A LYNCH-LAW HANGING. (From the Weekly Alta California, Jan 31.)

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1221, 27 April 1880, Page 3

A LYNCH-L AW HANGING. (From the Weekly Alta California, Jan 31.)

The wildest excitement w«ib arous- d at Warren ton, Va., on Jan. 19, by lynching of Arthur Jordan, a negro miscegenist. About 10 days aoro Jordan seduced Mi-^s Lucille Corder, daughter of Nathan Corde". a respectable farmer, of Farquhar. A few days after he influenced her to go to Washington with him, and they were there married. Thence they went to Clear Spring, Mid. On Jan 18 seven men went over to Maryland, and without any warrant seized Jordan, who was inaroom with his uowly-mariied wife, bound his hands behind him, and placing him on a hor-e, rode b-ick into Virginia before they could be stopped. The negro at first made some show of resistance, but believing that the men weie regular ufficprs of the law, he finally went along with them. On arriving 1 at Winchester a constable stopped them and asked why they detained the negro in. their custody. The negro then spoke up, saying, " I won't go any further until I am allowed to consult a lawyer." He succeeded in getting a lawyer, but while the lawyer was trying to get a writ of h«bea-> corpus, thej- rode on with their prisoner. They brought Jordan to Warrenton the next night, and turned him over to the gaoler, when he was confined in a cell on a charge of miscegenation. The men then quietly went away. About two o'clock on the morning of the 19th, a mob of about 60 masued men sunouuded the gaol, which is strongly built, and almost impregnable. Some of our party attempte t to scale the wall, but seeing this was impo^ible they resolved on a ruse to get into the gaol. The face of one of their number was blacked, his hands tied behind him, and thai they beat at the gaol door until they roused the q loler. In answer to his inquiiy, they suia they had a negro piisontr whom they desired locked up. The gaoler came down and opened the door. The men took their pretended prisoner to the door of the cell in which Jordan was conh'ued, and the gaoler opened it to put the new prisoner in, they rushed through and dragged Jordan out. The gaoler was easily overpowered, and they carried the iiegio through the gaol door, and there putting a rope about his 'neck, they dragged him to the cemetery, 200 yards di&tant. The negro at fir-»t lay down and refused to go with them, whereupon some of the men laid hold of the rope, and began to drag him over the ground. Jordan vhen rose to his feet and walked with them, begging for mercy, and yelling at the top of his voice. When the party reached the cemetery one of their number climbed an oak tree, with spreading branches. After he got upon an overhanging limb one end of the rope was thrown him, and he passed it over the limb down on tne other mdc, so that the crowd below could catch it. The negro's hands were then tied behind him. He cried, "Mind what you're about gentlemen; don'fe hang me, I'll go away, if you'll let me off." All further cries were cut off by the commander of the leader of the gang, a tall man, who was enveloped in a lon** cloak, and armed to the teeth. He simply said, " All togother, men !" and 60 men caught the rope and rushed from the tree with it. The body of the negro shot up in the air, He struggled fearfully, his legs being unpinioned, and more than once a horrible et'flmar cry escaped his lips. The masters then tied one end of the rope to a tree, and stood w*th folded arms till the contortioad of their victim ceased, when they rode off at a gallop. Ihe body was found » half-pastU o'clock this morning and t ufc d \>wu. The white girl in this case is luadsoiao, but at rather weak iutelle<st. fehu is still in Mu-yland. Jordan was a married man with throe children. MSsj Corder belonged to cue of the S.v-t ftim« ilies ol Faivjuhar. Jordan was H4 un«i