The Prisoners Hidden Out

Title

Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Steven Chronicle

Publication Place

Stevenson, Alabama

Publication Date

06/21/1898

Transcript

THE PRISONERS HIDDEN OUT. The Wetumpka (Ala.) Mob Trying to Find the Stolen Money Before Lynching the Murderers. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17.-There were five negroes taken from the jail at Wetumpka Friday night. The troops got there too late to prevent the jail from being broken open. However, they followed the mob into the country, and telephone messages show that the troops are hunting for the prisoners. It is reported that 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 before 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-Four of the Prisoners Hanged. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17.--A telephone from Wetumpka states that four of the prisoners taken from the jail there Thursday night were hung at a point ten miles from Wetumpka and three miles from the scene of the crime. The four were Sol. Jackson, Lewis Spier, Jesse Thompson and Camp Reese.

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