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IJK.LTNCIED.An0George Scott, the MulattorFiend of Olay County,Hung by a Mob.ISome Account of the Man and His3SHeinous Crime—His EscapeChictHdonacanrestoldtionthrctheand Capture.lNo Precautions Taken by thePOB)ralehertecta dlt;Officers to Meet the Threatened Emergency.The Exeention Takes Place at 3 O’clock Snuday Morn''lug—The Uaua I Revolution in PublicSentiment.peoD6SIiittlandbarwercanrobCotSpecial to the Indianapolis Journal.iEtnheitsleh'si-;arouheheofBrazil, Dec. 12.—A mob broke into the jail about 2 o'clock this morning and took out George Scott aod bung him.The circumstances of Scott’scrime were aggravated in all their details. And now that the case is invested with a new interest by the tragical character of the ending, it may be proper to give a more de* tailed account of the affair than has hitherto been published, that the reader may judge whether the punishment inflicted exceeded the demands of justice.Scott was large, well built and rather handsome man, bearing the general appearaoce of an octoroon, but having a strong ticge of Indianblood. It was a week ago last Friday since be committed the crime for which he suffered tho penalty last night. He had been chopping wood on that day. During the forenoon he went to the house, carrying bis ax in his hand, and entered the room where the wife of bis employer was engaged at work. She is a small, frail woman, utterly incapable of making a successful resistance to so powerful a man. The circumstance of his coming into the boose with the ax, together with a flendish-ness of aspect always accompanyingthe contemplation of a great crime, frightened the woman. She apprehended mischief. Instinct told her that danger was at hand, and prompted her to defend herself. She held a butcher-knife in her hand.ingideithilt;weiSotcollbeg\exfcnotabahisIdoiout a cCR8Reslitthepr(nolshtth(thetoUBIOBIwaeywttblt;LhipestebeiUapthOfec-:n-lengtobyrt-beKBheonofndble:ie-To disarm her tho man dexterouslydiverted her attention by asking her to get him some article. Then taking advantage of his opportunity, ho grasped her. She fainted, and in this condition ho gratified his beastly lust. This took place in tho presence of her little children, throe in number, of whom the eldest is about three years of ago. Upon recovering consciousness she found the monster“NowpechretedallInlie.ou,ho►I CHindl ofstill present. Said the flood, what will you give me not to murder you? Tho woman replied: “1 do not know what I can give you, but do not murder me for tho sake of nads ery er, aa-\ of ac*all15 g alayi 007 003 751 502 004 0o 0 00y little cbildreo. Seeing that injury to her children was tho most direct aveoue to her heart, he madedemonstrations of violence toward them. Turning to the little girl,who had a costly gold watch andchain casually thrown about hor neck, “There,” said he, “give methat! and rudely tearing it from her bo put it in bis pocket and left the house, with the romark that he would be back id the evening and settle with her and her husband, This ib about tho transaction, b detailed by the injured woman. One week later Scott was arrested andNo mistakeapdelaldithhipithAlatecu*3th33Virly * aapre-crt-ncei betap-brought to this place, existed as to bis identity. All day yesterday the air was thick with rumors of lynching, but no one seemed to think that the design was seriously cherished by anybody. But as night came on the evidences of an organized purpose to that end began to multiply.Many persons were appoached ap’dd to ascertain4 004 000 007 001 60their feelings sounde whether it wopld be safe to enlist them in the plan. The Bheriff, however, seems not to have apprehended much danger, and made no provision to resist any contemplated violence. The prisoner was lodged in the jail, in the custody of the jailer, while thesheriff and his deputies repaired to their homes in distant parts of the city. During all the early part of the evening the mob epirit was accumulating momentum. Between 2 and3 o’clock the mcb, numbering about16 masked map, came and demanded admittance to the jail. The jailer was called up and the keys demanded, but they were informed that the keys.were in the possesion of tho sheriff. Qe was then invited to retire to bis room and not interfere with the sub-flu*thee*f. u n*OXtt-r*-▲-•rilllot*7 00torPPWee• ofABns••Itb#ysequent proceedings. This bP did. The mob, which by this time had been greatly augmented by the accession of large numbers of stragglers who had keen attracted to theBcene by the riot fl^d confusjon incident to theoccasion, now nprabpred nearly opehundred men. The doors of the jail were smashed in with sledgehammers and tbe Jpclfs brofcep off the oe|lp by tbe use of cold chisels and bammerA. TbP terrified victim was thep at tbe mercy of relentless vengeance, and was hurried to tbe scene of bis execution. A scrub osk stsnds within fifty yards of tbe jail, and to this treothey dragged him epd bpng bjpi to* limb- The body remaiped suspended nutil after 7 o’clock this moroipg,when It was taken down and removed to tho court bouse and placed upon the floor in the hall, exposed to tbe view of all morbid spectators. Theccesbiu]mP5tiircdlt;tablt;Thi8CwTEhibikglt;rlt;it£HItA]NGAfitiGPutihtctihlabiPbaiaaalsc(Mtcbipublic wm grpatfy pfng details of thelragticiTplIf.(OmoMeddft Jfr* ityv.jblt;
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Greencastle Dollar Press
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 15, 1880
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