Show FATE OF A NEGRO RAPIST horribly mutilated by an infuriated mob south acain records dead almost too to be recorded or believed memphis tenn oct IQ jebron ellie the la faletto county rapist was strung to a telegraph pole at this morning by men within two hundred yards the scene of lis crime before hauling lie negro alie mob cut off both his ears and all of hie fingers and mutilated him in a horrible and unmerciful manner the mob their prisoner readied the home of his victim mils prater soon after midnight the young lady identified him ae her assailant ae soon ae this was done an armed equal ot men took ellie from constable farrow and started for the pike where the public road crosses the louisville nashville railroad here there is also a telegraph tee graph A bin fire had been baill buill at the place and around it the mob gathered in a circle the handcuffed negro wag on his knece before the fire the leaders of alie mob told ellia to pray but lie onla looked at them in a stupid manner being told that lie about to die he raised his voice in a negro hymn and by alie time he had lini elied the mob was looking ugly alie element were in complete control cries 0 burn him were heard or all sides this fearful flo would probably have been fortunate tor alie negro as events proved amid the shouts of the mob a man limped to the adraan anile in his hand cut off his ears they cried give me a anger shouted one man 1 I want a thumb cried another alie better element in the crowd drew off at this time and eaid they were not in favoron doing anything but hanging alie negro the protests were not noticed being urged on by alie fiercest in the crowd the man nth the knife cat off the negros right t a and held up the bleeding trophy in full view of the crowd the negro screamed from his torture but ane other ear was cui off a few ments later alie mob became madder at the ot this work and who were mutilating the negro found ample encouragement they next cut off all his and tearing away part of his clothing they mutilated him in a horrible manner it a fully thirty alve minutes after alie torture began w hen a rope was put around the neck the telegraph pole was seventy five feet away the free end of alie rope was taken by a man who climbed the telegraph pole and threw it over a cross arm the crowd jerked the negro to the foot of the pole and while the mob shouted the bleeding and mutilated form was swung to the cross arm the was lowered to alie ground later and ills head cut rom his body with pocket anivea the noose was then put over the feet and alie headless body azain up it is intended to send the head to the family of the little girl the negro assault on saturday in A placard was put on the body bearing words death to the man who cute him down before 30 this evening passengers on the louisville Loois ville and nashville trains today may see the horrible sight alio point where the lynch ing occurred is a cross road called clifton summit jeff ellis on the afternoon of oct 6 criminally assaulted mis bettie prater in the presence of the two little sister lie was pursued unremittingly until matured monday near mount pleasant mississippi he confessed to the assault upon miss prater to the outrage and murder of mrs wilcox of the tame neighborhood two years ago and an attempted assault upon a little girl in apoi while trying to escape from the mob |