7 July 1899--TO ESCAPE A MOB--Frank Embree, Charged With Assault, in Jail at Mexico--Mexico, MO, July 5--Frank Embree, the Negro charged with assaulting a girl in Howard county, was brought here last night to prevent lynching. Embree escaped from Fayette to Garnet, Kan, where he was caught and taken to the Huntsville, (MO) jail yesterday. The Sheriff there heard that a mob was due at the Huntsville jail last night, and he rushed the Negro to this city. The Negro was interviewed in jail this morning. He denies the crime, but his stories are not very clear. He says he changed clothes before he left, after hearing that they were after him for the crime, but he denies he shaved off his mustache. His lip bears out this statement. Sheriff Melson, who has become almost famous since his trip to Oklahoma after Jester, will protect the Negro from the mob if possible. 7 July 1899--Mrs. W. H Welch returned home Saturday from Polk county, where she had been to attend the bedside of her brother, E. M. Jamison, who died on the 29th, aged 56 years. 7 July 1899--N. J. Fowler received a letter this week from his sixteen-year-old son, Arthur, who left home very mysteriously last September, an account of which appeared in the News at the time. This is the first Mr. Fowler has heard of him. He is working on a farm in Pettis county, where he has been ever since leaving home. He gave no reason for leaving. 7 July 1899--Died, near Higbee, on the 3rd, Mrs. Julie Crawly, col, aged about 70 years. 7 July 1899--Chas. Wyant committed suicide at Aldrich, MO, Sunday. Wyant was married only three days. No cause other than ill health, can be assigned for his rash act. 7 July 1899--Died, on the 30th, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tabor. The remains were buried at the city cemetery Sunday. 7 July 1899--Mrs. William McGlothlin, of Hannibal, is here visiting her parents, J. E. Rucker and wife. 7 July 1899--S. B. Jeffries, of Boonville, who holds a position here with the Star Clothing house, was called to his home Sunday morning by the serious illness of his father. 7 July 1899--Born, on the 28th to John Warford and wife, a daughter. 7 July 1899--born, near Myers, on the 29th, to John Franklin and wife, a daughter. 7 July 1899--The witnesses in the case of the State against Daniel Robb, charged with attempting to cash a forged check, were notified at 11 o'clock yesterday morning that Robb had pled guilty, and that the witnesses need not appear. We did not learn what punishment was inflicted by the court. Later--Mr. Robb was given two years. 14 July 1899--The Kansas officials tried to work a nice little game on Sheriff Gibson when he was there after Frank Embree. The sheriff of Anderson county, Kansas, and the Negro's attorney wanted Gibson to pay over the reward offered for Embree, and start home with him without going to Topeka for the Governor's warrant. Mr. Gibson thinks the object of the officials was to let him start with the Negro without the proper papers, and then have him arrested for kidnapping, and the Negro set free. But they didn't catch Col. Gibson napping, or kid-napping either. He tumbled to the game, and went to Topeka and got the proper papers from Governor Stanley. It was a nice little trap they had set for Col. Gibson, and many less thoughtful men would have walked into the trap.--Armstrong Herald. 14 July 1899--Born, on the 10th, to Thomas Russell and wife, a son. 14 July 1899--Born, on the 12th, to Pole Knight and wife, a daughter. 14 July 1899--Dennis Magruder died, at the age of 86, on the 11th, at the home of Rev. Notley Magruder, his son, near Forbus Mills. The remains were interred at Sharon church, where services were held by Rev. Al. Maupin. The deceased was born in Henry county Kentucky, and settled down on the farm on which he died, in 1844. He married Mary Magdalene Madox, of Kentucky, who survives him. Eleven children were born to them, eight of whom are now living. 14 July 1899--An old Irishman by the name of Jimmy Armstrong, who has lived in and near Glasgow for a number of years, and was well known, was found dead in his yard on the Tilford tippet place Wednesday morning. The supposition is that he was overcome by heat, Tuesday being a very hot day--Fayette Advertiser. 14 July 1899--Last Monday night at Dallas, Texas, John T. Carlisle, formerly of near Cairo, this county, shot and fatally wounded Prof. Wm. Lipscomb, principal of the Dallas High School, in the First Christian church. Carlisle is well known in this county. He married a sister to John and Frank Lamb, of near Cairo, was born and reared near Huntsville and made his home about 2 1/2 miles north of Cairo for many years. His brother, Wm. Carlisle, is a Wabash engineer with headquarters in this city. John T. Carlisle left this county about four years ago and went to Dallas--Moberly Democrat. 21 July 1899--A Kentucky feud in Clay county which began two years ago resulted in a fight on Little Goose creek last week in which, five men were killed and three wounded in fifteen minutes. This feud, which opens up so auspiciously, is between the Philpotts and the Griffins, and grows out of the feud between the Whites and the Bakers, the Philpotts taking sides with the Bakers and the Griffins favoring the Whites. As there seems to be no power in Kentucky to stop this sort of thing, a person of a mathematical turn of mind can easily make some interesting computations. If a second-hand feud, which has only been started two years, uses up eight men in fifteen minutes, how many men will be killed in Clay county in the next twenty-seven years, during which the Philpott-Griffin feud will go on with increasing activity?--Kansas City Star. 21 July 1899--A dispatch from Sturgeon to the St. Louis Republic, dated the 15th inst, says that W. H. White, a miner, fell down a forty-foot shaft west of that place and was instantly killed. He leaves a wife and seven children. Another dispatch from the same place to the same paper, dated the 19th says: "At Gosline's coal bank near Sturgeon this morning Wm. White, aged 50 years was instantly killed and Ab Barnes dangerously wounded by a cave-in." 21 July 1899--EMBREE INDICTED--No Surface Indications of Mob Violence. Undercurrent Strong for Punishment Worse Than Hanging--From the St. Louis Republic. Fayette, Missouri, July 18--the Howard Circuit Court was convened last evening upon the arrival of Judge John A. Hockaday from Fulton. The Judge made the case of Frank Embree of special business, and a grand jury was ordered. At 8 o'clock this morning sheriff Gibson had the jury before the Judge, who gave them the instructions, and he announced that he would let nothing interfere with a speedy trial. The jury had the necessary witnesses before them, and by 10 o'clock a true bill had been found. The indictment was at once mailed to the Sheriff of Audrain County at Mexico, where the prisoner is confined in a cell next to that of Jester. Sheriff Gibson has selected his venire of 100 men from which the jury to try the case will be chosen. Fayette is crowded with people from all section of the county to await the proceedings. The victim of the Negro's assault was here to-day, to appear before the Grand Jury. She was accompanied by her parents. She is only 14 years old and is a pretty and intelligent girl. While there is not much surface indication of mob violence, the undercurrent is strong for a punishment worse than hanging. It is thought that Embree will be brought to Fayette Thursday or Friday. 21 July 1899--Born, on the 20th, near Burton, to Walker Magruder and wife, a son. 21 July 1899--Died, on the 16th inst, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lobe Cable. 21 July 1899--Miss Kate Wheeler became suddenly insane Thursday of last week and Saturday was ordered to the asylum by the Probate Court. Deputy Sheriff Joe Grimes and Dr. G. M. Nichols took her to the asylum at Fulton Sunday night. Her mind became unbalanced a few years ago and she was sent to Fulton for treatment, and soon returned home cured. 21 July 1899--Born, on the 19th, to W. L. Cave and wife a son. 21 July 1899--Died, at the home of his father, Wm. Terrill, near Moberly, on the 15th inst, Wm. A. T. Terrill, aged 26 years. 21 July 1899--H. H. Roberts, one of the pioneers of the county, died at the home of his son, Walter Roberts, in Huntsville, on the 19th. 21 July 1899--ALMOST A TRAGEDY--O. S. Pitney Attempts to Shoot Tip Lewis and is Himself Shot. Not Seriously Hurt.--Higbee came very near being the scene of a killing Wednesday noon, and each participant in the fracas probably owes his life to the fact that both pistols refused to work. The trouble occurred between O. S. Pitney and Tip Lewis, and dates back as far as Decoration Day, at which time they had some words and Lewis knocked Pitney down. Wednesday morning Pitney went into Cleeton's drug store and, exhibiting a pistol, gave it out that Tip Lewis was the man he was looking for. Some of Lewis' friends informed him of Pitney's actions and he armed himself. Not long afterwards Pitney came up to him in front of the drug store and drawing down on Lewis with his revolver asked him to name his distance. This Lewis did by pulling his pistol and snapping it a Pitney several times, when it finally went off, the ball striking Pitney in the left arm. He then used his revolver as a club and knocked Pitney senseless. While he was doing all this, Pitney was trying to get his own revolver to work but did not succeed. A big crowd soon gathered around Pitney, who had fallen out in the street, and every one supposed he had been killed. He soon regained consciousness, however, and was taken to the office of Dr. C. F. Burckhalter, where his wounds were dressed. They are painful but not dangerous. Lewis went before Justice of the Peace Rankin and swore out a warrant for Pitney. 21 July 1899--Daniel Robb, who plead guilty to the charge of forgery in circuit court here last week, and who was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years, has written this paper a long communication solemnly protesting his innocence and alleging that he was forced to plead guilty to an offense committed by some one else. He is now convinced that he did himself and his reputation a great injustice by pleading guilty to a charge of which he was innocent, but hopes time will vindicate him and reveal the true criminal. He also expresses his deep gratitude to Sheriff and Mrs. Grimes for the kindly treatment accorded him during his confinement in our county jail, and request the Howard county papers to publish what he has to say of the punishment imposed on an innocent man--Huntsville Herald. 28 July 1899--EMBREE LYNCHED--The Brute Who Assaulted Miss Willie Dougherty on June 17, Hanged by a Mob of 1200 Men Near Burton Last Saturday Morning---Given an Unmerciful Whipping--Makes a Full Confession Frank Embree, the Negro who, on June 17th, criminally outraged the 15-year-old daughter of Wood Dougherty, of near Burton, Howard county, met the death he so richly deserved, at the hands of a mob of 1200 people, composed of some of the best citizens of Howard, Randolph and Boone counties, a few paces from where he committed his hellish act, last Saturday morning at 9:48. After committing the assault, he made his way to his home in Garnet, Kansas, where he was captured. Sheriff Gibson, of Howard county, secured the necessary papers and went to Kansas for the Negro and brought him back and placed him in jail at Huntsville, this county. Fearing a mob he had him removed to Mexico. In the meantime, circuit court had convened at Fayette and the Negro was indicted and his trial set for Saturday July 22. Sheriff Gibson gave it out that he would bring the Negro through here on the Katy, and several from Howard were here to accompany them to Fayette--if they ever got that far--but when the train arrived no Negro or sheriff were to be seen. Mr. Gibson had sent a couple of deputies to Mexico for the Negro, who were to bring him over the Alton to Steinmetz, from which place he would be driven to Fayette before the break of day. The people suspected such a ruse on his part and had every road and railroad station in the county closely guarded, and it was an utter impossibility to reach Fayette. About 100 men were here most all night searching all trains, but left before the last train on the Alton (the one containing the Negro) passed here, thinking that all trains had gone. When the train reached Steinmetz at 5:15 a.m. the deputies alighted with their prisoner and conveyed him to the carriage in waiting and started at a lively gait for Fayette. They had gone about two miles and were beginning to think they would elude the mob, but when they reached what is known as the Walcott hill a large crowd of men was seen, and the deputies tried to dash through' the crowd. The horses were whipped into a run, but the crowd was too large and determined to let the prisoner escape and it closed in on the vehicle. The deputies still resisted, but were soon overpowered. The Negro was then shackled and handcuffed and placed in a spring wagon and taken to the scene of his crime--the place chosen for his death. When the place was reached a crowd of fully 1200 was on the ground. No shouts, loud talk, of noisy demonstrations were engaged in, but everything was as quiet as death, and the determination written on every face told plainly their business--that they were there to pay a debt to society and avenge the terrible wrongs of a sweet, innocent girl. The shackles and handcuffs were not removed and Embree's clothing was cut off with knives, but his person was not scratched. When he was stripped he was made to stand up in the wagon and asked to make a confession--to acknowledge the crime and tell who assisted him to make his escape. He refused to open his mouth, but looked at his inquisitors with the brazen effrontery of the devil. The father of the young lady then proceeded to apply the lash and wore out a buggy whip upon him, but Embree never flinched, groaned or shed a tear. One after another took Mr. Dougherty's place and each applied the whip harder than his predecessor. Still Embree never flinched, although his flesh was cut from his neck to his feet and he was bleeding profusely. The last man to whip him used a buggy tug. Each lick was enough to kill an ordinary man, and the flesh was laid open at every welt, but still he refused to speak or show the least sign that he was in pain. During the whipping Embree fell from the wagon three times, alighting on his head. Some who witnessed the scene think he fell purposely, hoping to break his neck, while others think he fell from exhaustion. The first theory is probably correct, for as soon as he would strike the ground those standing near would make him mount the wagon again, unaided, though shackled and handcuffed, by shipping him. He generally got back about as quick as he had gotten down. He was allowed to sit down after the six man had exhausted himself with the tug. He was again asked to tell what he knew, but he still refused. He was then asked to stand up to receive further punishment, when he plead for mercy and told his captors that if they would not whip him any more and would not burn him he would confess. No promises were made him but he was given a chance to talk. He confessed that he was the guilty party and said he was drunk at the time. The latter statement is believed to be false. He was then asked the names of the parties who assisted him in escaping, but he would not talk freely upon this subject. Only when he saw a whip raised would he talk. All kinds of questions were asked him, and he seemed to answer at last in any way to please the crowd and save him from punishment. The sentiment for burning was very strong, but wiser counsel prevailed and it was decided to hang him. Embree then asked for time to make a few remarks and to pray, and it was granted. He asked that his parents be informed of his fate and that his mother be told he was not the good boy she thought he was and that he was guilty, although he had told her different, and deserved to die. He asked that some of his clothes be sent home; also, that his revolver be sent to his father and a dime in his clothes to his mother. The rope was then placed around his neck and he was told to make peace with his God. His prayer was in a very low tone and almost inaudible. Just after he said Amen the rope was thrown over a limb and he was pulled into mid-air more dead than alive. The body hung limp and lifeless for a few seconds, then a few jerks and convulsions and his soul took its flight to God only knows where. Mr. Dougherty gave orders that not a shot be fired into the Negro's body either before or after death, and his orders were strictly adhered to. After life was extinct the crowd quietly dispersed, leaving the body swinging in the breeze. The remains were buried in Nebo cemetery, Howard county Sunday be members of his race. Embree is the third Negro that has been hanged for criminal assault on white women in Howard county, and it is reported here that the citizens are determined to rid the county of their presence by pacific means if possible, by force if necessary. 28 July 1899--Born, on the 23rd, to Chas. Duncan and wife, twin girls. Mother and babes getting along nicely. 28 July 1899--Ike St. Clair, of Howard county, is the owner of a small bantam hen that hatched out and is caring for a covey of quails. Some time ago the hen found a quail's nest and drove the old bird from it, and hatched the eggs herself. Three weeks ago she came marching home with 13 young birds. 28 July 1899--R. E. Farris, Wm. Slaughter, Wm. Kanatzer, Clarence Cleeton, Ed Mathus, Goldie Stevenson and Richard White left here this week for the harvest fields of South Dakota. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.