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n the Presence of Many People Sam Hose Was Burned to Death. Before the Body Was Cool It Was Cut to Pieces and Hones Crushed Bacr, Atkineon, Who Interfered, Was Threatened With Death. Newnan, Ga, April 24—In the pres ence of nearly 2,000 people, who sell aloft yells of defiance and shouts of joy, Sam Hose, a Negro who committed two of the basest acts known to crime, was burned at the stakes in a public road one and one-half miles from here Sunday afternoon. Before the torch was applind to the pyre, the Negro was deprived of his ears, fingers and other portions of his anatomy. The Negro plead pitifully for his life while nv mutilation was going on, but stood the ordeal of fire with surprising forti tude. Before the body was cool it was cut to pieces, the bones were crushed into small bits and even the tree upon which the wretch met its fate was torn up and disposed of as souvenirs. The Negro's heart was cut in several pieces as Wis iso his liver. Those unable to obtain the ghastly relief direct, paid their more fortunate possessors extravagant sums for them. Small pieces of bone went for 25 cents and a bit of the liver crisply cooked sold for 10 cent. As soon as the Negro was seen to be dead, there was a tre mendous struggle among the crowd which had witnessed his tragic end to secure the souvenirs. A rush was made for the stake and those near the body were forced against it and had to fight for their freedom. Knives were quick ly produced and the body was soon dis membered. The mob was composed of citizens of Newnan, Gritfin, Palmetto and other little towns in the country roundabout Newnan, and of all the farmers who had received word that the burning was to take place. Hon. W. ¥. Atkinson, formerly gov ernor of Georgia, met the mob as he was returning from church and ap pealed to them to let the law take its course. In addressing the mob he used these words: “Some of you are known to me, and when this affair is finally settled in the courts you may depend upon it that I will testify against you.” A member of the mob was seen to draw a revolver and level it at Gov. Atkinson, but his arm was seized and the pistol taken from him. Hose confessed to killing Crawford, but denied that he had outraged Mr. Crawford. before being put to death the Negro stated that he had been paid 312 by “Life” Strickland, a Negro preacher at Palmetto, to 7 Sunday night a mob of was scouring the country for Strickland, who has left his home, and will lynch him if caught. Gov. Candler has been asked to send troops here to preserve order for a day or two, as it is feared the Negroes may wreak Vengeance, many threats to that effect having been made. At Lasta, Ga., April 24.—The Con stitution says Monday; “The terrible expiation which Sam Hose was forced to pay for his crime will arouse a flood of discussion carried on by those who know the facts on the one side and by those who do not care for facts on the other. “But, while the form of this crimi nal's punishment can not be upheld, let those who are disposed to criticise it look into the facts and by these facts temper the judgment they may render. “An unassuming, industrious and hard working farmer, after his day's toil, sat at his evening meal. Around him sent wife and children happy in the presence of the man who was fulfilling to them every duty imposed by nature. At peace with the world, serving God and Joyal to humanity, they looked forward to the coming day, “Noiselessly the murderer, with ap lifted ax, advanced from the rear and sank it to the hilt in the brain of the unsuspecting victim. Tearing the child from the mother's breast he flung it into the pool of blood cvging from its father’s wound. “Then began the culmination which has dethroned the reason of the peo ple of Western Georgia during the past week, “The wife was seized, choked, thrown upon the floor, where her clothing lay in the blood of her husband, and rav ished, “Remember the facts! Remember the dark night in the country home! Remember the slain husband, and, above all, remember that shocking degradation which was inflicted by the black beast, his victim swimming in her husband's warm blood as the brute held her to the floor! “Keep the facts in mind! When the picture is painted of the ravisher in flames, go back and view that darker picture of Mrs. Crawford outraged in the blood of her murdered husband.”
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Hickman Courier
Hickman, Kentucky, US
Fri, Apr 28, 1899
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