Show VICTIMS HUSBAND BAND APPLIED AP PLIED THE i H MATCH MA TOR Sherman Tex Ten Aug DA number of people who witnessed ed t the burning of Abe at In tn this county afternoon have ave been here hen yes yee today pe THe negro confessed to the crime of mur daring dering rs L was wasn g chained to an ate elm tree dry sorghum h hay hav Piled n hi feet and limbs of r frees trew and w nood od plied to his bIa rs 18 Mr Caldwell the husband of the victim plied piled piled the e match maeh and was ap burned barned C According to he be heu hen burned n minutes before life wa was extinct u CaMwell applied ed the rat match t and turning to the crowd about 1480 strong lie ne he said Mitt Gentlemen I have not slept since this brute murdered r my wife but I teal believe I can sleep peacefully I tonight A He then thanked the men for their as an n in the capture I only asked om once to be shot riDd and he be then g said God you have stood by me in tn times past I ask you to do so 80 now legs were weft burned off and his body charred |