Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE. [ARTICLE]

NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE.

Tennessee Mob Avenges Murder of White Woman. Henry Noles, the negro who murdered Mrs. Charles Williams near Winchester, Tenn., last Friday, was burned at the stake on the scene of his crime Sunday. Six thousand persons witnessed the execution, and hundreds aided in throwing oil and fence rails upon the fire until the body was consumed. Noles was captured by the mob after a desperate fight with the sheriff and his deputies around the county jail. The mob finally overpowered the officials, battered down ' the jail doors, and secured the prisoner. He died stoically, admitting his crime and laughing at his torturers until the flames enveloped his body.