Everything of Interest That Happens in Alabama
- Title
- Everything of Interest That Happens in Alabama
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Publisher
- The Union Springs Herald
- Publication Place
- Union Springs, AL
- Publication Date
- 04/10/1895
- Transcript
- From Montgomery Advertiser of 4th: Six whitecappers with the blood of an innocent negro resting upon them are now lying in the jail in this city for safe keeping awaiting justice to be meted out to them when the Elmore Circuit Court meets. They were arrested by a posse at their homes near Central Institute twelve miles from Wetumpka in Elmore County, Wednesday afternoon and brought to the county prison that night. They were brought down here last night, Last Saturday night a week ago a band of white cappers went to Rufus Swindler's house near Central Institute, and dragged him out of bed into his yard, and, when he attempted to escape, one of the men shot him dead. They then assaulted the victim's wife with a billet and threatened her to keep silence. The brutal murder by the band of midnight marauders created intense excitement in the community. A mass meeting of the law abiding citizens was held and it was decided to hunt down the murderers at any cost and bring them to justice. Sheriff Sedberry of Elmore county, on hearing of the murder set about, with every assistance, to locate and arrest the murderers. No clue was found on which to start, until Wednesday when one of the band made a clean breast of the crime. This led to the arrest of Josephus and Will Jowers, John Edwards, Jr., Luther Ingram and Will Jowers made a full confession in jail of the crime and those involved.