In Hands Of A Mob
- Title
- In Hands Of A Mob
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Publisher
- The Daily Ardmoreite
- Publication Place
- Ardmore, Oklahoma
- Publication Date
- 06/19/1898
- Transcript
- IN HANDS OF A MOB. They Confessed to Having Killed Wm. Carden and Wife and Wm. Carlee. Burned the House to Hide Crime. Montgomery, Ala., June 17.- On Tuesday night seven miles north of Wetumpka, William Carden and bis wife, and old couple, and William Carlee, also an old man, were murder ed and their house burned to conceal the crime. Carden hoarded his money and the party wanted to secure it. Yesterday Sol Jackson, Lewis 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. $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 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 smiths' tools, broke open 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 hang them. The military company will not reach Wetumpka in time to oppose the mob.
Part of In Hands Of A Mob