Lynching Is Probable
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Lynching Is Probable
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Publication Place
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Seattle, Washington
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Publication Date
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06/17/1898
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Transcript
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LYNCHING IS PROBABLE. - Mob Breaks Into Jail and Carries Off Alleged Murderers. MONTGOMERY. Ala., June 16.-On Tuesday night, seven miles north of Wetumpka, Wm. Carden and his wife, an old couple, and William Carlo, also an old man, were murdered and their house burned to conceal the crime. Carden hoarded his money, and the party were murdered to secure it. Yesterday Sol. Jackson, Lewis Spier and another negro were arrested for the crime. Late this afternoon a crowd of 500 men from the neighborhood of the crime, gathered at Wetumpka to mob the prisoners. Since they have been in jail, two of the murderers, Jackson and Spier, confessed and told where they buried the money. $1,200. The mob broke into the jail about 5 o'clock, but were unable to get into the inner cage where the prisoners were. The sheriff telegraphed the governor for troops. and at 8 o'clock tonight about ninety of the former members of the military companies here. left on a special train. A few minutes after 8 o'clock, word was received that the mob had succeeded in getting blacksmith tools, broke open the cage and secured the prisoners. The intention of the mob. it is stated, is to take them to the scene of the crime and there hang them. The military company will not reach Wetumpka in time to oppose the mob.
Lynching Is Probable