The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 14, 1899, Page 7

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The barbarities inflicted upon this young negro by citizens of one of the most highly civilized cit- ies of the state are almost beyond belief and can only be accounted for by the intense horror created by long consideration of the atrocious of which full confession had been made by Coleman. Just two months Richard Coleman, the trusted employe of Farmer James Lashbrook, ina moment of depray- ry not equaled in the ne, murdered the woman Cole- this, one of cities of crime ago ity and sa annals of er who had been his benefactor. man was not only employed on the farm, but had installed as a house servant, and was trusted im- plicitly by both Mr. Lashbrook and his w On the day of the murder Lash- brook was at work some distance away from the house. Coleman was left in charge of the house. Mrs. Lashbrook had driven to Maysville and returned, when Coleman asked her to enter the cabin to look at some work at which he had been engaged. The negro locked the door on the in- side. Mrs. Lashbrook became fright- ened and screamed, Coleman struck her on the head, knocking her down but not stopping her cries. He then seized a razor and cut her throat. He picked up the bleeding body and placed it on the bed. He then left the room, but returning heard her still groaning and with an ax he struck her repeatedly on the head until he was sure she was dead. Without any show of alarm or re- morse for his crime, the negro calmly washed the blood from his hands and clothing and went to where Lash- brook was at work in the field and told him that he had better come to the house as some one had killed his wife. Mr. Lashbrook did not take the matter seriously until Coleman insisted that his wifewasdead. Even then, so great was the confidence of Mr. Lashbrook in Coleman, that no thought occurred that he was the murderer. It was not until after of- ficers arrived that suspicion was di- rected againstColeman. Blood spots had been found on his clothing, but he accounted for that by saying he had been killing a chicken. That night, however, at Maysville, a par- tial confession was obtained, and knowing the result if that fact should become known, the officers quietly took him to Covington, Ky., for safe keeping. He was indicted for mur- der. Shortly after his incarceration at Covington he made a complete and terrible confession of his crime to the jailer. The story of his revolting crime, including worse than murder, was told without any appearance of feeling by the prisoner. This confes- sion becoming public, roused a feel- ing of indignation against the pris- oner among the relatives and friends of the victim, which made it morally certain that the officers of the law would be powerless to prevent a sum- mary vengeance at the first oppor- tunity. Still the authorities at Mays- ville did not act upon that basis. There was no call upon the governor for troops to protcet the prisoner. On Tuesday, Sheriff Perrine, under orders of Judge Harbeson, with four assistants, went to Covington, ex- pecting to return with Coleman on Tuesday night, but after reaching Covington the jailer at Maysville wired him not to attempt to bring the prisoner down at night. Coleman arrived at 10:20 this morning under a special guard of deputies sworn in by the sheriff, in- been , cluding Detective Fitzgerald, Consta- | ble Dawson, Chief of Police Donovan, all the police forceand two deputy sheriffs. When they arrived at the courthouse they were met by a mob of fully 1,000 people, headed by Jas. Lashbrook, the husband of the mur-} dered woman, and went immediately | up Second street to the central part | of the city to the hill, followed by a} mob of fully 5,000 persons. All was done that was possible by the sheriff and guard to prevent a lynching, but in the irrespoctive of color, it was useless to attempt to do anything. The mob grabbed Coleman, threw a rope over I head and took him city. Coleman could be beard above the cries of the mob pleading for his life. The place of execution had been se- », in accord ince with eof sucha mob of people, above the le:ted weeks ali the other arranged details of the program mapped out by the leaders of the mob. The prisoner was drage- ed toa sapling and strapped against the tree, facing the husband of the Le brush and la piled around him while he was pray- ing for speedy death. ve quantities of dry bits of victim. wood were James Lashbrook, the husband of the victim, applied the first mateh to wood. A brother of the victim struck the second match. Some with a knife were vainly slash- ing at the prisoner's chest. the brush By a sort of cruel coneurrence of action on the part of the mob nota shot was fired. The purpose seemed to be to give the wretch the greatest amount and duration of tortue pos- A fatal shot would have been merey; and there was no mercy in the crowd surrounding Richard Cole. sible. As the flames arose his hor- He made vain efforts limbs man rors increased, to withdraw his croaching fire; his eyes rolled frenzy of suffering. The curing him to the tree were burned, and his body finally fell forward on the burning pile. Even then, al- though it was not certain whether he was living or dead, the vengeful pur- pose of the crowd led them rails and poles to push him back into the flames. It not long life lasted. During the process, while his voice could be heard, he begged for a drink of water, his tongue protruding and his eyeballs fairly starting from his head. At the end of three hours the body was practically cremated. Dur- ing all that time of the family of Mrs. Lashbrook had _ re mained to keep up the tire and to keep the body in position where it would continue to burn. At that time a nephew of Mrs. Lashbrook was pushing the body on the burn- ing embers, while a curious crowd of several thousand persons still linger- ed on the scene. It that the through the city the prisoner's eyes had been burned out by acid thrown in an egg shell. - Im all the thousands who consti- tuted the mob there was not a single effort to disguise or conceal identity. No man wore a mask. All the lead- ers of the mob are well known, and there are hundreds of witnesses who can testify to their part in the trag- edy. They are leading citizens in all Jines of business and many are mem- bers of the church. County Judge Hurbeson will em- panel a special grand jury at once to make a speedy investigation and re- turn indictments against the leaders of the mob. The statement from Frank Gort that the governor pro- poses to offer a reward for the ap- prehension of members of the mob does not exc‘te much fear that the reward will us claimed. While there is a wide difference of opinion among residents of the city who were not connected with the mob, yet there is a strong feeling that no punishment will result from this tragedy. 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