The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-03-16

Our community was startled on Monday
night, 0he 2Sth ult., by hearing that Thonl-
as M. Bingham, who resided about three
and a half miles east of town, was missing
and had not been seen since sunset the pre-
vious evening Aparty of ten or fifteen cit.
izens supposing that he had been thrown
from his horse aud either killed or disabled
repaired, as soon as the news was made
known, to his farm and searched the woods
for considerable distance around, but with.
out making any discoveries tending in the
least to solve the mystery Of his absence.
The search was renewed on Tuesday morn
ing, and continued throughout the day with
DO better success As no race of him could
be found, aud the fact of his having left the
residence Of Samuel H. Garner, (Which in
less thana mile distant from his own,) about
sunset the previous evening, being known,
suspicion fastened upon the slaves on his
own farm, as the agents of his death
The slaves were accordingly taken up,
and various methods of Obtaining confes.
sion from them resorted to. Some of them
proved to the last that they were innocent.
One was finally induced to disclose the
whole affair, and conducted the party having
them in charge to the place where the body
was concealed. The others then corrobo.
ted his statement as to all the material facts
1t appears from this confession, that con.
spiracy to murder the deceased had been en-.
tered into by all the slaves, (three of his
own and one hired slave,) several weeks
prior to the commission of the act:
but was not exec"ted for the want of what
they deemed fit opportunity. On last
Sunday night, however, they accomplished
their design as MIR. b, WINS enteriug his
smoke-house after supper for the purpose
of giving them their rations. AS he was
unlocking the door, one of the negro men
struck him stunning blow on the back of
the head with club, the other immediate.
y jumped upon him and grasped his hands,
and the negro woman secured his feet, while
the first caught him by the throat and made
the fourth, young negro, bring a rope,
which was fastened around his neck. By
this means he was strangled until life was
extinct. After the deed was done, The BODY
was placed before one of them upon Mr. BE
own saddle horse, and brought some three
or four miles down the .Abituporbogue
creek, and their tied up IN sacks, with sioues
brought upon horses by the others. and
thrown into the creek. They then ilitcbed
the saddle horse Of the deceased on the pub-
lie road leading out east rom town, and re.
turned to the house, where they spent the
remainder of the night in singing and
dancing. tii}'<-4t3 A1.Ati
After the jury of inquest had discharged
their duty, che negroes were taken into Gus
tody by the sheriff and brought to town,
and placedi In blacksmith shop to be ironed.
The two men were placed in irons by dark
OH "Wednesday evening, and sent by the
sheriff to an upper room of ihe building ad
joining the Republican office, and guard
Stationed over them While the sheriff was
attending to the securing with irons OF the
woman and boy, mob entered the room
where the Two men were confined, rescued
them from the guard in attendance, carried
them 10 the bluff above what is known as
the lower Ferry. and hung them until they
were dead. The sheriff started off in pur-
suit OF the mob, as soon as he was apprised
OF their rescue, and cut the ropes by which
the bodies were suspended, immediaeI
upon his arrival. but was soolate to save the
negroes fromtheir fate. The coroner i'm
pannelled a jury of inquest on Thursday,
whose verdict as we learn, WAS "illat the
negroes were hung by mob consisting Of
persons 70 the jury Unknown The other
two murderers were taken to CoaeevilIe on
Yesterday and placed in the county Jail to /
await The due course Of law. f8 "a
70 The Cost OF single track on tie
Pennsylvania Railroad, from Philadelphia
10 Pittsburgh. is estimated at $4,000, 900.