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Show DIED AT THE STAKE. HORRIBLE DEATH OF A NEGRO MURDERER. Mi'tlra Jlouuct to a. Tree and, After llelng-Matllared, llelng-Matllared, la Koasred to Death by till Belf-Appolnted Executioners. Xewman. (is., April .Sam Hose, a Degro charged with the murder of a farmer and the outrage of the dead man's wife, was burned at the stake here Sunday afternoon by a mob of 200 enraged people. Before the torch was applied to the pyre, the negro was deprived of his ears, fingers and other portions of his anatomy. He pleaded pitifully for his life while the mutilation was going on, but stood the ordeal of fire with surprising sur-prising fortitude. 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 his fate was torn tip and disposed of as souvenirs. Hose killed Alfred Cranford, a white farmer, near I'almetto, and outraged his wife ten days ago. .Since that time business in that part of the state has been suspended, the entire population turning out in au effort to capture Hose. He successfully eluded pursuit until discovered near Macon. Governor Candler has been asked to send troops here to preserve order for a day or two, as it is feared the negroes ne-groes may wreak vengeance, many threats to that effect having been made. Hose admitted the killing of Cranford, Cran-ford, but denied that he had assaulted the dead man"s wife. Jicfore being put to death, the negro stated that he had been paid 81'J by Lige Strickland, a negro preacher at Palmetto, to kill Cranford. A mob of citizens is scouring scour-ing the country for Strickland, who has left his home. |