BURNT AT THE STAKE
TERRIBLE I"ATK OF TWO NEOKOES. An excited mob lynched a negro recently in the Court House square at Houston. Missouri, because they believed him to be the murderer of a respected white woman who was found dead in her home. Another negro was lynched the day before on the same charge, but the possession of a diamond ring thought to be the property of the dead woman, by the second victim, was regarded by the mob as sufficient evidence to kill him also. The victim of the lynching was taken to the square and chained to an iron post. A kettle of tar was poured over him, and then faggots were piled about him. He was allowed to talk for a short time, after which the brother of the murdered woman applied a match to the drv wood. The woman's father prevented the prolonged torture of the victim bv elbowing his way through the throng and shooting the negro four times. The participants in the Ivnching excuse their action bv saying that ths victim admitted bavins committed the crime, and implicated the man lynched the day before.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 275, 12 April 1913, Page 10
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191BURNT AT THE STAKE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 275, 12 April 1913, Page 10
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