The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-06-08 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

LYNCHING A NEGRO.  At Decabei (Illinois) the other day a negro, named Samuel Bush, who was a prisoner in the county gaol awaiting his trial for brutally assaulting two white women, was lynched by the infuriattd citizens. The mob forced a way into the gaol alter some hours of hard work. A frightened warder indicated to the intruders the cell in which Bush was lodged. Three of them entered, and fouud that to all appearances it was empty. But on turning over the mattress Bush was found underneath. On being discovered he protested his innocence. Despite his entreaties he was dragged out of the gaol by his captors. Outside, a crowd numbering about 1,500 persons bad gathered, and without further parley the negro was led to a telegraph pole directly in front of the court-house. The brilliant arc lights shone on the mob and their captive. At the fof tof the pole Bush asked permission to pray. This was granted. Whilst praying the rope was slipped over his neck and his arms pinioned, the rope was jerked by some of the more excited members of the crowd, and the body of the wretched negro was raised four feet in the air. The rope, however, slipped, and Bush fell insensible on the ground. As quickly as possible the rope was rehitched, and the lifeless body was then left hanging.  At the London Court of Bankruptcy,on Monday,it was announced that a receiving order bad been made under a petition presented against Messrs. Hallett and Co., bankers, of St. Martin's-place, rafalgar-square. No particulars transpired.  - . A return just issued as a Parliamentary Paper shews that during the years 1884-1892 inclusive 256 persons were sentenced to death for the crime of murder in England and Wales. Of these 145 were executed in due course; one was pardoned; in 95 cases the sentence was commuted to one of penal servitude for life; eight were removed to Broad. moor, having been certified to be insane; and in seveu cases the prisoners were let off with minor ter ms of penal servitude, or hard labour or ins. prisonment.  A bill securing equal legal rights for parents with regard to the guardianship of children has become law in New York. In ail the States of the union save these five—lowa, Nebraska. Kansas. Oregon, and Washington—a dying father can will away his children—born or posthumous—to a guardian, who may take them to any corner of the globe, the mother having no authority to interpose. It was through the influence of the Buffalo Women's Educational and Industrial Union that the Guardianship Law has now been passed, securing equal rights to the mother with the father. • •  ' " It is incredible, but true that there exists in France at least one locality where the burial laws are absolutely unknown. At the hsmlet of BOUZCi3S, in the Alpes Maritimes—a village composed of a couple of score houses—the dead are still thrown into a charn.l-house. This house consists of a shed ten f,e• square, with a slate roof. The door is never locked, and in the middle of the his ,r is a slab which can be easily raised. Two yards below the slab lies a heap of bones and naked holier. There is a spring' of wattn. about 30 yards from this horrible house, and only the other day a person ',An drank nr it had a severe attack of eholvra