The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-25
|F|END IN BLACK
| BURNED At STAKE
Summary Justice Melted Out to
Assailant OF White
Girl.
MADE WR|TTENsTATEMENT
Alter Negro Had Signed Confession
He was Chained 10 Stake and
ned--ConIession I'm
plicated Another Negro

Associated Press Special
Tyler, Texas, May 25-Dan Davis,
Q negro, was burned to death at the
stake on the public suare here early
this morning, after he had signed
written statement in which he
confessed that he crinlinally assault
ed Miss Carrie Johnson, the sixteen
year old daughter of a we'll known
and highly respected farmer who
lives near the city, about $3.50
O'Clock in the afternoon of May IS.
Eight hundred persons, 1t is esti-
mated, participated in the admin
istration of lynch justice to the
black brute, and but for the fact
that the burning was beyond. the
pale of the law thore was nothing
to mark the occurrence as being
conducted by mob"
Before the match was applied
to the finder piled around him Davis
vas asked IL he wsss guilty Of Tie
diabolical crime charged and he re-
piled in a husky voice. II am gull
ty."
Davis was brought here from
Athens on train arriving in lyle,
| at 1.42 o'clock this morning. II
addition to the officers who had thu
prisoner in charge further protec
ton was given by party of citizen
who went from here yesterday an.
returned this morning from Athen.
with the officers and their prison
ken from
the train the Navarro county sheriff
addressed the mob that had gather
ed and asked them not to hurt the
prisoner until he could turn him
over to the Smith county officers
an,. have him ideatifad. A circle
of officers and citizens surround
the prisoner and proceeded toward
the Jail, the crowd following.
When the public square was reach
ed the father of the injured young
lady addressed the mob and asked
them not to hurt the negro until
his daughter could identify him.
to this the crowd, which was stead
lily growing larger, agreed, and the
negro was carried on to the jail.
At the Jail Davis wrote confess
sion of his guilt before the county
attorney and a committee of elti-
zens, and following this the enrag-
ed mob demanded that the negro
be turned over to them
The officers protested, but be-
ing overwhelmingly outnumbered
and the mob determined and insis-
tent in its demands, they gave way
and Davis fell into the hands of the
mob.
Davis wa staken to the square TO
where several loads of wood had
been piled and was in waiting, ana
after being secured to stake the
match was applied and the perpe-
traitor of most diabolical and fiend
ish crime was burned to ashes.
In his confession Davis told the
main details of the assault and I'M
plicated another negro. He SAID
the two attacked the girl on the
railroad track in the middle OF the
afternoon, knocking her down and
assaulting her and later left her
with her throat cut, thinking she
was dead.
The girl was found in almost "a
diving condition after an all nights
| search.
| Miss Johnson was on her way u
Tyler to do some trading, and was
walking along the Cotton Belt rail-
road tracks when she was attack
ed. Her throat was cut, the jugulal
vein being barely missed, several
ugly gashes were made in her face
her teeth were knocked out and
one blow partially crushed her
skull.
She had left her home about 2
O'Clock. When she did not return
late in the afternoon search was
begun. which continued all night
and until about o'clock ON the
morning of May IA, when the girl
was found near the railroad in an
unconscious condition.
At that time indications point
ed to a negro who was seen near
the place of the assault about two
hours previous to the time Miss