The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-17

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person who IS found to have been
directly or indirectly connected
with h lynching last night Of tho
Negro, Ezekiel Walker for the mur-
ger OF Policeman Edgar Rios, on
Saturday night, will be arrested
OF the law. This was decided on
to-day at a conference of county
n city officers.
Coatesville. Pa, Aug. 15.-The fear
ful work Of a frenzied mob here last
night when it dragged a wounded
negro from a hospital and burned him
to death for the killing of Edgar Rice,
a policeman, Saturday night. has
aroused the greatest indignation in this
community and everything possible
will be done to bring to Justice the
ring leaders of the mob. That such an
affair could occur in a Quaker COM
munfty like that in Chester county
was not believed possible.
thousands of persons journeyed out
to the scene of the burning today.
gather at the spot. Every sort OF
vehicle was brought into use and prices
to take people to the place quickly
went upward, The distance to the
Newland farm. where the iyncning oc-
Cured. is not far and a steady stream
Of curious people kept moving out to
the e
Only Ashes Remain.
Nothing is left of Ezekiel Walker.
the victim. but his ashes, all unburned
portions of the hospital cot that formed
part of his pyre had beer gathered up
by souvenir hunters.
Among the angriest people In the
community are some of those who cap
tured Walker yesterday afternoon in
a tree in the woods near here. He had
two revolvers with him and when he
was surrounded by the posse he
threatened them. Several of the man.
hunters fired at him and wounded him
slightly.
Evidently believing that he was
about to be shot to death, Walker
tried suicide, sending a bullet into his
head. He fell to the ground and was
quickly captured by the crowd. With
no thought of lynching, but with the
determination of having him tried
quickly for the murder of Rice, the
posse laid him across three shotguns
and carried him to a waiting automo-
bile which brought him to the Coates
Vile hospital.
When he reached the hospital Walker
confessed his crime to Chief Of Police
Umstedt and United States Attorney
Gawthrop.
Confession of Victim.
Walker said:
I'd been out drinking gin and I was
feeling pretty good. l go out there
near the Worth mills, among the hun
kies, and just to let on that I was a
bold man and might hold 'em up, ]
fired three shots from my gun. OF
course they yelled and Rice, VIII
heard h shots. came rushing up and
grabbed me. They had yelled muir
der n 1 guess he thought that was
about it.
u had too much gin and did not
calculate to go along. So / held back
and asked Rice what he wanted me
for.
For carrying concealed weapons
deadly weapons he said.
"'Then / won't co. a y I, trying tc
pull away He drew his club and
reached for his revolver. and it mus
have been then hat / shot him"
News of the murder of Rice, who
was very popular among the people
here, spread rapidly. There had beer
other crimes committed in this neigh.
borhood that had been blamed on ne,
groes, and talk of lynching fell OF
willing ears. AS the crowd increased
the talk of lynching spread ant
finally a masked man mounted thu
steps of the hospital and shouted:
Men of Gainesville, will you let {