The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-04-16
TROOPS Are ENDING
HORRIBL { RACE War
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over
Tie presence of troops has had
The cffectof bringing the people to
a fin realization Of the situation.
SIX companies now patrol the
streets
AT 2:l5 O'Clock Sunday morning,
William Allen, a young negro, was
taken fro inthc county jail here and
lynehed in the public square by the
same mob that two hours earlier had
hanged Horace Duncan and James
Copeland.
The body of Allen later was
burned in the ashes of the two other
negroes beneath the spot where they
we're lYnched.
Following the dispatch of Dun
can and Copeland, some oneNsuggest-
Cd that Allen and Bus Cain. two
other negroes known to be in Jail.
should also be lynched.
Tie mob, now bloodthirstS and
wrought up 10 the highest pitch Of
excitement, readily took up they cry
and soon the charred bones OF the
third victim lay beneath the statue
u the Goddess of Liberty. Cain
escaped.
Allen and Cain were being held
upon suspicion Of having murdered
q P. Ruark, while Duncan and
copeland were accused Of assaulting
Miss Mabel Edmonson, white do
mestic.
Their work finally accomplished,
the mob quietly dispersed.
But, Sunday, crowds augmented
by hundreds Of persons from sur
rounding towns. filled the streets
making threats Of further vengeance.
last nigh several companies Of the
state militia were ordered out-by
Governor Folk, together with 20r
deputy ssheriffs, to patrol the streets.
When the mob left the Jail at mid
night, with Copeland and DUNCAN.
fourteen prisoners escaped in the en-
4citement. Among them was Calm.
But Allen was there vet and the sec
pnd mob. found him hidden under
This cot. He was dragged out. his
hands tied behind his back. a rope
put around his neck, and he was
nlarchcd down street to the tower il,
The square. Two men climbed up
the iron stairway and stood upon the
platform with Allen between them
The mob was undecided. While
the crowd was debating. the second
man on the platform began ticfng
tho rope to the iron railing. The
negro stood directly above the
,sniouldering ash heap from which
the sntell ot burning flesh arose.
But he stood erect. while the man
with the lantern harangucd the mob
and the crowd jcercd the negro.
8 In the meantime the rope had
been placed about Aliens neck and
presently the hangman caught the
ilegro's ankles, lifted him. and threw
him forward over the railing. Allen
turned somersault in the mir and
as the rope became taut. his neck
cracked like pistol shot. The
rope broke and he fell in the bed Of
;lshes on the top of the other two
negroes. He kicked and fioundercd
sround until another rope was
brought The loop was placed
around his neck and lie was again
swung in mid air. Another big fire
was skindled and soon the swaying
figure, now dead, fell into it, send
ang up spray OF live sparks.
After that most Of the men went
9lome, but some men and boys stayed
BY the tower all night and fed the
fire.
When daylight broke upon the
scene, there remained only the black
ened trunks and charred remains Of
three negroes.
Five thousand persons saw the
trio hanged and burned. Among
tile crowd Of spectators were hund-
reds Of women and children, girls
and boys.
In hall overlooking the plaza, an
Easter dance was in progress. Its
music stopped while the dancers
crowded to the windows and watched
The writhing black bodies and the
flames that finally consumed them.
Sunday, souvenirs OF the night
consisting of buttons from the
trousers Of one of the negroes. a
piece of the hangman's rope and
other pieces Of relics were eagerly
bought by many among the crowds
that gathered at the scene.