Show Frightful Penalty raid Paid by a Negro for Ills Crime S On February 4 Mrs Henry Jewell the wife of of Texarkana Texas was In her own home borne by byEd Ed Coy a big negro who had been often employed employed em em- by bythe the Jewells to do odd Jobs around their home The negro gro fled and a mob at once started in purs pursuit it and would have hung him had he been overtaken All trace was lost of the negro until last Friday when ho be was captured in Texas The announcement of his arrest again caused feeling to run high and when the officers officers of of- arrived at with him Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day morning a crowd of several thousand Was wasi In v. v waiting for him Coy was taken away from the officers and within tra ts-a hours had been burned at the stake In the most prominent nent street In the tha town by a snob mob of Infuriated In citizens When the negro had been tied j to the stake on the top of a great p le of drywood the woman ho he had bad wronged was vas sent for and she touched the match to the pile while the crowd sent up a shout as the flames spread The negro begged and struggled to self until his strength was exhausted the flames died down nothing remained of Coy except a few charred bones The officers made lukewarm attempts to stop the of the negro but they were not heeded Tie negro population la is greatly excited anft an threatens vengeance on the whites whiles |