Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-02
HANGED TO A DERRICK.
Negro Who Assaulted . Will
Girl Quickly X
PUNISHED FOR HIS @IMZ'
After Being Identified By the Victim
ct HE Shameful Deed the Misersant
Was Taken In Charge BY Mob and
Soon Disposed OF.

Sterrett. l. T., April 1.--Just rs
crowded excursion train from Denlsor
10 South McAiester reached the demo-
at Sterrett Sunday II ran into a des
perate struggle between United States
officers and a great mob OF Infatuated
people for possession OF a negro nc
cused OF criminal assault upon Miss
Maud Misner. near Red river bridge
last Saturday. Into the melee the pas.
sensers were thrust. and many were in
time to see the officers overpowered
after thu depot had been battered down
and the negro dragged with a rope
about his neck into an old derrick 800
yeards away and lynched.
The officers had been waiting at
the depot with the prisoner. intending
to take the excursion train to Durant.
The negro was captured In the after
noon near Colbert by posse of cIti.
zens and turned over 10 the United
states officers. who had been notified
AT Denison OF the crime and had come
to Colbert TO assist In the search.
Some OF the Colbert people we're In
FAVOR OF hanging the negro there. but
were prevailed upon TO let the law take
its course.
The officers started 10 drive over
land 10 Durant, and had been assured
by the city marshal o, Sterrett. or Gale,
rs II is also called. they say. that there
would be not rouble II they drove
through that town.
They held no conversation with the
negro other than to secure 8 name.
AT Gale the officers concluded that
II would be safer TO wait for the excur.
Sion train bringing a baseball crowd
from Denison. conveying the negro to
Durant by rail.
At the depot. however. n mob OF sew |
eral hundred presons met them, and |
the officers retreated into the depot. |
where they repulsed the crowd.
The train pulled into the depot and
the Officers attempted to fight their !
way through the crowd with the negro.
but outside were again attacked and
were compelled TO retreat into the dc.
pot again.
The crowd attacked the door and bat.
fering In and overpowering Officers.
took their weapons away from them
and took possession of the negro. No
shots were fired during the melee.
rope was tied about the negro's
neck and he was dragged off to an old
oil well derrick, 800 years from the
depot. the officers protesting.
The negro was severely beaten on
the way and several attempts were
made 10 stab him. He was placed on
platform. the rope was thrown over
beam and e was strung quickly IN
without having been given a chance 10
make q statement.
AS the writhing body swung in the
air possibly seventy-flve shots were ,
Tired. but only one bullet struck tho ,
body. AS The body was strung up
someone s'ashed the negroes throat.
When the crowd had to an extent ,
dispersed the body was cut down. but !,
not until the members OF the mob had
almost stripped n nude In search OF
In the hat Of The negro was found
with perbrating stamp the :
name Dock Jones" He told the off.
,ers mis- name was Jim Williams. and
hough thew have only this 10 60 by.
believe he told the truth. and that the
nat may have been picked up by the o
legro. q
AZ Colbert the negro was put IN a 3
Dom with four other negroes. Accom-. r
'anied by her mother. Miss Misner was &
AIKEN into the room. She pointed out q
he negro under arrest as her assailant I,
nd from collection Of weapons on II
table selected one taken from the d
risoner as the pistol he had taken
rom her at the time OF the crime. Tho
ientification OF both negro and pistol
Tas without hesitation. a