New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
HOLD 5 IN LYNCH CASE
Youth Confesses at Hearing m
Pennsylvania.
DETAILS OF CRIME GIVEN
Prisoners Charged with Murder,
Riot and melting to Riot
Committed Without Bail.
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West Chester, Penn, Aug. S.-Detaiis or
the lynching OF Zach" Walker. the negro
murderer Of Policeman Rice. In Coates
vile on August 10. came out this afternoon
at the further hearing Of prisoners accused
| Of completely in the crime which so deeply
shocked this law-abidlng section Of the
state As a result eight persons. directly
implicated by the evidence in the murder
were held for the action Of the Grand Jury.
the testimony Of Chester Bostick, nineteen
years old. who broke down and made
complete confession OF his part in the
crime. duplicating the others. The prison
ers were charged with murder. riot and
iEciting to riot In the course Of his testi-
mony. given before Justice Of the Peace
Paxon. Bostick calmly said:
They tied a rope 10 the nigger's neck
and dragged him over the fire. Then some
Of the fellows that had hold Of the rope
pulled his face into the fire and held him
till he did not move any more. II made
me sick and ran away"
Those held were Chester Bostick and
Norman Price. nineteen and twenty
years Old respectively; Oscar Lsmpins. A
local preacher, and William Gilbert, all OF
Coatesville: Captain Albert Berry. an itiii-
Grant aeronaut. who made his home in
Coatesvile; Joseph Schwartz. OF Coates
Vile; George Staple. sixteen years old. q
Marietta. and Joseph Schohsld Of Parkes-
burg. Bostick and Price gave the most
evidence. Counsel for the other prisoners
vainly tried 10 stop the lads.
supmarized. the testimony was az fol-
lows: Lamping was the man who organ
lied the mob to lynch the negro. Schwartz
cegc taf 70
the Gainesville Hospital by the crowd to
get the lay Of the land and TO tell the mob
the exact spot whore Walker was lying.
schoneld obtained wood TO kindle the fire.
Price and Bostick took part in the lynch
ing, although they had nothing to DO with
the actual burning OF Walker.
Bostick told OF the lynching in a matter
OF fact way. He began by saying that no
immunity had been promised him ana he
did not expect any.
Il tried 70 get real close 70 the fire while
Walker was being burned" he said: there
were only one or two i'm front OF NE. and
could see plainly what was going on. T
walked around the fire and saw the ex-
preston on Walkers face. Then I turned
away. But first 7 saw him stretch out his
neck and moan. His face was almost down
[
and tried 10 get away. He cravied toward
the fence. rose up and tried to Jump over.
Some of them hit him with fence rails
and pushed him back into the flames. He
crawled out again. Then they got A rope
and drew it about his neck. Some got hold
ut each end and dragged him back over the
FIRE Still holding the ends Of the rope, they
pulled his face down into the flames They
held him there till ne didn'. move"
CLYDE Woodwa ard. eighteen years old. OF
Coatesville, who was arrested on a charge
Of murder several days ago and subse-
quently released, said that the mob was
formed in front OF the BrandYwine IRE
house. in Coatesville. He saw the men
walking up and down on the pavement,
talking in small zroups. He said he went
away before the mob started for the hos
pital.
Charles Whitley, another boy OF Coates
Vile, testified that he saw Lamplng ar the
IRE house irving 70 get a crowd together.
They were talking of lynching the col
ored man" said Whitley u told Wood
ward about Lamping, and I heard Lamp
ing say: II you can get anyone TO to-
low I'll lead the crowd He said that
twice