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Show LYNCH BLACK FIEND. Men of His Own Race Hang Brutal Negro Murderer. Joseph Craddock, a negro, was lynched by a mob, composed chiefly of blacks, nt Taylortown, La., Monday Mon-day night. Craddock killed Wesley Chambers, colored, with nn ax, nnd frightfully mutllntod tho body. Ho then crept upon Dan Washington, a negro, and struck him on tho head with tho nx. Going to tho Chambers cabin, ho cilled Morcer, tho brothor of Wesley Chambers, boat him down with tho nx and Injured him bo badly thnt ho died. Wnshlngton cannot possibly Hvo. Craddock was captured by a small posso of white men, but a crowd of between 125 and 150, composed lafgo-ly lafgo-ly of negroes, took possession of tho prisoner. Ho wns at onco hanged to n trco nnd burned benentb-lt after being be-ing pronounced doad. Tho men killed wero Inoffensive negroes. ' |