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I 111 I ? ? - ' Tss SUMTER WATCHMAN. Established April, 1S30. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Ainis't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established jane, 136(5 Consolidated Ang. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26.1899. New Series-Yol. XVIII. No. 39 ed about the jail. Sherill Brown \ importuned to give op the prison and, finally, in order to avoid an sault on the jail and possible bloodsh j he turned the wretch over to the wc I ing crowd. procession was quid j formed and the doomed negro v marched at its head through seve stree:s of the town. Soon the pub square was reached. AN APPEAL MADE. Here they formed a d Ex-Gov. kiDson, of Georgia, who lives io Ne nan came hurriedly upon the scei and, standing up io a buggy, impi tuned the crowd to let the law take course. Governor Atkinson said : "My feilow citizens and friends : beseech you to lei this affair go j further. You are hurrying this neg on to dearb without an identifioatio Mrs. Cranford, whom he is said to ba assaulted aod whose husbasd he said to have killed, is eick in bed a unable to be here to say whether this her assailant. Let this negro be retur ed to the jail. The law will take course and I promise you it will do quickly aod effectively. Do not sta the honor of the state with a erk such as you are about to perform. ' Judge i A. D Freeman, also Newnao, spoke in a similar strain a! implored the mob to return the prison to the custody of the sheriff and j borne. The assemblage heard tl words of the two speakers in silenc but the instant their voices had di away, shouts of **Oa to Palmetto .'Burn him/' "Think of his crime arose, and the march was resumed. IDENTIFIED Mrs. Cranford's mother and eist are* residents of Newnao. Tl mob beaded in the direction of the bouses and io a short time reach the McEiroy borne. The negro w marched io tbe gate aod Mrs McElri called to the front door. She ideotil ed the African, aod her verdict wi agreed to by ber daughter, wbo bs often seeo Hose aroood tbe Cranfoi place. "To tbe stake" was again tl cry, and several men wanted to bm bim in Mrs. McErloy's yard To tb she objected streoooa5ly,aod the mol complying witb ber wish, starte for Palmetto. Jost as tbey were leaving New na word was brought tbat tbe 1 o'cioc train from Atlanta was bringing 1 OOO people io Palmetto This wa tboaght to be a regiment of militia and tbe mob decided to born th prisoner at tbs first favorable plac I rather than be compelled to shoot bil when tbe militia pct into sight. Leaving tbe town whose Sonda had been so rudely disturbed, tb ; mob, which now numbered near! 1,500 people, started on the road t Palmetto in a line of boggies an j vehicles of ali kinds, their drivel ! fighting for position in line, folio win, j the procession at the bead of which closely guarded, marched the oegro CONFESSES THF CRIME. One aod a half miles cot of Newna a place believed to be favorable fo the horning was reached. A little t the side of the road stood a . strong pine tree Up to this the negro wa marched, has back placed t< the tree and his face to th< crowd, which jostled closely about bim. Here for the first tim< he was allowed to talk He said "I am Sam Hose I killed Alfrec Cranford, bot I was paid to do it Lige Strickland, the oegro presche: at Palmetto, gave me $12 to kil him" At this a roar went np from the crowd as the inteligence imparted bj tbe wretch was spread among them "Let him go on ; tell all yoo know aboct it," came from the crowd Thc negro shivering like a leaf, continued his recital "I did not outrage Mrs. Cranford Somebedy else did that lean identify them. Give me time for that." THE HORROR BEGINS. The mob would hear no more The clothes were torn from the wretch ic an iostaot A heavy chain was produced aod wound aroood the body of the terrified wretch clasped by a oew tock, which dangled at Hose;s oeck. He said not a word to this proceeding, but at the sight of three or four knives fiashiog io the haods of several mem bers of tbe crowd about bim, which seemed to forecast the terrible ordeal be was about to be pot to, he sent a yeil which could be beard for a mile ANTE MORTEM MUTILiTON. Instantly a hand grasping a knife shot oat, and one of the negro's ears dropped into a hand ready to receive it. Hose pleaded pitifully for mercy, aod begged bis tormentors to let him die His criss were unheeded The second ear went the way of the other. Hardly had he been deprived of bis organs of bearing before his fingers, one by one, were taken from his hand and passed among the members of the yeliiug and now thoroughly maddened crowd. Tbe shrieking wretch was quickly depriv ed of other portions of his anatomy, and the words, "COME ON WITH THE OIL" brought a huge can of kerosene to the foot of the tree The negro, his body covered with blood from head i to foot, was striving and tugging at j his chains The can was lifted ovnr . the negro's bead by three or four men and its contents poured over him. By this time a good supply of brush, pieces of fence rails and fire wood had been placed about the negro's feet. This pyre was thor ooghjy saturated and a match ap plied. THE BURNING. A f ame shot upward and spread quickly over the pile of wood. As it licked the negro's legs he shreiked loudly and began tnggiog at his cbaiDs As the flames crept higher and the smoke entered his eyes and mouth, Hose put the stumps of his hands to the tree back of him aod with a terrific plunge forward of his body severed the upper portion of the chain which bound him to the tree. His body, held to the tree oaly as far as the thighs, lunged forward, thus escaping the flames which roared and crackled about his feet One of the men nearest the burning .negro quickiy rau up and pushing him back said : "Get back into the fire, there," and quickly coupled the disjointed links of the chain i The road for a distance of half a mile on each side of the burning negro was black with conveyances and was simply impassable. The crowd surrounded the stake on all sides, but none of those nearer than 100 feet of the centre were able to see what was going on Yell after yell went up and the progress of the flames were communicated to those in the rear by shouts from the eye witnesses. HORRIBLE SOUVENIRS. The torch was applied about half past 2 and at 3 o'clock the body of Sam Hose was limp and lifeless, his head hanging to one side The body was not cut down. It was cut to pieces. The crowd fought for places about the smouldering tree and with knives secured such pieces of his carcass as did not fall to pieces. The chain was severed by hammers, the tree was chopped down, and, with such pieces of firewood as had not burned, was carried away as souvenirs. NEGRO PREACHER HAS BEEN HANGED. The Palmetto Mob Let Him Off Mercifully-He Protest ed His Innocence. Palmetta, Ga., April 24- Rev. Lige Strickland, who paid Sam Hose twenty dellars to kill Alfred Cran ford, was banged by the same mob last night that burned Hose here yesterday. The mob is still after Hewitt. All night the lynchers sat at court on the first public square here, and then at one o'clock this morning tidings of possible interference by state troops having reached here, they adjourned tc the wildwood The preacher was taken out of lewn deep among pines where huge bonfires furnished light and warmth The white haired minister, weeping with an appeal to the throne of grace, was tied to a tree, while bis counsel proceeded to defend him before the mob court. The negro bears an unsavory reputation. He protested constantly that he was not guilty,' calling on God to witness his innocence and pleading for mercy. He was a picture of abject terror. There was a rush from all quarters to the lynching by train and teams Several specials came in from At lanta and other points, and regular trains were crowded with eager sight seers. Hose was burned by the mob Sunday evening. He was terribly tortured before the match was touch ed to the kerosene which saturated bia clothing and body. His ears were cot off, his fingers separately sh shed from bis hand and his body otherwise mutilated before the torch was touched to the pile of wood surrounding him The mob cut up charred portions of his body as souvenirs of the horrible affair Hose had killed a white farmer while at supper with his family and then outraged his wife in her hus band's blood. Atlanta, April 24 -A telephone message from Palmetto at 10 o'clock 6878 the mob captured Albert Sewell, a negro who had declared that the death of every negro should be avenged, and put bim to death. The mob is still on the hunt for negroes and probably two more will be lynched before the work is fin ished. The mob found Strickland at the house of Mayor Thomas, his employer, who said Strickland had nothing to do with the Crauford affair. Others Haid Strickland was a law abiding citizen. Some members of the mob favored the law taking its course and sug gested going to another place where several others lived who knew Strick land. This met with approval The court moved to the woods and there Strickland was strung up two or three times io an effort to make him confess, but Strickland denied his connection with th* Hose crime The crowd was eveniy divided and finally decided to take Strickland to the Fairburn jail. This was the last seen of Strickland alive. A couple of farmers coming to town this morning reported seeing his body hanging to a tree shockingly muti lated. TRYING TO TRAP TRICKY TAGALOS. An Effort to Surround gui naldo at Calumpit. Washington, April 24.-Information received at the war d partaient indi oates that Gen Oiia is about to exe cute another important movement, the initial features of which are 6hown by today's press advices from Manila. Th objective point ia the insurgents town of Calumpit, lying about eight miies northwest cf Maloios. It was here that the insurgents concentrated after being driven out of their capital, set ting ap a new capital and making it the base of their operations. In moving on this stronghold, Gen. Otis proposes to conduct two distinct operations. The first one, ander Maj Gen. Mac Arthur, has for its purpose pushing straight forward from Maloios along the railroad and striking at Calumpit from the south. The second one is under Maj. Gen. Lawton, who with his Hying column is mobing far around to the northeast, to the large town of Nor zagay, from which poioc he will turn abruptly west toward Calumpit. This last move will take s.bout ten da}-s, and military strategists look upon it as another effort to fiank the insurgents, by getting behind them at Calumpit, similar to the fiank movement which Gen. MacArthur attempted to execute at Malabon. This doable operation makes Calum pit the centre for the next few days, while attention will be divided between MacArthur's coiumn advancing from Maloios and Lawton's oolnmn on its 10 days1 march to Norzagay. MacArthur bas bat a short distance to traverse, so that bis forces may be engaged with i the main force of tbe insurgents within the next few hoars The country is flat and open, and rather better for oar troops than that lying sooth of Maloios. Calampit lies OD the left bank of a small stream, at its COD Sa euee with the j large river Rio Grande. It is a sub stantially baiit town with some 2,000 nooses The advance of Lawton by circuitous j route will be over a country of which Utile is known here. Norzagay is a considerable town, and it is thought Lawton is about there by this time. A road roos all the way from there to Calampit. Along it are scattered many small (owns-Angst, Bastos, Balioog-indicating :hat the advance is through a populous chantry. It is ao agricultural locality, with extensive rice and fruit plantations. The war department map, prepared by the military bureau, shows this road joining the one on which MacArthur is moving from Maloios. It is hardly thought, however, that Lawton will make a jonction with MacArthur before striking Calumpit, but rather that he will leave the road when nearing Calumpit so as to strike the city in the rear while MacArthur is attacking the front. The execution ef this double move ment is being followed with great interest by the war department officials as it is oa a considerable Urger scale than the brush clearing which bas been in progress most of the time of late. mmi ? -? Vicious Negroes Declare Vendetta. Their Idea of Getting Even at Palmeteo, Ga. Atlanta, Ga., April 22 -A special from Palmetto, Ga , says : Six negroes of Palmetto, it is said here, have regis tered a vow to kill si:c citizens of the town, eaoh negro selecting his victim and swearing to execute their threats at the first opportunity. Ooe of the negro conspirators is Sam Hose, and the viotim he selected was Alfred Cranford, who was chopped to pieces ten days ago, his wife assaulted, his two children brutally treated and his home robbed. Dr. Hal Johnson, who was active in securing evidenoe against the negro incendiaries, has received his warning. A letter came a few days ago sayiog he had been selected by the conspirators and would be killed at the first favora ble opportunity. H. L Daniel, another citizen of the town, has been warned and an ambus cade was laid for hioa several nights ago. Four negroes waited several hours for bim to pass the place where they were concealed, bat by accident the negroes were diiioovered. Other citizens have been threatened with death, and repeatedly negroes have ruog door bells and then concealed themselves, their intention being, it is asserted, to kill their ?iotim when be appeared at the door The vendetta that bas been declared by the negroes and the reign of terror the followed the burning of the stores and hotei in Palmetto, ha9 brought great anxiety to the men and anguish to the woman of the town. The negroes are leaving Palmetto every day. Twen ty-threa families have left this week ; two families left yesterday and others arc gettiog ready to depart. By ac tual count it has bee:) ascertained that only ol families now remain in Palmet to. _ SAME THING IN THIS STATE. Charleston, April 22 -An outcome of the Greenwood coaoty negro lynchings is reported from the adjoining county, Saluda. The negroes of RichardsoDville, where they are very numerous, have determined to prevent oegro lynchings and whitecappiogs, and the pian adopted is to murder a white mao or buro the home of a white mao for every oegro that is lynched or whipped. They are said to have ! banded themselves together for this purpose, led on by FetersoB, a negro preacher, who bails from Greenwood SB ci who inflames the passions of bis flock by constant repetitions of the Phoenix slaughter of negroes and other "outrages inflicted upon our race." The story comes from alleged good I authority, though the name of the informant is not given. It will be i thoroughly investigated by the people I of Saluda coure bouse. No action bas as yet been taken by the whites, aa the expose bas jest been made. Why Booth Killed Lincoln. We were much interested io a short article in the April number of Wake Forest Student. Ii was sent by George Anderson Foote, son of the late Dr. George A. Foote, of Warrenton, an honored and highly reputable physician lately deceased, f e first gives an ex tract from Appleton's Cyclopedia of Biography, (wrongly printed "Biol ogy,") of the hanging of that very gallant and meritorious officer, Cap tain John Young Beall. a native of Virginia and born ia 1835 and hanged 24th February 1865, as a spy, which was most infamous, most infernal. He was regularly cemmissooed and was acting noders. It was one of the maoy disgraceful acts of the Goths and Vandals in their war upon the south and literally without any reason able or just eaose A sketch was found amoog Dr. Foote's papers who was a surgeon in confederate army and was imprisoned in Fort Columbus, New York harbor. Dr. Foote's posthumous paper is both interesting and informing. He tells of the efforts made to save Cap tain Beall'g life, by Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts and others, but in vain. Dr. Foote's cell in which be was confioed was adjoining Captain Beali's. Beall and John Wilkes Booth bad been roommates at college and were very dear frieods. Booth tried every way to secure Beali's release from prison, but in vain. An effort to secure hie esoape was made iu which Dr. Foote was to be a party. In fact two plans came to naught. The interesting point, really of histo rie interest, is to follow. Dr. Foote's private memorandum gives a statement that will surprise many, as it did us. The common idea is that President Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth because be was tbe bead of the northern states and was responsible for the war upon the south. In other words that Booth being in intense sympathy with the south, and being something daft, had assassinated the president on account of bis course io tbe war. After the pians failed Dr. Foote says Booth hurried to Washing ton and on his kneee implored President Lincoln and Secretary Seward to pardoo or ac least respite Beail. Lictooln promised t*> respite, but that right ordered bis execution. Dr. Foote says : "This order was executed and Beall was hanged within thirty yards of my window and inside Fort Columbus, and not at Johnson's Island as has been frequently reported. Booth, for what be termed the perfidy of President Lincoln toward himself and friend Beall, at once swore to avenge his friend's death by killing both Lincoln and Seward. He did not intend to shoot Lincoln in the theatre, but the contemplated opportunity did not offer itself elsewhere. > Bot for the faot that Booth's spur caught in the curtain that fatal night he would haye escaped, at least for a time. The war had nothing to do with the assassinat bc of the president ; it was doe simply and solely to revenge, intensified by Booth's love and admira tion for his friend. Booth went to New York the morning of Beali's exeoution, and being so grievously disappointed ai what had occurred, he became measurably an iosane man. I had not the least idea of Booth's plan to assassinate the president. This plan was known only to one man, and to him Booth revealed it only an hour before the assassination. The man to whom he thus confided his purpose, begged bim not to carry it out, and finding that Booth was not to be turned from bis reveage, left the oity before the horrid tragedy oc curred." We were very intimate with Dr. Foote for many years. He was our family physician, and most attentive, sympathetic and skillful. We always thought bim truthful, honorable and sincere. We ac least believe his statement without reservation-Wil mington Messenger. Bogus Cigars. Charlee on, April 24.-Deputy Collector cf Internal Reveoue J. H. Fordham seized 106.900 cigars from wholesale and retail merchants of this ci y today. The hoses which carried illegal stamps were all sent out by a faotory at Lancaster, Pa. No charge is brought against the merchants who had the goods in stock The cigars were carted off to the eastom bouse and stored there pending orders from Wash ington. Paper novels, 00 new titles, reany of them never before issued in cheap form. H. G. usteen & Co. ! MISTRIAL RESULTED. j The Lake City Case Ends ! Judge Again Sheds Tears. Charleston, April 22.--At 10 4:5 o'clock this morning the jory in the case of the Lake City lynching, reported its inability to reach a verdict. The jury was out 24 boors. In dismissing the jory Judge Brawley was again moved to tears as he referred to the crime. The case goes over to the next term of court for retrial It is understood that the jury stood five for conviction and seven for acquittal when the last effort was made to reach a verdict. When the first ballot was taken the jurors were evenly divided Later, hey stood 7 to 5 for conviction, and thea two men changed to the side of the prisoners Judge Brawley delivered an im pressive address to the jurors after hearing their announcement. During the course of it he criticised lynch ings most severely. He said officials who appointed Baker postmaster could not escape a share of the responsibility for the fearful crime that had been committed. Continu ing, he commented upon the increase in instances of mob violence that had become conspicuous during the last 40 years, and he urged upon the jurors to go to their homes and to impress upon the people of Sooth Carolina the necessity of patting a stop to terrible crimes euch as that committed at Lake City. The white people of the State, he said, now bad the control of affairs absolutely in their hands, and continued in stances of mob iaw would be ao everlasting reproach to them. The prisoners were notified that they would all have to give new bonds and that the case against them had been placed on the docket for trial at the next term of the United States circuit court. ELECTED PHOSPHATE COMMISSIONER. The phosphate commission met this morning at the governor's man sion. Only four members of the board were present, the governor. Attorney General Bellinger, Hon. I>. H Tompkins and Mr. J. H Man ning. Comptroller General Durham could not attend the meeting on ac count of sickness. The commission has asked for a statement of the shipments for the last year from every phosphate miner in the state. After disposing of other routine business they went into the election of a phosphate commissioner. The candidates for tbe position were Col. J. H. Wharton, of Laurens, Col. S W Vance, of Columbia, and the present inspector, Mr. A. W. Jones. Two ballots were taken. On the first one Vance received two, Jones one and Wharton one On the second and last ballot the vote stood : Vance three, Jones one. Vance received a maj'ority of the votes cast and waa declared elected. Mr A. W. Jones, the incumbent, has held a position severe! years and made an excellent inspector. Colo nel Vance7s term of office as state liquor commissioner will expire to day, as Mr Douthit his snccessoris ready to assume the duties cf the office. -Columbia Record, Apt 24. ATLANTIC COAST LINE, North-Eastern R. R. of 3. C CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated No. No. No. Apb 17, '99 35* 23 53* a sa p m , Le Florence 3 25 7 45 Le King8tree 8 55 Ar Lanes 4 S3 9 13 pm Le Lanes 4 33 9 13 6 20 Ar Charleston 6 03 10 50 8 0 TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. No. No. 78* 32* 52* am pm am Le Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 Ar Lanes 8 03 6 14 8 32 Le Lane9 8 03 6 14 Le Kingstree S 20 Ar Florence 9 20 7 20 am pm am ?Daily. "{"Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Colombia via Cen tral R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 ran via Wileon and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. & D R. R. leave Florence daily excep; Scnday 9 50 a rn, arrive Darling ton 10 15 am, Hartsville 9 15 a rn, Cheravs ll 30 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leava Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, ar rive Darlington 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 17 pm, Gibson 9 45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9 30 am. arrive Darlington 10 05 a m Leav* Gibson daily except Sunday 6 OG a rn, Benoeitsville 7 00 a ra, arrive Darling j toa S 00 a m, leave Darlington S 50 a m, ar : rive Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadesboro i daily except Sunday 3 CO pm, Cberaw 4 45 pm, Hartville 7 00 a m, Darlirgton 6 29 j p ra, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Dar j liogtoo Sunday only 8 50 a rn, arrive Flor ence 9 15 a ra. J J. R KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Geo'l .Manager. Gen'l Sap'tJ T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manaor. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent