Show TELLS HORRORS I OF OE LYNCHING Description of Torture Lik- Lik Like Scenes From Dantes Dante's Inferno I r WASHINGTON Feb Fob Like 16 15 Lik scenes from Dantes Dante's Inferno Is la the description o ot of the tortures Inflicted In lynching bees es In- In In various arlous States Bt throughout the country at compiled by the commission on en the church and I ace ac relations of the tho federal Council of t Churches In Its educational cam cain i ign against lynching The stories almot almost pass belief beliet and an nn anset 1 set let et they are taken talen from accounts writ writ- written written ten by newspaper men In the lie com com- communities In which the they occurred The commission states tates that It seems hardly belle believable able that America with Its lis great churches churchs homes homps schools and courts allowed d bt I NI 1885 1185 and 1921 tile the lynching of ot mOl mole than persons the great grat of ot whom were nere ere negroes Eighty Eight of the tho victims were ero women omen 17 Ii cn ot of whom horn hom were white while 11 I IS 1 9 be statement save Sa-S Some home of ot those killed b by mob mobs were charged with Ith clime many of them only misdemeanors some oily olly oil with Ith words or act ac which are now no herat h e eat at any time punishable by law Alt All were Sill slain In without trial where th they Y ha have hae e faced their accusers hn hate e had bad witnesses and have had the l evi- evidence dence considered by a lawful judge jud or jury fury A frenzied mob was as judge judg jur and executioner In many cass cas persons the tho mobs ha e been lynched by mistake so wild and savage sat sat- ago age has been the procedure Some Somo ot of othe the victims suffered Buffered Indescribable tor- tor torI torture ture I ure such as saturation of ot parts ot of o the bod body with kerosene or gasoline so that they could be bo burned piece piece- meal or or branding with Ith hot tron Irons SUNDAY DAY MORNING G SCENE In some sorno cases those these atrocities hate ha hn H been perpetrated within sight eight of the Churches hurches of ot the Her Hers is III isa ia a newspaper ne description of ot a Sunday Sundy morning Incident near the tho public square oS oSa o of a town not tar far from two churches I The negro negro was as seated on the th ground gr und and a buggy-axle buggy driven en the ground between his legs His feEt ere chained together with Ith loggi II chains and anil he was tied with Ith who II A fire tire was u built Pokers and flat flat- flatirons irons flat Irons were procured and heated In the th lh thlire tire lire It was 30 minutes before they the were ere red-hot red His Hie self appointed s burned his eyeballs e with Ith red-hot red Irons When he opened his mouth to cry or or mercy a red-hot red poker was d down don do n his gullet Red-hot Red Irons were ere placed on his feet back and bo body until a hideous stench of ot burning hu- hu human hu human man flesh filled tilled the Sabbath air Thousands of ot people witnessed d this scene They had ha 1 to bo be pushed back from the stake stahe to which the negro was chained tops Roof-tops second story windows Indo s and tops porch-tops peso el 0 tilled filled with spectators Children nero ere to shoulders that the they mIght behold the agony of ot the victim RED HOT BAR DAR USED A description of ot another burning was as as follows The captors proceeded to II a s spot ot about a quarter of a mile from the railroad station and prepared the tho death tire lire The crowd folio follow od and remained throughout the horrible pro pro- proceedings pro proceedings The negro was led to 10 a hickory tree to which they chainEd him After securing him to the tree treo a afire afire tIre fire was as laid A short distance array ay an another fire tire was wu kindled and Into c t was put an Iron bar to heat tI I When the bar became red-hot red a member of the tha mob Jabbed 1 it toward to the negros negro's body hody Crazed with Ith fright the to black grabbed hold of ot it and as us It was as pulled through his hands the at- at atmosphere atmosphere at atmosphere was as filled with the tho odor of If burning flesh tiesh This was as the first time the murderer gave evidence of his will wll broken Scream after atter scream rent the air Ts the hot Iron was as ap- ap ap applied plied pIled to various parts of his body his Selling elling and cries for tor mercy could lie be heard In the tho town U THROWN ON OX Hero Is a newspaper description I of still another typical scene Burn Negro To Ro Death By Inches With headline With the negro chained to toIL toa toa IL a log members q r the mob placed a small pile o of leaves around his feet teet Gasoline was as then poured on tILl lie leaves lea and the carl carrying Ing out of the death sentence was wu under way In Inch n by Inch the negro vv was as fairly cool cooked id i'd to death Every few minutes fresh leaves were tossed on the funeral pyre pre until the tho blare had passed the nc-Kro's nc ne- ne nei negro's i gros gro's waist walk As AI the flames were ere Ing eai-Ing I eal-I eat eat- eating ing away his abdomen a member ot of the mob stepped forward and satur satur- saturated saturated the both bod with Ith gasoline It was then only a few minutes until the ne- ne negro negro nc-ero nc gro had been reduced to ashes |