Terrible Crime
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Title
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Terrible Crime
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Greenville Journal
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Publication Place
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Greenville, Ohio
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Publication Date
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06/23/1898
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Transcript
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TERRIBLE CRIME. Three Persons Murdered, the House Rob bed and Burned-An Attempted Lynching Failed. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17. On Tuesday night, seven miles north of Wetumpka, William 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. Thursday Sol Jackson, Lewis Speir and another Negro were arrested for the crime. Late Thursday afternoon a crowd of 500 men from the neighbor hood of the crime gathered at Wetumpka 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.
Terrible Crime