Five Men Lynched
- Title
- Five Men Lynched
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Publisher
- The Wilmington Messenger
- Publication Place
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Publication Date
- 06/18/1898
- Transcript
- FIVE MEN LYNCHED, The Men who Commited a Triple Mur=, der for Robbery at Wetumpka, Ala., are Hanged by a Mob., Montgomery, Ala., June 17.-The men, who murdered Mr. Carden and his wife, and an old man named Carlee, last week, near Wetumpka, were lynched at 9, o'clock today., Last night Governor Johnston received a message from the sheriff that, a mob was assembling and he feared, his prisoners would be taken from him,, and asked for troops., The governor soon got together about, ninety men of the local militia and, sent them to Wetumpka on a special, train. Before they reached there, how-, ever, the mob had secured the prisoners-five in number and taken them to, the scene of the murder. Four of the, negroes confessed to having participated in the crime and one of them told, where he had hid the money. He was, compelled to find it and in a few minutes, near the scene of the crime, all, five were swung up and their bodies, riddled with bullets. The militia was, unable to follow the mob last night, as, they were all well mounted and no, means of conveyance was at hand to, take the soldiers after them., This morning efforts were made to, find the negroes and about 11 o'clock, news came over the telephone from, Wetumpka that they had been found, swinging from a limb. Their names are unknown.
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