The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-19
STATESBORO NEGROES
RURNED At THE STAKE
REIGN OF TERROR IN STATES
BORO, GA.
Two Negroes Burned at The Stake
Promiscuous Whippings of
Negroes.

Savannah. Ga, August 18.-The
situation at Statesboro is still quiet
Serious reports are coming in from
all parts OF the country Of promiscu-
Gus whipping and shooting of ne
goes. The blacks are thoroughly ter
rori:ed. and it is impossible to pre-
dict the outcome
1t vii be several day before the
situation completely quirts down.
The wi,;p1 ing OF negroes seems to
have become general. and the n"
groes are leaving the country A
number of organizations have been
formed by the whites throughout the
county with the avowed purpose OF
driving bad negroes out Of the COM
munity This will probably lead to
more bloodshed
A message today says that the
c''arred remains of one Of the ne
grues burned at the stake have been
placed in box and addressed to
Roosevelt with the following note:
You will never eat with this nigger"
Level-headed men went to the ex-
press office however. and took the
box out and the president won't re-
ceive the gruesome relic.
The governor has been officially
notified of the name OF the leader OF
Tuesdays mob.
Burned at Stake.
S.atesbore: Ga, Aug 17.--Wlih
clothing saturated with kerosene,
writhing and twisting in their agony,
screaming to heaven io. the mercy
HAT the m IT. would not show. Paul
iced and VII Cato, negrors. two Of
the principal in the Ga>' arti'v murder
and burning of Henry Hodges and
wife and three children six miles
from Stateboro three weeks ago, we're
burned at the stake yesterday after
noon.
A determined mob charged upon
the court house, overpowered the mil
itary guard. secured Cato and Reed,
who had been found guilty after a
legal trial and sentenced to be hang
ed. took them two miles from States
boro and there exacted the fearful
penalty.
The forenoon passed quietly. the
trial OF Paul Reed, the ringleader in
the murder. being concluded and
verdict OF guilty rendered. Sentence
was imposed upon both him and Will
Cato, convicted the day before,
and September was fixed as the
date for the execution.
With fixed bayonets but unloadcd
rifles, the guards stood. The mob
surged toward them but were repuls-
ed several times The determi g ef-
fort was yet to be made. At Tie
rear stair way the gravest danger
threatened. Prominent in the crowd
was Rev. Mr.. Hodges. brother of the
murdered man, who sprang to the
front to address its members. He
begged them to disperse.
Sheriff Kendrick was in the crowd
He cautioned the crowd against vio-
lence and pleaded with them to dis
perSe Before they could be prevent
ed a crowd caught two of the guards,
wrestled their weapons from them
and thrown open the breech locks.
The weapons were empty. That was
what the crowd wanted to ascertain.
The troops had been given orders not
to load their rifles.
The captured soldiers held pris-
oncrs. The same policy was followed
with Others OF the soldiers. Man al
ter man. caught isolated, was reliev-
cd pi his rifle after a struggle.
Reed was taken down one stairway
with rope about his Heck and Cato
down the other, both pleading for
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