Five Murderers Lynched
- Title
- Five Murderers Lynched
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Publisher
- Sun-Journal
- Publication Place
- Lewiston, Maine
- Publication Date
- 06/18/1898
- Transcript
- FIVE MURDERERS LYNCHED., Alabama Citizens Run Down Negroes, Before the Military Arrived., MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17.-The, five men who murdered Mr. Carden and, his wife and an old man named Carlee, last week near Wetumpka were lynched, at 9 o'clock to-day. Late last night Gov. Johnson 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 90 men of the local militia, and sent them to Wetumpka on a special train. Before they reached there, however, the mob secured the prisoners,, five in number, and took 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 un and their bodies riddled with, bullets. The militia were unable to follow the, mob last night as they were all mounted, and no means of conveyance were 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 not known.
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