Lynched The Murderers
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Title
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Lynched The Murderers
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Wheeling Register
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Publication Place
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Wheeling, West Virginia
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Publication Date
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06/17/1898
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Transcript
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LYNCHED THE MURDERERS. - Three Negroes Who Killed an Old Couple and Burned Their Home, Quickly Disposed Of. Montgomery, Ala., June 16.-On Tuesday night, seven miles north of Wetumpka, Wm. Carden and his wife, an old couple, and Wm. 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 Speir and another negro were arrested for the crime. Late this afternoon a crowd of five hundred men from the neighbor- hood of the crime gathered at Wetump- ka to mob the prisoners. Since they have been in jail, two of the murderers, Jackson and Speier, 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 to-night about ninety of the former members of the military companies left here on a special train. A few minutes after 8 o'clock word was received that the mob succeeded in getting blacksmith tools, broke upon 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.
Lynched The Murderers