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Show NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE. Husband of His Victim Set Fire to the Faggots. Fort Worth, Tox. A spoclnl to tho Record from Waxabatchlo tolls of tho burning Thursday night of Stovo Davis, a young negro who confessed to outraging Mrs. S. P. Norrls, ageo! 20, last Saturday night. A mob consisting of 3, COO persons tied the negro to a plcco ot gas plpo that had been set In tho ground, plied fagots around him nnd sot tho mass on flro. Tho sufferings ot tho negro wero of short duration owing- to tho florconess of tho flro, which wns fanned by a gnlo of wind which blew across tho prnirlo. Tho husband of tho woman Is Bald to havo sot tho match to tho tlndor nnd started tho blaze that consdmod tho negro. |