An Aged Couple Murdered

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Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The News and Observer

Publication Place

Raleigh, North Carolina

Publication Date

06/17/1898

Transcript

AN AGED COUPLE MURDERED. - And a Lynching Has Probably by Now Followed. Montgomery, Ala., June 16.-On Tues- day night seven miles from Wetumpka, Wm. Carden and his wife, an old couple, and William Carlee, also an old mail. were murdered and their house burned to conceal the crime. Carden hoarded his money and the party were murdered to secure it. Yesterday Sol Jackson, Lewis Speir and another negro were arrested for the crime. Late this after- noon 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 Speir confessed and told where they buried the money. $1,200. The mob broke into the jail at 5 o'clock but were unable to get into the inner cage where the prisoners were. Tonight about ninety of the former members of the militia companies left here on a special train. A few minutes after 8 o'clock word was received that the mob succeed- ed in getting blacksmith tools, broke the cage open 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

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