Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-28
WALKER TASTED OF
 WH!PPEn'S POST
CITIZENS OF WILLIAMS PUNISH ED HlM FOR INSULTS e.
 TERED WOMEN THERE.
Fuller Details of an Unusual Incident. Husband Restrained From Doing Serious Injury to keero-Vigilanee Committee Then Got Busy.


 Husband Restrained From Doin
 Serious Injury to keero-VlgiIane
 Committee Then Got Busy.
 Last Sundays issue of the William
 News tells the story of a negro
 reinstatement for insulting a whit
 woman, as follows:
 Escorted to the edge of the town
 stripped of his outer clothing, tied t
 tree and given a sound thrasbinl
 with blacksnakes was the fate tha
 DefeN w. H. Walker, a colOred tailor here Wednesday morning. The crime for which he nearly paid the penalty
 with his life was the calling at the home of J. D. Raudebaugh al II o'clock Monday night. during his absence making an indecent and insulting gro posal to Mrs. Raudebaugh, and then threatening to force his way into the house in order to carry out his hein. Ous designs.
 The story of his attempted outrage is such as would do credit to the worst portions of the south, and is the first case of its kind to h"--ar, in ArLI -FtS~ - = zona, at least in this st~-cn. The particulars of the affair are as fol lows:
 On Sunday evening. Mir. Raude- Daugb. who resides with his wife and little daughter in the bank build. next door to the News office. took his de parture for Seligman, where he ex- pected to remain for two weeks assist s1S Contractor Button in the erection of some cottages. During the even ing of Monday, Mrs. Button and her son Lyle called on Mrs. RaEdebaugh, and remained until ii cic-cc,::-- c-c:- snort " after she had gone, Mrs. Raude- Daugh heard some one at her front door, and going there asked: 'Ts --a. 1.. you, Mrs. Button" The answer came back through the closed door: No, its Walker, the tailor. and want to speak to you" The screen door being fastened, Mrs. Raudebaugh open ed the door and asked the man what he wanted, and why he was there. lie replied that he wanted to come !n, and went on to state that if she didn't open che door and let him in ne gould break the door down and come in anyway. This frightened the estimable lady, and she told him that he had better go away. He persisted ia his demand for admittance, and she stepped back into the room and picking up 8 revolver ordered him to clear out ''pronto." That had the de. sired effect, and Walker went.
 While demevding admittance. he stated to Mrs. Walker that he had 1 Just seen 8 man come from her house; | that he had d1ree witnesses to prove i it, ana that unless she allowed him to | come in. he would feel it his duty to 1 Inform her husband. He had evident | ly been watching the house, with evil designs, and upon seeing Lyle Button leave, seized upon that as a pretext for bluff. Walker gave the names of his witnesses to the committe, and to see if they were quietly questioned on the subject, but denied any knowl- edge whatever.
 Being badly frightened, and fearing a repetition of the attempted outrage Mrs. Raudebaugh, who also has charge of the central telephone office, called up Mrs Button and asked her to come to the house at once, telling her the cause for alarm.
 Nothing further was heard of the william during tine night, and the next morning she wired her husband to come home at once, which he did, ar irving here shortly after noon, Un the limited
 As soon as he had been made ac- Quainted with the particulars Dave was in state of mind bordering on frenzy, over tho result to his home. his wife and himself, at the hands of the black wretch, and it was only by inc strongest effort on the parf of his friends that he was kept from taking l 2 shotgun and going on a still hunt | Tor Walker.
 Plans were quietly laid and q self vigilanse committee or sanized to deal out justice to fit the l. ;ase, only the arrival of darkness be- ng awaited to carry them out. A watch was kept for Walker during ! he entire night but he had evidently ( inspected something, and was not tO I e found. I Wednesday morning came bright T nd clear, and with it Walker. He s ad no sooner appeared than ne WAS iil oVered by shotgun and taken in aarge by the committee. Once again D IS friends were barely able 10 ore. G ent the enraged husband from com ltting murder. Guarded by two men tI e negro was taken to bis place of q lsiness and given an opportunity flo w out his affairs. That he. f7 2 done, he was marched out the ilroad track mile or so by inc si; mmittee, compelled to take off bie VI 'thlng, tied to a tree, and given a rashing he will remember as lo,g in he lives. He was then ordered ro m; we the country. He started west ial
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