New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-04
THE TRIBUNE.
Murder and Lynching.

SoT1
:, ,,,,.Ser and iynchipg which occurred on Sui.
ohu- Fork. Texas. the story wasthen confused
KIT we have it now in all its enormlty, as com.
-nun;ca.ed to the editor Of the Arkansas lntelll-
r.ncer hy Col W. S. Reeves, a respectable ci'i-
en of Van Burcn county in that State Col
Reeves has lust returned from trip to !exas,
,ybere he was present at the trial &C. IN tanniD
cnrntv. The reader will obtain the readlest IN
sight into the story by reading the confession OF
IT, Raw. Tor Wray,) one of the men engaged in
the first murders: ,,,,
NV house and proposed TO go and Kill party OF
Jnd;ans who were encamped ahouf two miles and
half above my house south Sulphur. At first
objected, but lhey insisted We wenI, and pre-
vailed on them TO return. Upon our return we
heard Of MITCHELL and Jones observed thar if il was
the same Mitchell that he kne", he ~es OF ihe
"right Sort Jones went to Mr. Mea'ch's 20 gel
come corn on hIs route back he met VITA ;hicheli
and they came 10 my house auI commenced talkine
shont Killing the Indians. Again cndraYcred 10
nersuade them nat to Kill them. buI 20 no effect
they started and went with them. When we
rived at the camp which consisted Of three men and
two boys of the Delaware tribe, Jones shot one OF
the men, Read shot another; both killed in
stantv; Mitchell snapped at one and hen, his gun
bv blow upon the indians head who ran off,
They told me TO pursue him. which did, and raU
about eighty yards, and shen shoi AT him. When
Mitchell came up he asked me which way he went
told him TO wait until had loaded my gun and
would show him; pursued him some distance
On our return beck We cnme by where iirt!e In
dian bov lay dead. | asked Mitchell who killed
him. He said ha cGugb, him, and Read stabbed
him with his knife. One Indian man, wounded,
made his escape-also bly, uninJured The pro-
perty taken from the Indians was twelve horses
four guns, three brass kettles, some saddles, and
about forty deer skins, all OF which was equal,
divided between us-.ivc ia number.
So far as we can understand the mater, all
these wretches save Read, who made his escape.
were arrested by the inhabitants of the county
and brought to summary trial Col Reeves
thus describes the manner IN which it was con.
Quoted:
The company the ground-nbout $50 persons
selected four Of the oldest settlers in the county
10 choose jury OF twelve, which was selected
ftom different parts, andof the most respectable men
in the county. The prisoners were asked ifthey had
nny objections TO be tried before this tribunal, 10
which they answered that they had not. The iur,
were absent short time and returned verdict
against Jones' White and Mitchell, and sentenced
them TO be hung, but were divided in opinion re-
specting Ray, who made the conf ssion. The ver-
dict was submitted to the company, who formed
themselves into hollow square, when vote was
taken. The vote was unanimous 10 hang Jones,
White and Mitchell In the case of Ray few
were ior sparing him because he confessed, but Il
large majority voted TO hang him, and the next day
they were all executed.
II is to be presumed that in remote and
thnly scattered settlement, ike that which was
the scene of this tragedy, It would be impossible
TO bring offenders Of this description to justice
in the usual forms of law followed in organized
society," 1t is abundantly manifest that the mur-
derers of the Indians deserved the fate they re.
ceived but that there might be no question OH
this point, Ray made the following additional dis.
plicat pf tl,o Inv
crimes committed in the United States. We
copy this part oi the confession:
At this time JONES' White, Read and Mitchell
have in their possession negro, whom they say
they took up in the praires. The last converse
ton heard them have, they were talking of run
ming this negro and selling him. Jones and White
had condiiionay sold their part to Mitchell and
Read. Read observed that he had done almost
every thing that man could do, but nj running ne
groes he said he did not know whether he was a
secure hand or not. Mitchell observed that he had
"dealt 10 the article" some, and that the only WAY
was to sell htn and ask hun 10 meet YOU III soMe
remote place, and make clean work Of hin-mean-
ing 20 Kill him Rend told me that Jones and
White Ind killed man IN the State Of Arkansas
by the lame of Moss. lie SAID that men by
the nanl- Of Piercy hired them 10 kill him they
gave them mare, rifle gun, and promised
some money. White and Jones waylad lhe
field until Moss came 10 work: Jones fired first,
according TO agreement, and killed hIm. They got
the race mare and carried her To Missouri, and
placed her in the hands of John Whitesides, who,
with Elias Rice, ran her OH.
We have since seen another account Of this
business in a Clarksville (rexas) paper. 1t dif-
fers from the above in some tnhing details, and
impresses you yet more strongly with the gull
and infamy of those who were executed.
THE ONEIDA MErHop,sr CoSFrREscE, now il.
session in this place, ure, we believe, making
gradual progress in their business On Sunday last.
We listened TO powerful discourse by Bishop
Hamline. The Church was crowded 10 the utmost
with anxious hearers, who Ior und half heurs
were held in ecstasy by his appeals Twenty five.
came forward when he closed, and were ordained
Deacons. The Ceremony was very impressive
In the afternoon, the Rev. DR.. Olin, Presiden, o
nliddletown University, CT. preached sermon,
which was unusally admired, by those present.
Ithaca Democrat.
u. s. CONVENTION OF USIvERs.LIsTs.-rhe
annual convention Of this denomination tsiI meet III
Baltimore, on the 18th September, and continue in
session two days. Rev. John Boyden, Of Rhode
Island has been selected TO preach the annual dis
course before the Convention.