Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-25
Three \ NEGROES
ARE LYNCHED
LITTLE TOWN IN TENNEssEE
THE SCENE OF WILD EXCITE.
MENT-WERE ACCUSED OF
NUMBERING DEPUTY SHERIFF..

NUMBERING DEPUTY SHERIFF..
Union City. Tenn. Nov. 25.-The
little town Of Tiptonville. bordering
on Reel Foot lake, which has been
The scene Of many stirring incidents
In the last month, witnessed the
lynching late yesterday afternoon of
three negroes who were arrested in
the morning for having murdered
Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Bur-
russ and fatally wounding John Hall,
q deputy sheriff.
The negroes were Marshall Stein
bach Larma Sseinbach and Edward
Steinbach. These brothers created
disturbance at a religious service
near Tiptonville Saturday night and
when the officers attempted to arrest
them q fight ensued. in which the
negroes shot the officers and made
their escape. 1t was barely daylight
Sunday morning before posse Of
citizens from Tiptonville and the
surrounding country was In pursuit.
but they success sfully eluded the
white men until o'clock yesterday
morning, when they were surround
ed and captured in a swamp near
the village Of Ridgeley.
The vicinity is known az the old
river bed canebreak and it is dim
cult to trace man or beast through
its tangles. Once captured, however.
the negroes were quickly landed In
jsil at Tiptonville. They had two
guns in their possession, but had run
out Of ammunition.
/ News of the capture spread quick
lv to the surrounding country and In
addition to the 500 members of the
posse men began arriving by every
road and soon the Jail was surround
ed by a mob which had no hesitancy
in threa ,ening a lunching.
]. L. Burnett, a well-known law
yer, pleaded with the mob not to
ynch the negroes. He cited the re-
! cent outrages which had disgraced
the vicinity. He admonished his
hearers not to do any thing desperate
but to let the law take its course, al
though at the same time promising
that full justice would be done the
| three black men. This met with
growls of disapp proval. and Mr.. Bur-
nett, seeing that his remarks were
Of no avail, pleaded with the men, II
they were determined to lynch the
negroes, to wait until nightfall.
Taylor Hall, a brother Of the in
jured deputy sheriff. followed Bur-
nett. He said that postponement
OF the lvnching until nightfall would
be satisfactory to him. The mob.
however, was relentless. and 1t was
evident that 1T would be Impossible
| to stem the tide Of feeling. AS a
last resort s. J. Caldwell, townsman.
and Sheriff Haynes went before
Justice Davis and explained the sit
nation. telling OF the menacing atti-
tude Of the Gro owd which thronged
the principal streets leading 10 the
Jail.
| Justice Davis at once agreed to
on.r court at 8 O'Clock, summon q
Jury Of IL men and allow the ne.
groes. after all the evidence tnat
could be adduced was hearo' 10 DC
dult sentenced to death.
Meanwhile Gov. Patterson was ad-
vised by telephone OF the situation
and ordered a company Of militia
IN this city to proceed with all haste
and II possible secure the negroes
and conduct them to place OF sale-
ty. The troops were started At once
but failed to arrive In time to pre-
vent the lynching.
At the trial the evidence OF those
who had seen the killing was hearo'
In an incredibly short time the case
was given to the Jury, which in a
few minutes returned verdict OF
guilty. fixing the penalty AZ dea.n.
! Tha sentence had barely been
passed upon the negroes when ne
moh with a whoop and yell.
swarmed into the courtroom and
/ ce,zzire the prisoners, rushed them
"a . large tree near the edge Of town
| and hanged them, firing volley after
,o,,ev into the air as the bodies
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