The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-26
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1tizens PIead, with Biol,,
70 Poh one Lynching Till "a
Night Fall, When Men Afe Gitcaig
! a Mock Trial and. Murtifteti. 3sSsS ss

o., Union City, Tenn Nov 3 A
little town Of Tiptonviile; hafdeff S.SS
on Reelfoot Lake Watch sh haHSss q been
the scene Of many sttrrl s sstiSSi6 81
sduring the past, month. a W itnS ss5
the lynching late this afteffii 81
three negroes who were arrested this a4
morning for numbering Special Dap
uty Sheriff Richard Burris and fata1-,<s
iy, wounding John Hall, a, deputy. & 4
sheriff. The negroes I names are: 81
Marshall raj stineback, !, Edward stIRa
back ana Jim Stineback.F 3 III b .s$
These brothers created a, dtstqrh-s q
ance at religious meeting N near $S
TiptonvilleSAand when the two offi-s
GERS attempted to arrest them a fight: Il
ensued in which the Negroes came B.
out victorious and made their sas- Il h
cape >@vY %@[i2 'sE q ~, S$
s It. was barely daylight SundaY
morning before a, posses OF; citizenR
from TtptonviIle4 and the snrTound-f &
ing country were In pursuit OF the
negroes but they successfully eIuid
ed the white men until Sso'clock this 1;
morning when they were surrounded$ Il
and captured in a little swamp nesrs
the village Of Ridgeley.> The vlcin-.s5
ity- Is known as the Old River: caMaT
brake and it is a difficult matter
trace man or beast through ltd gah
gles. Z Z, |2> 4 : Sf-Ss i. f$
Covered With Gssns. L t.,ssf ss5S
Once captured, however, the
groas, covered by a hundred ganssg
were quickly landed IN Jaili fatt ssss Il
tonville; The agr oss hen 81, gss ssssl
fested 1 had s3o gaaa., tsfss ;is u:
Esssystont. but haa :ttin euss si jlas !
ton. The news OF Che esp 4
spread rapidly to the surfounding
country and in addition to theN ssY
eral hundred members Of the posse
more began arriving by evesy route
and soon the jail was surrounded by %
a mob which had no. hesftancy I 4 In
threatening a lynching quickly aid
surely. &c. II Il. <,3Ssss5 E}<s
In fact. 1t was feared ut noon
that the efforts Of the offcera and
townspeople could not prevent the
lynching from taking place In broad
daylight. One Of the first, cittzenB
to mount the steps OF the jail and
make an appeal to- the mob was +, 4
IT. Burnette; a we'll known lawyer.
Mr.. Brrnette recalled the recent
night rider outrages which has dis
sraced the vicinity. He admohished
his hearers not to do anything deg
perate and let the law take Its
course, at the same time promising
that full full justice would be done Z
the three black, men. This met With 4
growl of displeasure.' Mr.. Bur-
nette seeing his. remarks. were OF 4
no avail pleaded with the men that
II they were determined TO lynch the 4
Negroes to at least wait until night,
had fallen. Taylor Hill, D. broth- (
er Of the wounded deputy sheriR,
followed Brunette. He said that q
postponement of the IyRching until :
night would be satisfactory to him..
Mob Was Restless, ~
The mob, however, was very resE- :
less and 1t was soon seems that it
would be ompossible to stem the tide
Of feeling AS last resort "A. j.. Cald-s
well a townsman and Sheriff Hstnsa
went before justice, Lee Davis and
explained the situation and telling of
the menacing attitude OF the crowd
which thronged the principal streets
leading to the jail. Justice Davis Ats
once agreed to open his court at s
o'clock summon jury of IL men ana
allow the Negroes after ali 6videpGe
that could be adduced was heard, to
sbe duly sentenced to death. ), -. .sss%
Meanwhile Governor Patterson was
advised by wire Of the situation and
ordered a company Of militia In the !
city to proceed with all haste. and se- /.
cure the Negroes. and conduct them
to place Of safety. The troops we're =
started at once but failed to arrive In
time to prevent the lynching. I%
At the trial tonight the evidence Of Z
the three who had seen hf1a killing
was heard and q verdict waa rendered
of guilty and fixing the panhlty ~
death. The sentence had barely beens
passed on the Negroes when tha &
mob, with whoop and a ven Awsrn~
ed the court room and ss,sing the }.
prisoners rushed them to- 9 large tres
near the edge of .tewR ana angAs /,
ITEM Hri1g yollsy altar yesl SO D,
sthe, AL ss tbs bodies sgssl (;
from the esrth d q B &