The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, December 21, 1896, Page 1

» drels take _ Drane, T VOLUME 1—NUMBER 86 LYNCH LAW. JIM STONE, THE RAPIST, HANGED THIS MORNING. | Ghastly Tragedy Enacted In The Midnight Hours At Mayfield. Giving orders that the body should not be cut down un- til noon today, the w directed its attention to other m ters. Wilson, whom Stone of being the perpetrator, sought, but could not be found A hackman named Press Dawson THE BRUTE MADE A PARTIAL CONFESSION, real was But Says Fox Wileox Committed or two other colored men The Dar: able | | d been doing a great deal of ” talking on the streets, were also _ [looked for, but could not be found It is said that a large crowd of S fiekd people met the mob and endeay lored to remonstrate against - » summary Vengeance on the Jhut to no avail. The men warned Mutilated |},y the mob are all Mayfield dive |keepers and ex-penitentiary birds J and the community could easily «parc It is claimed that the men OTHER NEGROES ORDERED AWAY yisiting negro Hundreds View The Corpse This Forenoon, A Terrible Warning To | them all e mob were from Pryorsburg D in the mob were from Pryor “strats | Hickory Grove, Dukedom, Wingo aud Water Vs but as most |them wore masks, it is not known| _aap | where they were from FULL DETAILS OF THE HORRIBLE CAIME.) ‘This morning the swaying, ghastly jcorpse, under which was spool of | clotted blood from scores of wounds was viewed by hundreds terrible reminder of the fate of all such brutes, ‘This forenoon it of people It wa the Mayfield Jim Stone, repist, | HE PADUC M'KINLEY'S TROUBLES, Cruelty. An Unsatisfac- Trade ‘om tory Horse John burg McKinley, the successful candidate of Canton McKinley, of Mechanics. is a distant kinsman of William a trade, but afterwards Miller claim- McKinley swore ainst Miller for cru- twenty-four hours out a warrant ag wot desires to case was left BURNED 10 DEATH. and as Attorney Lig be heard tomorrow. the open. Had a Friend “Pulled” For Unlike our president-elect 6 | . In Columbus, Ind. about 60 years old, were sent to} howe Je is fond of ti ™ % . | ~ bee gd John is fond of trading Chester for twenty and fourteen Some time since he and E. C. Rae, ona sgt leet al Miller, also of Mechaniesburg, made er PADUCAH, KENTUOKY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1896, THE TOWN MARSHALL | CRIMES, A Kentucky [Woman Sui ides at Baltimore. Seems to BeInA Pretty Bad Muss, Will Be Tried To-Day on a Writ of Habeas Corpus. A SAD CASE AT NEWPORT. he Lynn gang at Brook! st seem to be in total eclipse. Two} A Horrible Outrage Committed | of them one an old white-headed man Today Phil Lynn, town marshal of Brooklyn, is to be tried at Mound BANK FAILURE IN ed that he had gotten the worst of th $ City, Pulaski county, on a writ of But Jobn wouldn't trade beck. sc RT" The ton, mnerebal Mile ie woultu’t trade back, so] Baltimore, Md., Dec. 21—A] The town marshal killed Milas iller took out a writ of delivery ing to be Mrs. Walter] Bradshaw, alias Lightning bug, last vod with Major Harris as attorney committed suicide last night}summer, and was released on bond executed bond and recovered his hotel by blowing out hber}until the grand jury convened at horse, His attorney advised him t The deceased had bees in| Metropolis, He was then indicted tender McKinley his horse back, and|the city for several days and Was! for wilful murder and committed to if he refused to take it to leave it}formerly from Kentucky. Despond-|jail without bond. He secured a there in his presence : eney over her financial condition is} change of venue to Pulaski county , ilies l took MeKinley ; his /thought to be the cause of her aet, and today will attempt to get bail horse an} McKinley P A ierumad'ibaweebt te Mihir wet Found in A Well, we old grey-beaded man who wa siirarglhad sliga gadl gel Newport, Ky., Dec, #1.—‘the “wh sf ‘or bef Bart Lynn he without food or water for|body of Mrs. Chas. Thompson waa] ” the town marshal’s father. The colored with whom Jightning Bug was living, and who claimed to be his wife, swore before found this morning in a well at ber], Metin ary home in this city. The deceased ity to animals and this mors in| Was @ most estimable woman and fo} oe a the police court Major Harris ap-|¢ause can be given for her terrible tis grand Jay that the town marshal peared for the defense and Att |deed unless insanity, Before killing] ,, . on hor rp : Pa eee a ietense and Attorney |v erwelf she tried to-kill two of Beqeer and swore to kill “Lightning Bug’’ the first time he saw him to spoaprs gad The attorney ren and did severely injure the} | 7+ rid of the latter. ‘This evidence, on the facts, but Major Har Senator J in the opinion of many, will convict ris claims that bis ient, Miller, did ad nr fle Pana (1 Louisville, Ky., Dec a mtd _ of the animal. | .ondition of State Senator council at Brooklyn appro- | but tha’ a he possession of en; 6 blenburg cot 's rea] priated $50 Saturday to help defen MeKinley. On basin thd ones, | Smee Of Mubleabutg county, tae ic Ms dnp Lynn. COUNCHL MEETING, | ported to be much more favorable. A Big Bank Failure. Chicago, Il., Dec. 21.—The Nae al Bank of Illinois closed its} 4 Matter of Importance That May doors today. The bank has a capital Come Up. who was charged with com*nitting 49) Wa. ut down of $1,000,000. outrage on Mrs. J. M. R. Greea, 0n| ” cione’s crime was a most revolting — - It is to be hoped that the city November 23, at Maylield, = W98/ 4 inoxt heinous one. On the night | j > — ted Sentence, council at its meeting tonight will lynched this morning at 12:30) of November 23 he went to the home| Colored Child in “Canaan” Meets} . ar s" n., Dec : . osition which is being clock in the court house yard, only] o¢ ytes J. M. R. Green » of Gov arney has commuttec suspiciously pushed by certain per- Stone made a partial confession, | Ortraved her. ‘There was no one in celebrated Coal Creek murderer, tof ‘The evening “News’’ would create which is not, however reli A by Al the house atthe time except her twol Badly Burned to» Crisp White | fe tmprisoament the idea that the event majority of the people ¢ ayfield. | children, and these were in another ales A WHITE FIEND. oe vs eae = “ Stone was taken back to Mayle pase The Family Wes Away nl jn the matter of street repairs le “he daphees heed Palen hee The brate overpowered his helpless Horrible Outrage Committed Infit is @ ™ | koown fact tha! the peen expecting him for sever AY®,| victim aud by sheer force succeeded | 4 streets of Paducah have never been dak Wore ra he Alert sag ee succeedel! Florence May Jonlan, colored,| Brown Co., Indl sds, nail Sheeel Sor ta wader the prea Tt is claimed that no Mayfield pec Asal ii hale. an aged years, whose fatheris em-{ Columbus, Ind., D 21.—The } ot council. ple were in the mob, but it wa naa tal rm. He|Ployed at Kilgore’s was left alone family of Tom Comblin in this coun-[ ‘The people of Paducah want the compased of residents of the s ai rat he nas a white maa, and {Nth & younger child in the house, }ty was grossly outraged last night} streets taken care ‘of in the best way, Reading ooubary. ‘The Weeder Wee| Gener ce’ cg as” man‘ /ituated in **Capaan,’” Mechanics-|during bis absence from home. His fist the anxiety of” an evening paper a well known and desperate charact *. Grven coulilant. there being no{ Ute: Saturday night. About 5} wife was bound and gagged and )ig xs suspicious. The people d not a formerly a notorious kuklux,. ac. |o0r of her avsailant, there being 9°) orclock a passer by heard screams] threatened with death if she endea¥-lwant politics brought into street a Jand ravving inside found the child] ored to escape. The flend then, who cording to reports. w of the fire “ management. Sate in the night the mob began |® ee __fenveloped in flames, He seized alwas a white man bound her two cikiiianitsieniions | , t ne was arrested the next Morn} feather bed and smothered them, |davghters and outraged them. ‘The A SURPRL | forming. It organized in two = tw be no doubt es } ericheee.| eke between the Cemetery een ee een eee seed 1 when Dr. T Whitearrived he}man then escaped. A posse hac} ® a re 7 : er weeeutiy (Of Mis guilt. He seemed to appre | foun all the skin burned completely | been organized and is in pursuit. A Man Who Didn’t Know He Had | and mill site that was recent nd the coming of the officers, and : ; “a4 ents a : burned, and the other on the south nt oft fr he neck to the feet. The - a Gu | te of town jwhen he perceived their approac™ [right arm was burned to a crisp and MARKETS. Mr. C. B. Lescher was warranted ae os wows. ne man fo om he was |i, f I A a arra As the clock struck miduight beds wie Ab Sonny ape ot rv Mig Sond hod Lparandandy ne . mpany {today for carrying concealed a dead- ‘3S “ a |After three hours of intense agony} ‘P ee ee ee a sapon. He and one or two oth- ereninss WHS SOF s night there the child died. The remains were] Cutvaco, De —May wheat] Weapoe: _ He and one of two oth derstanding, the two divi Poe gi OIA by cher » ‘The remains we Bg er gentleman had a difticulty on lowe . A umstantial evidence, out-] i cried at Oak Grove opened at 79 794 its highest point ‘tenner aodosg wht. We their sinuous march to ride of Stone's own conflicting "state wie BOicaad eloeed ea teh 0% t er Cour street last night. Ws house. They surrounded the pana 5 very etrona. ‘The neeaid ‘es dd been issue rinst the 4, was ve ng. The assail May corn opened at 25 and : 3 ang and called for the jailer aut of Mrs.-Green removed his POLICE COURT. slntak i and the — be he Ne patted morrow before Judge anders and af they said who resides ad. «We want that negro when he got in the window, to Jailer Sutherland ter having occomplished his purpose jacent to the jail proper s to have n a burry, putting With little reluctance the jatier re) hi. shoes under his arm and walking plied Wait until I get on my/in his sock feet, Under Stone's shoes he w sted, was found “Never mind your she i 28, and his a 1 frome Were a Many Cases, Today ‘There Great May oats opened at 19%, and closed at 1956-4 January pork opened at $7,60-2 b, and closed at $7.6 January lard opened at and ch Lat $3.82-5, Mr. Lescher and one of the other men had a difficulty over a The latter claims that he owns po y tol and has none, and that he did not know there was one in pocket When the city hall was reached, how- horse. $3.82 ao a eT ¥ Jan »8 opened at$3.85 b. " in hi t the mob leader, ‘‘give us idy where he bad walked in] 4 Dozen or More Tramps Turned Seceh pice opened at $6.74 and ever, a pistol was found in his pocke eon ins Gare nal e dirt before f his ap Loose By Judge Sanders, closed at $6.77 CHRISTMAS DONATION. ca on Me apoount for Jan, cotton opened at $6.93 and of the jail and the trembling, bare- 1 the mght of the rape closed at $6.89-90. footed p or, who well knew his tiie les Marshal Walker's blood as ile : Bernheim Bros, Send — 1,200 had come, dragged from his cell. He from Fulton, tracked hin CONCERT TUNIGHT Bushels of Coal. was taken out into the moonlight and Green home, leaving little | |) The Campbell-Mulvihill Coal Co his fright was so g that auld sto his guilt " soph a diay : ms 6 sorde s’ Hall the Benefit of] today received an order from Bern- hardly speak. Neither his hands nor ne was also suspected of se eres you Ahonen eye a“ aft heim Bros., of Louisville, to giv his feet were tied. ‘The a non eral other similar cric etime | onarged with er F ool Library. Wars tak Geet ta ihe Se ee is tay wae aakee’ M'|since he was arrested on suspicion of git! One went to the place of k The following is the program of| This is in accordance with the annual weve ike baskemound wote sevorn!| nee um nt who dragged 4) iness of the other to. ¢ the concert to be given tonight at} custom of the benevolent Berubeim ae er sratdeid peaple and oliiaend, [ate ae a and aeenloen hes Ha| The other said he had no money, Jones’ Hall for the library fund. The] Bros., who will ever be reyeetBered Rae ots ated bi cth strained their| could not be proven os Tint. = 01 which evoked from the one with the | piano used iss Kimball loaned bY} py the poor of Paducah, / gyi , Mt the | 88 arrested not long since for de tii the remark that he didn’t believe | Manager Sutherlin: - ears to catch every sy of Me) taining a colored school teacher, and |i. intended to pay it + hank ba PROGRAM Husband you wil fad Anany wu condemned man’s ut since rest a well known young | 0 eS ee Coes oe bi ful and ornamenta/piegés of furni- Stone admittel that ttl iady of Sedalia, Grave nty eee ate aha ees tale afk eee e ture for the parlyf, fall or dining Mrs, Green's residence on the night) vied 9 story that throws some would-t eacemaker, but got the ackan thes room that will pl@ase /y« wife at 4 of the rite. He claime that he] of his diabolical character and dispo | WOR 1" 0 Peete was let off. selectea | Gleaves & Sons 18 3t weat © Mayfield, but late at night) sing Stone was then employed by sir Sk en hl Miss [la Hart / started home, On his way he met). father, and one day the family] ¢ Ned ee rep ee aed Sixvh Air Vai De Beri Buy your fruits in baskets or bulk | ‘Fox Wilson,” a well-known May-| 1 Jef, ‘home but herself, Stone] #10 and cost far wig ihe ne un Mr. 8. Sisk at Callasi’s, Receive ysame fresh || * . . a home © one ruage towards A, Marscoffsky Vocal » Past and Future... ..R, De Kov lage» 2 fick negro, who asked him) yi. at work in tie field and weer ob The pion was fined $5 for thy ny every day, aa | to go out in the outskirts with) cuow of the family’s departure, Hel...) insulting language towards Su- | P!4#e—Marches Des Phartones} Oysters in bulkof by the can re- him, He at first declined | ion excused himself on the plea of] Een M elton and Mr. Davis. | ceived daily by R. €). Calissi but afterwards consented, and when | ickness and started towards the|""Ci4.“paytor, being black, come] Sieurs.Deatty, Pally, Hobwou aid Bishop ie ree perry ook pre he jhouse, The young lady saw him vitted the heinous crime of stabbiu PART 1, i said 7Vilson told him to wait, that he] coining, but had always been afraid : oe prs, ; . . i 8 , d rancis Meachin's dog, and] y " had adate with # woman — of him and intuitive hid im a thieket | VT" \CMMinu her about it when| The Finest Line of 1 Wilson went in and Stone waited a) \vrny where she could observe his % aie , she went over to find out why he did f short time and then left, | actios He searched the entire] #h? Went cnet Ot iat he did nove of Perfumes . sHow long did you wait,” asked) yu. and then called her, and bis|t. things charged to him, and the| °° : 4 nome one, subsequent career has indicated what rie tS ict open in order to find | v Ever brought to Pailiyal is wow | ‘ot very long,’’ replied Stone +’That’s enough,’ yelled some or his object was. Stone was brought to Padacah on and four or five of the vigilantes) 10 night of his arrest for safe keep- plunged knives into the terrified dar-| ing py Sheriff Cook and key’s qaivering flesh, He did not) qeiuiy, A mob, as will utter a sound, Jo the pale moonlight) 1.” “remembered, came _ here the ghastly scene is said to have) ster him, but he had been spirited aoe Bye icep impression on those Who! Sway by Sheriff Holland to a place " ‘he negro’s endurance wit sed it. The negro’s en of concealment Sod stotciswn were almost incredible. |“ pie following afternoon he fter the knives were thrust into him tion to Louisville for safe keeping . placed the — muz nlaced — the a pistol = to his ¢ ball plowing into was there remained until yesterday He was ordere k by Judge Moss | to be tried today, and Sheriff Cook his brain and Deputy W. A. Usher passed Meanwhile two men had climbed ® Fyrough with him yesterday morning tree and thrown the end of the rope 4, the 1 o'clock train, Lt ‘was across the limb, Just as the pistol tought by a great many that Stove went off the rope wes drawo Up PY! would be accorded a fair trial, and willing hands and Jim Stone, the F¥) then hanged no matter which way the Esber, swung slowly to and fro in the 4.4 was decided chilly, modulit atmosphere orpse He was no doubt dead before Phe other end of the rope was tied to a tree and the corpse left banging four or five feet above the ground The mob then tied a canvas plac- and to his feet bearing the following en te following black scoun | jsticd with a large warning: Dan Boa4,| couch, You canta and ale of head and fired, th zed. Mayfleld, Dec, 21.-—The body of Jim Stone, the rapist, who was lynched this morning, is still, at 10 a, m., hanging where the mob left it =f Wife, your husband would be sat- rooker or a em ut Gleaves out who has done the false swear- ng The case colored, for was continued About fifteen tramps tuken up last night and given their breakfast this morning, were tried for vagrancy and all given opders to leave at ouce. A Lhe best place in theAity to find nice Christmas presen f some- zainst Tandy Reeves, using Helen Brooks, who were thing that will be usefgl \a#d\ appre- ciated, is at Jas, W. Gleavgs & Sons, Hands ¥p! Halt! 10, 12 410 and 50 cents are $s on Stutz’s most ¢ of Xmas candies, and they nd delicious, ~~ re pure G mas Tree. The neva Chrk jeva Christmas tree will be given Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the vacaut Milan building on Third street between Broadway and Court, near the *‘News’’ oilllce, Any one knowing of children who will have nother Christwas will be domg an act of charity to send them word of ‘Thos, Chambers, Luther! « Sons, > «Chambers, Charles Jenkins, Harvey r Johnson, Jobo Templeton, Tive Boaz, \ oss Dawson." Ce All kinds of jvandies at Calissi’ mixed and plain 21 dt dis «|Nelson Soule’s Orig Store, You are cordially invited in. ed at Corne:—Tramp, Tramp, T Mr. T, Cooney Vooal s¢ Gray I will give a grand opening and free barbecue Christmas eve night, at my new saloon on the corner of Sev- enth and Adama, (Bacon's old drug GEORGE ROTH! THE TAILOR, x -Wafl\ make you a Nobby Fall\ Suit or Overcoat. CALL ON HIM, store). My stod\ of 1'q 10rs will be complete and well\welected and the best to be found igthe city. 1 desire all my friends and Others to call and see me and partake pf the many good things that 1 sliall| have on hand This will be youd opportunity to lay in your supply of Whristmas whiskey at very low prices, Day Sur. zldat. Only three days moyé to buy your Christmas goods at Yoah’s Ark, It HAWKINS IN HOC, Charged With Drawing a Chair On His Wife, Van Hawkins, a well-known old colored express driver, was arraigned in Judge Sanders’ court this morning this so they may come, as it is hoped that no child will be overlooked and left without @ present. on a charge of drawing @ chair ov his wife, Ella Hawkins, He pleaded not guilty and the case was continued, ' : ' WHAT WE SAY WE DO WE DO D0 308-307 Broadway. 109-117 N. Third St- ; : : ¢ , 4 $ ; - Shoes bought of us Polished Free, JOS. Will appreciate your patronage“ ‘Handles everything in the TEwWwWHOiBURYT L H DAILY SUN. TEN CENTS A WEE We have an immense stock of TOYS of all kinds, and as we are determined not to carry over a single article we are selling all OYS AT \COST. Having no trash to dispose of, we need no “chin music’’— our goods, marked in plain figures, speak most eloquently for themselves. For durability our toys cannot be equalled and all of them are selling WITH THE PROFIT LEFT OFF GEO. 0. HART & SON HARDWARE AND STOVE CO. (INCORPORATED.) CHRISTMAS AND SHOES~ Are here. Leathers of various shades, OX BLOOD, TAN AND BLACK, Buy a Wife, SLIPPERS air for your Husband, weetheart or Children. ado 2 oa os oe eh Our prices are all right and you will save money by buying of us. 321)Broadway. GEO. ROCK ro%3 SON. ¢ RPRCTURRUBREUETE-0T 3000000004886 68 Ladies and Misses READ THIS AND THINK, and come anc I see for yourselves, We are going to offer some wonderful CUT PRICES IN LADIES’ FINE SHOES FOR THE NEY™ 10 DAYS. 43 yaa = Ladies’ Fine Shoes, reg- ular price $3 to $3.60, go fi only $1.00 . 3 Call aud selec¥ a pair before they are picked over. ADKINS & COCHRAN, 331 Broadway. Why Spend Your Money for useless Holiday Gifts when the Oak H of desirable articles tor men and boys in Deslattes op areds that wculd make acceptable Christmas presents. Here are ® few articles which we Smoking kets. $1.50 to $8.50, A superb line of Smokiog Jackets in all de- signs and colors, at from $4.50 to $8.50. Make a man happy giving him one for Christas, suggest AS appropriate to give to a Holiday Overcoats 10 per cent. off. man or boy for Christuas Silk Untbrella, Handkerchiets Smoking Jackets, Collars and Cuffs, Suspenders, Scarfs, ew this week and con- tin till Christmas we will give Fancy Shirts, 2 10 per cent, off the marked price Okines. Yao Christmas of any man’s overcoat, rs a when bought for cash, This we Multier, Overcoat, Hats. Walking Sticks, a. Wallersteins’ Third and Broadway, lo to enable the ladies to buy who wish to make their husbands a present of an Overcoat for Christ- mas, A la and well assorted stock yet remains on our counters We have two new styles in Holi- day hats “The Sportsman” and “The Geisha.” so we are prepared to give a nice selection, ee oo PETTER, Me Jewett, NE REPAIR WORK. ASPECIA AMISEACTION GUARANTEED, Q iy