Mob Bent Upon Vengeance
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Title
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Mob Bent Upon Vengeance
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Spokesman-Review
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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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MOB BENT UPON VENGEANCE., Three Alabama Murderers Will Be, Given Short Shrift., -, Montgomery, Ala., June 16.-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. Azel Jackson, Louis, Speier 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 Speier, confessed and told where they buried the, money, $1200. 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 90 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 succeeded in getting black-, smith tools, broke open the cage and se-, cured 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.
Mob Bent Upon Vengeance