Show COLORED MAN IS BURNED AT STAKE BY BV TEXAS MOB Had Hiu Signed Written Confession Confession Con Con- to Attaching Attacking 0 Young W Woman oman TYLER Texas May 23 Dad 25 Dan Davis Daws a n negro was burned to o death at d a stake in iu th the tho streets of Tyler early today rhe rho had confessed to assaulting Miss hiss Carrio Johnson of this city a week ago aro Two thousand persons participated participated par par- in the lynching Davis had bad signed a Statement confessing confessing con can to the assault but before the match was touched to the pilo of wood on which h th the ne negro ro had been bound by byth bythe th the mob he was asked a again ain if he ha was guilt Cutty C I I am m guilty ho cried and a moment moment mo mo- ment later tho the flames were leaping hi high h over his head Davis was brought here early today from Athens Athene Texas When members of tho sheriffs sheriff's posse arrived at the tho jail with the tho negro they were wore confronted confronted con con- fronted by bv several hundred citizens who waited until tho ne negro ro had written his confession then demanded that bebe he be hebo hebo bo be turned over to them Officers and many ninny citizens prot protested sted but finally surrendered red the ne negro ro to tho the mob whose members made maae protest useless useless useless use use- less the officers say From the jail nail the prisoner was led lcd to the public square where several wagon waOn loads loos of wood had been piled He Ue was tied toa to toa a rail raB and after ho had reiterated his I confession a match was applied and th tho flames enveloped d him Tho The mob stood around tho the fire until it had died down and little was left but charred bones bone and ashes In his written statement Davis told how he and another negro attacked Miss Johnson who is the daughter of ofa a farmer as she was wag walkin walking along alonga a railroad track to Tyler Monday afternoon afternoon after after- noon Mav May 13 The pair left her ner with her hor throat gashed cashed belic believing her dead She was later found after an all night search Her condition is critical Davis said his partner had been arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested at Waco |