The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18

weapon but an insig nitcant little
pocket knife. he used that upon his
;Issaiiant, causing a slight face wound.
Yelling ut the top Of his voice, the
negro rushed from tho car bleeding
! from his wound No doubt the young
Texan Intended to drive the blade home,
| but the smallness OF the weapon no
! doubt saved the negros life. The
! negroes outside raised n great howl
and prepared to make i rush for the
! car the women occupied. They seeing
/ the danger in which their champion
was placed. urged and entreated
! Crozier to leave the car until II start
/ ed. as he could not be recognized out
( side In the dark. This he did The
! bowling mob rushed in on the defense
| less women and demanded the where
! abouts Of their friend. They were told
| lie had left the car Rushing back to
! the station platform, Just IA Jacob
f., Bowers. the supervisor for many years
! of the Greenville and Columbia Rail
ROAD. was passing. and. MISLEADING him
/ Tor their prey they laid violent hands
upon him. and II appeared for n time
as II they would rend him limb by
| limb OH the spot The women came To
| the rescue OF Mr.. Bowers, and declared
] most positively that he wag not the
man who did the cutting. But all to
! no avail. They wanted the blood of q
! victim. and started away with him to
camp, there TO infict summary punish
! i1enht upon the supposed asailant OF
| one OF their number.
AS they started away with Mr.. Bow
ers the manhood OF Calvin Crozier was
put 10 the supreme test In a few mo-
inents the train would leave and all
! he had 10 do was to step out from the
darkness on TO the moving train, then
before him stood safety and his home.
Would he meet the issue like the brave
4 l. n.
into the Tnaddening throng lie told the
negroes 10 turn that man loose / am
the man who did the cutting" So SIR.
bowers was released Crozicr was
! bound and kept guarded all night in n
! tent. Word went out in all the coun-
trySide that white man was to be
shot by the negro soldiers In the morn
! ing. The negroes. old and young, men
| and women, from tho town and coun-
try crowded TO the scene OF execution
There perfect saturnalia OF rioting.
whooping and yelling was kept up All
night. It was said By an eyewitness, a
negro OF the town, that during the
night n white officer came to Crozier's
! tent. told him of his danger and urged
the Texan TO beg tho wounded ncgro's
pardon. sue for mercy. make proper
| amends and perhaps his fate might be
| averted. CroZier Indignantly spurned
the overtures and said: Unite me and
give me my rifle: that is all ] crave"
Near dawn next morning he was
carried out to the vacant lot under q
guard or soldiers followed by the en-
Irenzied negroes from the neighbor-
hood. On reaching the spot selected
Tor execution he was given a pick and
shovel told to dig his grave, and when
he had finished TO notify the guard In
'hc carly twilight lac dug away at his
grave. and when he reached about two
feet in depth. he laid the shovel and
pick aside. calmly folded his arms
across his breast. and said: II am
ready y vcllcy rang out, the young
solder falling without a struggle or a
Groan. l VIII not harrow up the feel
ings OF the public with n recitation OF
the barbaric. brutal and hellish indig-
mites heaped upon his lifeless form
The citizens of the town went eau
tiously and quietly TO the rude grave
the next night. took up the mangIed
body. placed IL in coffin, and as quiet
iy and cautiously buried il in the old
village burying- ground on the out
skirts of the town. Many years after
the patriotic ladies and gentlemen of
the town took the matter I'm hand. a
| meeting was called. subscriptions ask
ed for TO erect a fitting monument to
the brave and chivalrous stranger who
so gloriously died in their midst The
money necessary for all purposes was
soon forthcoming, a plot OF ground in
the cemetery was purchased, his re-
mains again disinterred and the hand
! some marble spire in Gods acre. beau
| tiful Rosemont, marks his last resting
place