Lynching in Alabama

Title

Lynching in Alabama

Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

New York Times

Publication Place

New York City, NY

Publication Date

06/18/1898

Transcript

LYNCHING IN ALABAMA. Five Negroes Who Murdered Mr. and Mrs. Carden and Carlee Hanged by a Mob. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17.—The five negroes who murdered Mr. Carden and his wife and an old man name Carlee last week near Wetumpka were lynched at 9 o'clock to-day. 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. He asked for troops. The Governor ordered out ninety men of the local militia and sent them to Wetumpka on a special train. Before they reached there, however, the mob secured the prisoners and took them to the scene of the murders. Four of the negroes confessed to having participated in the crime, and one of them told where he had hidden the money. He was compelled to find it, and in a few minutes, near the scene of the crime, all five were strung up and their bodies riddled with bullets. The militiamen were 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 not known.

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