The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-31
Dangling AROUND, His Neck
and is in the Noun
$3.50 tains Now.

GFHARLEsTON, Mar. Ria spe-
cial sent out from Pszeweli, Va,
under date Of Sunday gives inter-,
Eesting particulars Of an attempt TO
lynch q negro at that place and Of
the Aforesaid negroes spectacular
escape from the would1be lynchers.
The story runs:
John Morgan, the negro who was
reported as being lynched. near
Pounding Mill Saturday night, was
brought to the TazeWell jail under
heavy guard Sunday morning. The
negro is charged with the murder Of
Grover lambert, a white man, and
Iiwatchman for Walton and Company,
contractors 0nEthe indian Creek
branch OF the Norfolk & Western
railroad, the details OF the tragedy
having been published In Sundays
papers.
The reports, that were received
here on Saturday night stated that
the negro had been hanged, and his
fbody rlddied with bullets. The facts
lin the case we're far Inherent. The
negro, shortly after shooting La
.fDert, was captured ina sh4nty in one
of the. camps on Indian Creek by a
mob that had been searching for
him in the mountains. His where
aIbouts was divulged by other negroes
who were present when he rushed
into one OF the shanties and hid
himself. The leader OF the mob
grabbed him, ana tied his hands in
front OF him and after marching
him up and down in front OF the
negro quarters pf the camp, suit
able tree was located to which he
could be hanged. One of the super
intendents ofsthe operation in front
of which the lynehing was contem-
Eplat edsspbiected and pleaded, with
tkefmob mot t@ execute the negro at
that point for 3he erect IT, would
have upon the other negro en-
ptoyees. One OF the mcb told the
superintendeut'if he Ineadled in their
AFFAIRS he would get a bullet, and
the superintendent retired to more
lgeufaT surreunalngs Preparations
were under way for the execution,
l,thc place Aeip deT . large walnut
ltree, with many strong limbs over
hanging. Some members OF the mob
Eclilnlhed the tree and were aflixing
1.-THE rope, whea }of sudden the ne
ligrp shade Al dash for liberty down a
forty foot embankment into the
thicKet and disappeared. The mob
fired upon him, but the bullets went
wild, and the negro was soon swal-
lowed up in the mountains. He lay
lin the mountains the rest of Satur-
day night and all day Sunday, and
became sick and hungry, and tired,
and under cover of darkness, stole
into the camp, where he had friends,
and asked to he protected and car
irted to jail. On, account OF wound
in his leg he was unable to prolong
his wanderings in the mountains.
The superintendent OF the company
and others who held obedience to
law far above the qualification OF
personal vengeance, took care Of the
negro until after midnight Sunday,
when he was quietly taken through
1.-THE mountains to the hotel on the
railroad, where he was heavily
guarded until morning and was
then taken to Tazewell.
The negro strongly protests his in
nocence OF murder, giving as an ex-
cuse for shooting Lambert that Lam
first. and that Lambert had shot
frts, and that Lambert had shot
him while running from him.
The affair has caused a great deal
OF excitement in this community, es-
ciaily where the dead man is we'll
known, and lynching would be no
surprise.
! C. T. Franklin, who had charge Of
itluilding the Norfolk and Western s
large tunnel on the Indian Creek
branch, says the contractors face an
alarming state of affairs, as the
white people of that community
have given orders to the negroes
iwho are employed on the works, to