Four Negroes Lynched By An Alabama Mob
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Four Negroes Lynched By An Alabama Mob
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Oakland Tribune
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Publication Place
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Oakland, California
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Publication Date
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06/17/1898
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FOUR NEGROS LYNCHED BY AN ALABAMA MOB, - Carried to the Scene of the Murder and Tried. They Confess Their Guilt and Point Out Hidden Money. Associated Press Dispatches by The Tribune's Special Leased Wire. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17-The men who murdered Mr. Carden and his wife and an old man named Carlo last week near Wetumpka were lynched at 9 o'clock today. There were five negroes taken from the jail at Wetumpka last night. The troops got there too late to prevent the jail from being broken open. However, they followed the mob into the country to hunt for the prisoners. It is reported the mob has them hidden out. It is also stated that a sixth negro has been implicated and arrested. The mob is trying to find the money that was stolen and buried be- fore lynching the prisoners. Leading citizens, it is also stated, are interceding with the mob to prevent lynching and to secure the return of the prisoners to the jail. Later-A telephone message from Wetumpka states that four of the prisoners taken from jail were hanged this morning at a point ten miles from Wetumpka and thirty-two miles from the scene of the crime. The four were Sol Jackson, Lewis Shier, Jesse Thompson and Camp Reese. The troops from here did not succeed in locating the prisoners, as the country is hilly, rough and wood- ed. The most of the night and this morning were spent in a sort of trial, investigating the crime and getting at the guilty ones. Last night Governor Johnston received a message from the Sheriff saying that a mob was assembling and he feared his prisoners would be taken from him, and asked for troops. The Governor soon got together about ninety men of the local militia and sent them to Wetumpka on a special train. Before they reached there, however, the mob had secured the prisoners, five in number, and took them to the scene of the murder. Four of the negroes confessed to having participated in the crime, and one of them told where he had hidden the money. He was compelled to find it, and in a few minutes, near the scene of the crime, all five were swung up and their bodies riddled with bullets. The militia was unable to follow the mob last night, as they were all well mounted, and no means of conveyance were at hand to take the soldiers after them. This morning efforts were made to find the negroes, and about 11 o'clock news came over the telephone from Wetumpka that they had been found swinging from a limb.
