| Show HE WA ivaz BURNT TU to DEATH r 1 I 1 as T an mob 1110 1 kill 1 11 a agro e r 0 I 1 0 O i 3 exl L I henry smith taio ra geher of 4 1 ol i i myri myr in A 11 b part 1 his crime y lua bath that at tho the staka 41 1 J livery sineo sinco taio pe of hi alfi city 1 mcl tho tha entire IA I 1 country hag wn itt a L ivald vil frenzy of wilon when A t 1 f hovas AT arkansan Ark kamas ansag ad i doii t i fled 0 city went frfd rfd nii th ith joy a over ayer yer t ka Q isiola of tho brute hun J deeds r f A 66 f G or P 1 people 6 dourad 1 L uto tho the city 1 N 1 gintry and tho p 1 v 11 ar nold oid passed asod 1 f from rom lip t to li lip that tho pum U ft S shAA I 1 ottlo 1 1 fl k 1 1 i should bo death by tiro fire tho whiskey sho shops P baft 4 A o fa I 1 zt ft yz r ro 0 V I 1 Os jl 0 isrul Y mob di dig j r S ki A 4 V dismus 1 by y a aa 11 proclamation lan antion fr ardin 01 n nayor and cje W M two 4 f e icv i tv 0 aone ih a aft i t t y iv W y A s t A V like minner tho the law was laid mido aside and tho citizens took into their hands tho inhuman boast and burned him at the stake never aver before sinco tho days of tho the spanish 9 inquisition has thoro there beon su h a terrible punishment metod out ta any man tho history of tho the crimo is a as fol lors thursday last smith picked tap iy little M myrtlo atlo vanco vance aged three and halF yoa yeary rs feiar her fathers policeman hunein IT ances 0 and 1 n d ca carrying rry hor to a dwar 0 of 1 f tile tho cit city y first fiest viciously tle inno cu babe 1 and af after ter satisfying 1 ca up hij fi took oria ono little limb lh al each hemd and literally toro tore bar prin i n t twain wai n then coy oring cring tho the body ady anvid with let leaves 4 lvov and brush he lay jowly and copt clin y through the fht by tho ali sido of ins his it in t alio 0 inor bornn 4 aing wont vont to th tho libido bof of his wife aud and forced hor her t to a cook him after natii matug ea it ho he loft tovio ton the childs ero faund pridy and aji ren cn tho the of tile the crime the aole tonii ened out in m ajia ahlie j taye he railroad i 5 pd ci t up bulletins of oiling ava roa transportation to all N ho houi joui iti in tho ios N qui eaty kif OL ina and not a f fono ono wis 1 t id d was tr abiad kc to 01 t on fiot lire I 1 ho al llala kraii bah and aid loft for h 1 old od haino sibilia ill arandas aransas Ar ansas in ina a and as 4 fully a tin th I 1 dorng mor ng lie ho ja brou brought glit through Tox arkalia kaUa choro tho tra train 1 ln to roe the xuan junu iulio ho should receive tho fato OF 0 I 1 LJ j oo cox at that place sp speeches aches I 1 dro 0 o enado ly by parig ci tins aniha ho asked that the I 1 bo bo not i 1 jy j tile the tex aikawa pop 10 lo but that ti a gua majl bo 0 allawat allow allo wat cid to dolive r him hi lin up tip to tho out T jagod lg d and citizens citi zons oi ririe mong along tho road the train gathered gt hered th exo aroi ai various vi rious towns the pop L 0 c A 0 V 1 in 0 r tho to ps 9 af pf coaches cod plies anxious to see tho the lunching lynching lyn ching anil the negro who wis soon it to ab delivered to tho the in f furtos mob A arriving eriv i avro ahro it at 12 0 clock the train was met bya by bv a surging mass of hum bum anity strong tho the negro was placed a c float in mockery ry 0 of f a h kin ra upon ua oil a throne and fol pa y an ail immense himi enso acroyd eroid 1 was f as L corrod I 1 tiu irow bligh ra h tho the city so that I 1 all might see tho flie inhuman onster iii nio Aste r i when tho the proc procession ossion had in arched he the t principal streets streeta it halt e edin an epou prairie about yards fron froni i 1116 lio fevas fe vas aud pacific depot hore here smith was placed upon a st af fold six feet aud and ten teal foot foet I 1 high securely bound within view of all behold ors hero here he was tortured for fifty fiat y minutes bv rod red hot iron brands thrust abw against i ast I 1 ohp qui quivering ui boc body ly comiez iveing at the foot feet the brands were placed a against him ila inch I 1 I 1 11 aby inch until I 1 thoy were ivere turu t t daina tho faco face then kerosene ero one 4 was poured I 1 A over him I 1 cottonseed cod hulls put p i n t boh beh 1 I 1 neath hira him aid andson sot on faro in loss less time than it alecs t A af toi 0 j it tho the tortured i aman crisp t 1 yat wf JK an and I 1 in a littlon w child hila thero liere was noth A A i t 1 y p ing loft of the whole funeral pile u but brit pieces of charcoal which befaro nightfall won were carried away by curiosity seekers it is said that smiths hs motive for tho th crimo wag that thaC when whon drunk drun and disorderly once lie ho was arrested by officer meer vanco vance who nho was compelled to kioa ayo a club on him for this the noro liero uro swore vengeance and meyeral tims vanco the climax of his paino Thul sj jy when nilen ho he commit od tho the awful crime for which lie ho h has as paid tho the po penalty malty vanco vance is 16 prostrated with grief and his N wile ito lies tit at deaths door from nervous prostration pio pi ost ration words to describe t the D 0 awful torture inflicted upon canno cannot tobo bo found the story appals appala one with its ic fearful 0 adful awful tenor the negro for ia lo 10 lon P g timo after starting on oil tho the jour journey liVy to paris did not liot his plight at last when nhen ho he was told ho he dio die t the 0 moat awful loath death by slow toi tuio that human bunian mind could conceive he begged for prot protection echi 0 U he wa willing to be shot and wanted marshal shanklin of pans to do it but v bias told lie ho bisto was to 0 0 to death his agony was awful ILI ho writhed and pleaded in mental and aad bodily pain cain in n an all j scarcely had aluad tho tl trian reached paris pari thau tile the torture commenced his hig clothes were torn air pie piecemeal comeal and scattered in tha crowal vr ov ST of people catehis 6 and putting them a aay ay iy as i mementos mementos n emen tos tho the childs child fat father lier her jar brother and wo two uncles then gathered about tho the negro as he y was ah listened to tho the torture I 1 platform la t foi ill aud hot irons into his quivering i flesh it ii was as this m man an dying by balow torture in the of tho he alil smoke oko from fromam bi own burning alloh he h every groan fro ii tho the wretch avory contortion of his body was 7 tuo tho thickly packed er arod oni of people poo tho the inasa of boings was COO yards in being in tho center after barnin burning tile tho feet and legs tho the hot irous cwi lolled up asid down smitha stomach back and arnis arms theu then tho eyes 1 cro burned out and tho the irons were ahr ut down his throat tho nion mon of alio yanca faintly hav ing n wreaked wrecked vengeance the crowd piled 11 a all ll kinds hinds at af combustible stuff around tho scaffold poured oil on it and sot set it afire Then Thon ogro rolled mid and wriggled and tossed out of the mas 95 only to bo be pushed back again again by the people nearest hini ho he tossed out again and was roped abild pulled bade back hundreds of people turned away but tho the majority of tho vast crow croin 1 d I looked camly on people wore were hero here from every part of this hention Hec trec tion every train that cania came in in was loaded to the abo utmost s en capacity P abit y and there were demands doiban ts at many luany points for special trains to brin bring 9 people hero to see tho the unparalleled alleged punishment I 1 of a fiend for an unparalleled unparallel edi i crime anil an d when the hows news of tho the burning went over the country liko like wildfire wild firo r 0 at overy every country town anvils boomed forth tho the ann antoun un R 1 bemont edgon standard |
