Williams news., 1905-05-20
TIED TO TREE,
 WHIPPED AND
 THEN@RUN OUT
Summary Punishment Dealt Out to Negro by visilant Con- mittee Because of Insult
 to a White Lady

ing with blacksnake was the fate that befell w. H. Walker, 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. Raude- baugh at II o'clock Monday night, during his absence, making amin decent and insulting proposal to Mrs. Raudebaugh, and threatening to force his way into the horse in order to carry out his heinous de- signs. ~'
 The story of this attempted out rage is such as would do credit to the worst portion of the south, and is the first case of the kind to hap pen in Arizona, at least in this sec tion. The particulars of the affair are as follows: -'aJ
 On Sunday evening. Mir. Raude baugh, who resides with his wife and little daughter in the bank building, next door to the NEWS office, took his departure for Selig- man. where he expected to remain for two weeks assisting Contractor Button in the erection of some cot tages: During the evening of Mon- day Mrs. Button and her son Lyle called on Mrs. Raudebaugh and re- mained till about 1 o'clock. Short ly after she had gone Mrs. Raude baugh heard some one at her front door, and going there asked, "Is that you. Mrs. Button?" The an swer came back through the closed door, "No; it's Walker, the tailor, and I want to speak to you" The screen door being fastened, Mrs. Raudebaugh opened the other door and asked the man what he wanted and why he was. there. He replied that he wanted to come in and went on to state that if she didn't open the door and let him in he would break the door down and come in anyway. This frightened the es timable lady and she told him that he had better goiaway, but he per sisted in his demand for admit ktance, when she stepped back into i the room and picking up a revolver ordered him to clear out "pronto." That had the desired effect, and Walker .cleared.:,r. as. .., <....:., . While demanding admittance he stated to Mrs. Raudebaugh that he had just seen q man come from her house; that he had three witnesses to prove it, and unless she allowed him to come in he would feel it his duty to inform her husband. He had evidently 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 wit nesses to the committee, and to see if they were also implicated they were quietly questioned on the sub ject,. but all denied any knowledge, whatever. -4.4 T t
 Being badly frightened and fearing a repetition of the attempted out rage, 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 villain during the night, and the next morning she wired her hus- , band to come home at once, which he did, arriving here shortly after noon on the limited. As soon as he had been made acquainted with the particulars Dave was in a state of mind bordering on frenzy over the insult to his home,:his wife and himself at the hands of the black wretch, and it was only by the strongest effort on the part of his friends that he was kept from talk. ing shotgun and going 'on1a still. hunt for Walker
 Plans were quickly laid and a self constituted ovigilant committee organized to deal out justice to fit the case, only the arrival of dark ness being awaited to carry them out. Watch was kept for Walker during the entire night, but he.had evidently suspected something and was not to be found.
 Wednesday morning came bright and clear, and with it Walker. He had no sooner appeared than he was covered by shotgun and taken in charge by the, committee. Once again his friends were barely able to prevent the 'enraged -husbsnd from committing murder. Guarded by two men the negro was taken to his place of business and given an opportunity to ,straighten out his affairs. That being done he was marched out the railroad track a