A man had been swinging a noose up In
the air. The rope was now placed on
Slayton's neck.
There was a movement toward the door
again. A wave of maddened, furious hu
manity swept out. The deed had lieen
done in a few seconds. It was a scene
probably never witnessed before in the
state; it was one which the startled spec
tators will never forget to the last days
of their lives; it will be a vivid scene that
will survive all other similar recollec
tions.
The negro was carried down stairs by
the moli. The building trembled with the
trample of the hundreds of men. The cen
tral figure of the terrible transaction
was the negro brute, who filled the air
with his horrible shrieks, heard only a
short distance, liowever, on account of the
clamor
Fired Into Slayton’s Body.
As tire crowd carried the negro on the
street lie fell. He was dragged up the
street by many willing men. Then a fusil
lade began. People ran alongside of Slay
ton and began tiring lead into his body.
The tiring was incessant. It did not begin
until tire negro was being carried out of
th,- briilding. The dead negro was dragged
for a block up the street and almost every
instant there was a sound of a shot and a r
bullet tore its way through the quivering
flesh. Thousands of people gathered. Broad
street quivered witii excitement. The side
walks were lined. Everybody was rush
ing toward that central point—the bell
tower.
