Negro Prisoners Lynched

Title

Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Daily Globe

Publication Place

Fall River, Massachusetts

Publication Date

06/18/1898

Transcript

NEGRO PRISONERS LYNCHED.-, Mob Takes Them from Alabama Jail and, Swings Them from a Tree., MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17.-The, five men who murdered Mr. Carden and, his wife and an old man named Car-, lee last week near Wetumpka were, lynched at 9 o'clock today. Last night, Governor 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 the troops. The governor, soon got together about 90 men of, the local military and sent them to, Wetumpka on a special train. Before they reached there however,, the mobs 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 up, and their bodies riddled with bullets., The militia were unable to follow the, mob last night as they were all mount-, ed 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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