The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
NEGRO VICTIM OF NOR
TAKEN IN HOSPITAL
Strapped on Bed, He Is Carried Into Country
ana Burned to Death-Pennsylvani Town
Scene of Gruesome Lynching

Coatesv!Ge, Pa, August ts.-Zaehs-
r:ss Walker. negro desperate, was
carried on a cot from the hospital here
tonight and burned to \ crisn nv a
mob OF men and boys on n fire which
they isn!ted about a half mile from
town. The negro. who had sho, and
Killed Edgar Rice. special policeman
Of the Worth Iron Mills. last night
was hTst dragged 10 the scere OF tho
shooting begging piteously for mercy
ne mad been arrested by posse ls,o
THIS afternoon after 2 search which
had stirred the countryside. When
the posse finally located him he WAS
round hiding in cherry tree, and with
the last bullet in his revolver shot
himself in the mouth, falling from tina
tree He was removed to the hcspi.
tai and placed under police guard.
a few minutes after Q ,'cloek a
crowd numbering almost 1000 persons
appears at the hospital. The leaders
".is unable TO gain admission. but
autIkiy smashed the window frames
ana crawled through the corridor
policeman who had hAen nlacel m
DUTY to watch Walker was the anlv
person In the building beside the
nurses ana patients Thc leader ~ ,he
rnoc placed his hands over tho nol,ca.
mans eyes while others who had an
tereo the building set aeou. 10 TAXA
their man frotn the hospital.
When Walker was taken to the hos.
pital ne was strapped down in crder
TO prevent his escape. The mob, see.
ing TINS, gathered ZIP the bed ard,
placing 1t on the shoulders of rour
men. started for the country. they
ieft the town by way of the Towervilla
ROAD. and when half u mile from the
hospital stopped at a farm house. Hore
they entered field and quickly gath-
ering up piie OF dry grass ard weeds
placed the bed containing their victim
upon IT. The negro was begging ,.:t-
eousiy to be released. but his pleadings
Ieii upon deaf ears. A match was
paced TO the pile OF grass md the
names shot up quickly. entirely en-
shrouding the screaming victim. That
not a vestige OF the murderer DC let
the mob tore down the fence alon. the
road and Liled the rails upon tho hurn-
ing negro.
After waiting for half an hour the
mob dispersed as quietly as it had
come.
curious feature of the burning
was the fact that there were almost
as many women in the crowd as mon
During the march from the hospital
to the scene of the burning of the
negro. distance OF. less than three
quarters OF a milo. not a policeman
was encountered by the determined
mob. Even the man on duty in the
hospital mado no effort to stop the
fifteen or more leaders who had gained
admittance to the institution.
The only mask worn by the men,
bers of the mob were handkerchief
drawn loosely over their faces.
That the burning of the negro was
designed and carried out by level
headed men there can be no doubt. II
was not the work OF men whose nerves
had been wrought up to the danger
point by overindulgence. but rather
that OF body OF determined men who
were ready to take any kind of
chance to avenge the death of a re-
spectacle citizen who had been shot
down in cold blood.
Coatesville Is q town of about 10.0nn
persons. and is located on tho main