The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-04-26
NEGRO LYNCHED
At LEXINGTON
NEGRO LYNCHED IN COURT.
HOUSE YARD-MEMBERS Of
MOB UNMASKED-BODY MS.
GRACEFULLY TREATED-MORE
THAN 500 PEOPLE PRESENT
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>rd lexington, Tenn, April 23.-Berrv
Noyse, the Negro charged with thy
murder OF Sheriff w. H, McRrido INC
SATURDAY night, was capturnd noon On
Wllderville Monday afternoon hro..oa.
70 lexington, hanged in the courtbonSe
Ss salu ana his body thrown on nile Of
tt tlossIles and burned. The lynching of
VIC Nesro was consummated over tbe
Piotests and appeals of Judge NJ d
nohham, who was here at home Of tbo
.iile the sheriff was killed and hoe
peen mere since. Early in the afternoon ~
'uuge Bonham made a speecb Of tha
'og,'n mI mouse against mob violence.
me trlal of the fugitive Negro
whlcn mad been lost early Monday
morning was picked up in the after.
noon near Wilderville, north of Iev
ington by the Webb bloodhound from
Madison county. Out on the Lexington.
wllderville road the Negro had hailed
passing wagon and asked permission
~ ~ rue whlch was granted. He was in
tne wagon when an auto loaded with
members Of the pursuing posse hove
III sight' Noyse leaped from the wagon
ana dashed toward a swamp, being
nreu at as he fled. AS former Sheriff
n. u. Tate approached him, the Negro
shot at him, and Tate fired two shots
IN return. j. d. Franklin, another for.
mer sheriff, Joined in the chase and
Two Shots were fired at him by Noyse
FRANKLIN replied with a shotgun
~ounding the Negro in the neck and
Dody' While Franklin was hard after
hlm' Noyse turned his pistol on him.
self, firing bullet into his body. He
was unconscious when seized Inv
FRANKLIN and members of the posse
and bundled into an auto.
FLAG POLE SPARED.
The party with the Negro reached
Lexington at 5:45 o'clock and a large
crowd OF infuriated men took charge
or the unconscious Negro. His BODY
was deposited at the foot of the towr
flag pole, but protest was entered
against hanging him there. He was
carried short distance away ant
hanged on telephone cable.
After the Negro had hung a shor
whlle, the body was cut down and car
rled to the scene of the Sheriff's mur
der, the Williams woman's house O,
the west of town. The dead BODY wa
dragged through the house, riddlet
with bullets-150 to 200 bullets-ant
then thrown ma pile of crossties
which was soon in flames.
NO ONE MASKED.
Five hundred or more people wer
on the square at the time of tn
lynching, no one being masked. Their
was no disorder there, and after tn
exciting incidents were over, tn
streets were so quiet that on one coul
have told anything out of the ordinar
had happened
When Noyse was seized good Colt
pistol was found on him with IA or /
cartridges. He had a considerable SUI
OF money and it is reported that h
had several hundred dollars on deposi
in Paducah.
Inc Negro who was in the house a
the time Sheriff Mcbride was kille
has been carried to Jackson.
Ihe killing of Sheriff Mcbride fo
winch Noyse was lynched occure
Saturday night at 1880 o'clock. Noys
mad been suspected of bringing liouo
into Lexington from Paducah and fo
lowing the arrival of the Peducah trai
Saturday night, Sheriff Mcbride an
City Marshal ]. w. Knowles followe
the alleged bootleggar from the st,
tion to the house of Negro woma
named illiams. The sheriff went
the rear door and Knowles to the from
The Negro opened the rear door, she
Mcbride through the heart and fled.
Sheriff Mcbride, who was SERVING, a
unexpired term but was unopposed fo
the Office in the August election, was
good officer. He was married and ha
a family, his home being near Sardi
His remains were buried there Sunda
afternoon.