Show NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE Assaulter of Fourteenyearold Girl Put to Death by Mob Sulphur Springs TexA negro charged with assaulting the daughter of a widow near this place was burned at the stake here Friday Tho crime was committed at a nearby house Friday morning When the town was alarmed about an hour later a posse of armed horsemen went immediately in pursuit of the negro ne-gro The country was scoured In all directions and the negro was finally captured He was taken to the courthouse court-house square chained to a stake and burned before an Immense crowd of excited citizens Tho name of the negro ne-gro was Tom Williams Ho attempted to assault a 14yearold girl Little resistance re-sistance was made to the mob by the officers |