Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-29
NEGRO NEARLY STRUNG UP FUR
 ABUSING BUY
Only Pleading by Father of the Maltreated Child Saves Him From Rope in the Hands Of Angry Men.

One Of the most revoltiEs crimes ever noted in Bisbee was that perpe- trated by the negro Yerman Stewart. Saturday. and which resulted in a neArlynching Sunday night
 Saturday afternoon James Kreig baum, transformer. vas passing an old shed near the Loretto convent with his team. He heard voices within raised in anger ard determined to investigate Leaving his team he approached the shed window and --thsrs- -stoed Stewart win knife in hand. threatening a sraaH boy. The sight was so horrible that Kreiebaura turned faint fer a moment. The boy locked up and saw him. then ran from the negro. CIoseIy followed bv the latter, the boy made hls way ont among the rocks and the two disap- peared from sight.
 Hr. KreigbaIm reported the matter 10 the officers but no trace of the negro could be found They search cd ail day Sunday. bur without result. While they were searching elsewhere. however, Stewar. made hgs way to his home ID Brewery Guioh and went to bed. ssz-s
 There about 10 o'clock sapdav night a party cf about twenty indienant citizens found hin They marched 10 lis home with Q rope in their hands and dragged Stewart with 10 gentle force from ais bed They marched down Brewery avenue and when near the Southwestern depot ran into Con stables TWomey and McIsaa n ho were oHt looking for the fellow. He was promptly tafen from the crowd. who handled him in no gentle nanne-. and placed in the hranch county jau.
 Had t not been for the father of the boy there is no C0ibi that the crowd would have wrecked summary vengeance ss they had cor,e- prepar- ed with the rope in fl.eir hands. A. his trtercession only asd they Gesisf from strineing the perYeTt up to the telegraph poie nearest lis dwelling. and would stsil have earried cut their Intention fl they had net happened spon the cfacers who tack the fellow from them.
 The story Of fhe little boy whom he so shamsfuny treated vas that the negro found him near the spot where they were discovered by Kreigbassm Snd enticed him into the shed. He broke and tried to run from him. bas The negro drew 2 kaife and said if he didn't cbey ain he would cut hss throat The little fellow also states that another boy. five years old, was forced by Stewart into <hc same per formance short time aga.
 The wretch. when dragged from his bed by the c.tizens Sunday night. quaked with fear. and trembIingly begged for mercy He nearly tainted when he caught sight of the rope and heayed sigh of relief -vten the of- iicers took charge of him.
 Yesterday morning he was arraign- ed before Justice High on two charges -one of assault with a deadly weapon a knife. and the other Of committing crime against nature. Ore or the other of them will hold. and Stewart is now in jail ia default of a total bond Of $500.
 E. c. Stricxler has undertaken to defend Stewart He stated yester day that there was no statute cover ing tho crime against nature and that the charge would not hold He also states that he thinks he can get his client off on the assault win Q deadly weapon charge. as 1t will ba hard 'c prove that such assault was commit ted.
 The hearing vii: take blace in Jus