The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-08
People 0NenuIe The Aulhofille,
al RokwaII and Prisoner
Is killed
MOB BURNS MAN At STAKE
Anderson llhs. Who Tned To Asssul'
White Woman Dies b, Iinc
Anolhcr Negro Shot
and Killed

RockWag. Texas. March Az
ter he he'd been identified by Mrs.
Arthur Mckinney as the negro who
attempted a criminal assault upon
her Friday morning Anderson Ellis.
who had been taken from the Rock
wall county Jail last might was se-
cured to an iron stake driven into
the earth and burned to death In
The presence of about thousand
persons
Earlier in the day, VIII Clark, a
negro. had oeen shot when his fa-
Their Andrew Clark, had refused
permission to a posse to search his
premises on the assumption that the
negro Ellis was there concealed.
Clark was killed. People were here
from several towns and from Dallas,
Collin and Hunt. as Well as Rock
wall county to witness the lynching
Of the negro.
Ellis admitted his guilt, but res
fused to make a statement or to
leave farewell messages to his rela-
tives
He was dead within 9 minutes af-
Ter the torch had been applied.
At an early hour Friday morning
Arthur Mckinney, farmer residing
five miles east, Of Rockwell, near
Fate. Texas, left his home TO make
business trip to Royse CITY, Tex.
Anderson Ellis, the negro was en-
ployed on McKinneys farm. A short
time after the farmer left his homo
Mrs. Mckinney went into the back
yard, and there she was seized by
the negro, who attempted criminal
assault upon her
The alarm spread quickly and the
entire section turned out, men and
boys arming and joining the author
ities in the search for the negro.
The search continued through
Friday, Friday night, Saturday and
FNlulhHA IlkHls Nhtlf tHbhN
O'Clock yesterday morning posse,
,of which dozens were securing the
country, arrived at the farmhouse OF
Andrew Clark q negro Demand was
made to search the premises on the
supposition that the negro Ellis,
Iwas there in hiding Upon refusal
the inmates were commanded to
surrender In the name of the law
and almost at the same instant two
negroes lwere observed to run from
the rear of the house.
Shots were fred at them and one,
WIN Clark, a son OF the negro far
NOR, was killed The other negro
escaped Bloodhounds were secured
and put on the trail OF the other,
About S o'clock the chase came up
at the farmhouse OF j. II, Harper,
who lives three miles south of Cad
do Mills
Ellis, armed and with quantity
OF ammunition, seeing himself hem
med. made desperate resistance and
empted his weapon at the posse.
None was wounded, Quickly closing
In upon him. the posse oyerpowered
the negro and tied him securely. He
was taken to Caddo Mills, where
Constable Dugan had vehicles pre-
pared and the negro was then taken
TO 'Greenyille, the county seat OF
Hunt county, whore he was placed
In Jail ut 1880 o'clock yesterday
morning During tho fight with the
officers and their posse Ellis was
wounded twice. once In the arm and
once In the back He recelced medi-
cal attention.
A crowd of 150 or 200 people
went to Creenvlllo on an early af-
ternoon train and Il was reported
that several other mobs had formed
In adjacent towns aud In the coun-
try, The authorities carried the ne
gro from Greonville to Celeste,
where he was placed aboard q Santa
Fe passenger train and taken TO
Dallas.
AT Dallas tho negro was surren-
dered TO Sheriff Hall OF Rockwall
county, then taken to the Katy pas
a