Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25
(OLORED MAN LYNCHED In THE
STATE OF VIRGINIA..
Northumberland Farmers Break 49,
Year Record of Old Dominion.

Northumberland Farmers Break 49,
Year Record of Old Dominion.
lIcath svill c, Va, August 16.-
Virginias unblcmishcd lynching rec
ord Of eighteen years standing has
been broken.
AT Lillian, Northumberland County,
within few miles of IIcathsvillc,
William Page, q colorcd farm hand
recently accepted for the now national
army, last night was hanged by q
party Of nearly 500 masked and
grimly determined farmers, following
an attempted assault made upon the
daughter and niece of Captain Truitt,
one OF the most prominent farmers
on the Northern Neck
That the assailant Of the young
women was unsuccessful was due en-
tirely to the presence of mind dis
played by eighteen year old Miss
Truitt, the object of Pages attack
She 1T was who sped to her parents
nome, after outwitting the Negro, and
gave the alarm. Truitt. armed with
n shotgun loaded with buckshot. was
on the trail Of the Negro within n
few minutes, and captured him in less
1han half an hour. Three hours later,
n tree within the confines of n small
Negro settlement, and the farmers
who had mcted out summary Justice
were dispensing quietly for their
homes.
Inc attack was made about o'clock
IN the evening and within a stones
throw OF the Truitt residence Miss
Irhltt ana her young cousin were re-
turning home, when suddenly thew
heard movement in the bushes be-
sldc the road, and the burly form of
n Negro appeared at their horses
mead. AS the horse stopped. the Ne
gro slipped rapidly to the side OF tho
buggy in which the girls were driy-
ing.
NEGRO GRABS GIRLS AND DRAGS
THEM no GROUND.
Reaching in, he grabbed Miss Truitt
anu her cousin by the arms. The elder
girl was too frightened to offer on
position for a few seconds after the
Negro caught hold OF her, and the
younger was quite paralyzcd with
lear. However, as she felt herself
pclng dragged forth, Miss Truitt be.
gan TO light. She hit the Negro in
the lace, scratched and poked at his
eyes but, with her cousin, was drag
sed forth to the ground where the
younger girl collapsed In a heap.
WIN inc collapse OF the child, Page
turned his attention to Miss Truitt
;" spite ~ % fight which the yonnr
'ih', made. Page hurled her to the
Ground. There she was being oy.r-
powered by the giant black when her
ready wit came to her assistance.
pretending to see neighbor nm.
Proaching along the road, she CRYING.
~ picaded with him for aid. At first
inc Negro did not notice the appcal
put me girl cried again for succor
from inc supposed man, and this time
aS: hcard ana looked up. 1t was
t,' n,,o ms lace was elevated and half
rn lneu toward her that Miss Truitt
nceoShlZcd her assailant as Page a
Negro recently employed NV hor
father ny her
AS the Negro hcsitatcd. Miss Tr,;+t
once moro begged assistance Of Tho
i,nl"s'hea nclShbor, insisting that ho
hurry ana save her. So sharn wac
lcl demand, so true her acting th,t
age released her and stood nm roo1,,
to meet an assault "' '""y
mt hint" the girl on tho oro,,,,
exclaimed. o slonha
o, WIN inc words, Page gave ono
stance aroand and took to hie bonl,
iuillhs up the road a short distonoo'
, nGiorc plunging into the heavy woods
which bordcrcd it. '' "ooos
i>1'l'Eo COUSIN AND HIJRR1Ec
HOME WITH NEWS.
ir MSS lruitt revived her cousin and
ai,aeu her into the buggy. in wh I"n
oHc dfoVc rapidly tho chn,. "H''h