carrying COW to a pas.
a quarter of a mile from
her rt5me.
~ assault was a most fiendish one.
and tht wonder is that the little girl
escape& from the clutches of the negro
With hef life. About thirty minutes
before the crime the negro passed the
hQsiBe Of Mr.. Reeves, who had gone
ea4y to a mill, and the dog in his
ydx made atthe passing negro and
tho title girl had restrained the ami
me- A few minutes later the girl
le{E With the COW for the pasture,
ssZr{Was oyertaken by the negro at the
foff6ef a,ssT nnS1tne, and the negro
steps. The negro asked her If her
mother had any eggs and butter
for sale, and tried to engage the girl
in conversation
Failing in this, he finally jumped at
her, seizing her by the throat and
dragging her across the corner of
cotton field and into a dense corn
patch. He choked the helpless vic.
tim into insensibility, after throwing
her to the ground and accomplished
his awful deed. The negro left in
hurry, and after regaining conscious,
ness, the girl began to cry and scream,
and this attracted the attention Of her
mother, who ran to her little daughter.
The scene that met her Mortified
gaze was heartrending. The girl
was almost unable to move, and her
hat lay several yards from the spot
where she lay. The ground showed
evidences of strugglesand the weeds
and corn weres mashes edoY Tha.
clothing of the child was Hfoody and
torn. Her neck was red and scratch.
ed. was her face, and in less than
ten minutes her throat was swollen
to an enormous size. She was car.
riedsto the house. and Drs j. A. Lid.
delhand W. A. Chapman, two of Ce
dartown's most prominent physicians
were sent for.
The news was carried to the store
OF Van Devander Bros, where the
nearest telephone was reached, and
the report spread throughout the city
IN few minutes.
Men mounted horses and seized bug.
gies and bicycles, and went to the
home of tie crime, and within 30
minutes OF 200 people we're on the
ground o12AFing their assistance and
Joining inHhe chase. The fields and
woods were secured, and a negro was
met by a. few men coming to town
on the sroad, making his way west
to the Alabama state line. and the
mountains across the line. The men
had not heard Of the assault, and, OF
course, did not attempt to arrest the
! fueitive.
Polk superior court would have as.
sembied this morning in fall session,
but thesnews of !thetoutrage complete.
s.lx demqEalizeAFthe court, and jurors
and witness $oined in the chase
111th0pt thinking Of court or anything
'sa'se \ 3 nay s.' . E .asysr; ss been