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V* !H8 C'OiTEN BADIvIt IEA I ,ill Westmoretaml It himHlrh Aifrtiiifit Lomax,coNvirmi of the chiiie.Mies Bitiie Coatenbader, daughter, of IL 0. Coa ten bad er, of PotomacMills, Wt itiaorelHiul county, nponwhom John Lomax, colored, is alleged to have committed a criminal assault recently, was fatally burned at ibe home of her father Wednesday of last week by the explosion ofcoal oil while she was attempting to kindle a fire in it cook stove. Theclothing vr *9 completely burned from her body * ami she suffered great agony until death relieved her Thursday morning,I he trial of Louist, her allegedassailant, I* now in progress at Mon* truss. The prisioner was identified by the girl the nigbtof the assault,when the preliminary trial was held, it is reported that since the death ofMiss Cos ten bader, the people have become more inibitmd against thenegro, ami the fact that her lips are : sealed in death, and the fact that she will be utrnble to testify against theaccused, has caused them the greatest exasperation.It is feared that there will be a bloody conilict between the military land the in Iumed citizens. It seems from reports tlmt nothing, save the blood of Uu alleged felon, will satisfy those who are clamoring for his life. The prisoner was escorted from Alex*an dr ia to Montrose by the Washington hoards, of Fredericksburg, CapL M* B. Rowe, commanding. The miiiiiu wil1 remain throughout the trial.LOMAX TO DIE.On Fueiday Lomax was convicted and sen ten* j to be hanged September VmIi. 1 roops sad prisoner returned to Alexandria that evening,I here is little eicin rn* nt now, as the people seem generally satisfied that Lr,max’s pevmlty U death. The loudest prune of judge and jury is being sung bemuse of speedy justiceovertaking the brute. Westmorelandcounty ia to Up cougratuluted that her people have restrained their feelings anti brought no blot upon the State by hasty action.
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Irvington Virginia Citizen
Irvington, Virginia, US
Fri, Aug 08, 1902
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