The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
From the Louisville c Terrible TragedvilI

Jury G,eot Indignation Meet;ng-Pogt" g" ga
 u,e cf he Arsena1, Cannon aud NIsl.,, lo-l
 Mob-The JoH Sto, me{- Cannon pL,,,y!te Surrender ot the Prisoners-Three H,l~
 the Court House Yard-The F6ucb ,..gS
 Throat CM-Ihe Bodies BmneI- Do.a' :"
 the Mob. g
 The trial of the four negro men for tbed,. ful murder of the Joice family on Briar on the confines of Jefferson and Bulltt co,,'I in this State, terminated yesterday. Tba.Dt occupied several days, resulting last ar.. UA about o'clock in verdict of acoutt,l b.+.' jury The court house had bern thronse5 5I' ring the trial by an excited crowd, who reading of the verdict, exhibited the ,rr,, @' indignation. The negro men had been tr into court pending the trial until ycsterI,r ternoou, when one by one they were tase,' of the court room and safely, as 1t was s,,r, ed, quartered in jail.
 Soon after the verdict of acqutta Was K known, an excited multitude gathered abor,s jail and aVowed a determination to take ort. negroes and hang them. Mayor ll.c,a, rangued the crowd and summoned tbe,. and for a brief space the gathering storm | lulled. It had only ceased for d m.ma,, gather head, and soon it WAS evident t,,, well organized and precoucerted movement, t Uu lOOt. A HullOeI Ol ult!! IUsIe | tD lhp ... H engine house on Sixth street, almost a3fe." the ial burst the door and took po,se>.., the brass cannon and the muskets ot ba.. sena.
 The cannon was quickly loaded, and ea,,,., with pieces of iron, and bowllers al Ga..7' in front of the ial door. Here an nIe,- 1 be scene of uproar and confusion eusueI. T. mob were yelling that they would ear l1r no i,1 I,,,IY., f bo .r5.. II them. The Mayor made a futile effort tac.@ them, and ordered the police to arrest o... | the rngleaders. The crowd meuacel ua. N police retired within the enclosure, or ial ys, when bricks, and every kind of missed a., II thrown, Mayor Pitcher being kuoctcI down \ the first one, brick bat striking nm ful \ the face, smashing his nose.
 Several shots were fired in rapid succession from both sides but chiefly by the member, d the police, Spartan band of only ten or tye.,. men to resist a mob of as many tlous4ai- ] The fences, front walls, doors, and windows of the jail were quickly demolished, and the al- tire destruction of the building WAS threatened 1 by the party having charge of the cannon. One of the watchmen, Jack Weathertorl, bal finger shot off; Chef Kirkpatrick wIs reres edly hit with stones aud bricks but tortnHa.-1 escaped without losing life or limo, and olgl two of the crowd were slightly wounded.
 A TaIley was demanded on the part of tie jtilor and his assistants, who by this tune o-. came fully aware of the terrible determ otol of the people. As far as the eye could reach from the jail door the street was crowded by the excited masses, who were determined to execute swift justice upon the murIerers. The authorities succumbed to the demauos of the crowd, and Mr. Thomas, the ja.lor notified them that h. would surrender the victims ! Tine Chief of Police went out in the crowd reached the gun, and succeeded in placing Ls ! hand over the touch-hole
 The inner door ot the idl was thrown open and the four negroes led out between the >mUl body of police that had been stationed lu the jail. Al the iLht of their victims hurrdrsI was sent up from ten thousand hrtzeL 'hroa,s, but before the uturated populace c'ul lay hand, oh him. J Jack d yellow man, the property ot Hiram Samuels, drew razor from uS loca- ct and cut his own throat. The decd was com, mitted with all tho .nerIy of deS aIr, tltctu5 a terrible gash cutting his throat from ear to ear, and nearly seyer.ug the head from the body
 The other three negroes were seized by the mob and quickly taken to the court house yard, where ropes were as quickly furnished, and
 
 the west end aid the other at the east eni of the court house. The first poor wretch strus- sled desperately for his ire, and for at least ten minutes after he was swung off he was heard calling to his God in mortal terror. The kuot in the moose did Tot slip, and in half chokei condition he was suffered to remain uut.. .twls adjusted. He was tn 9n cut down, aud the | thlrI was hung to the same tree and d ed T,,A- out struggle.
 The negto man, who SD summarlv took his own life By cutting his throat, was left weIter- i : iu his gore, d HtclrsS mass on the pavement in front of the iul. The others were hanging in the court house yard up Q a very late hour, and what | Exposition was made of the b0tes we dc not know. A. one time bonfire was NnuIcd, aud it was suggested that they should be burnt, and the torch Was actually applied to two oi the luammate bodies, burning n. $. of tu ircotnes off Tine city authorities appeared to be perfectly paraIyzel in though and acton, and o.ouJ II 0 clock lts- night, d terrlbi. laior oyerspreai tne city, and apparent ori.r and quiet seemed to a~> tune sway, and the pOpuNce retired to their home, apparently satisfied with tue rctrtuuti,c justice so summarlly dealt tO the nurderer,.
 About midnight a posse of the iaht watch satled forth to the scere of the dreadful tra-a- | 5N, winch Was then deserted and Gr'ar, l ] proceeded to cut down the bolies They were still hanging iu the court house yard, two on one tree at the east end, and the third at the west end. The clothing had been entirely burnt from their bodies, which were swinging Z to aud fro, stark and stiff, presenting most horrible appearance, ghasty si lht that we . hope never to look upon again. The ropes were left daugHng to the trees as mpmcuto, of the moh while scattered around were shrods ot the clothing of their victims.
 he dead bodies of the four negroes. Ncui- ing Jack who cut his throat, vere deposited n the steam engine house oh Sixth street, where an inquest was held this, Friday, morning. The verdict, of course, was in accordance with the facts already detailed, but what ac,juu if any, will be taken in the premises. we kuow not. The locality of the dreadful deed, the jail yard, the court house yard was continually thronsed by hundreds of persons, all eager to hear and see what was going on. The trcnt of the jail bore visible marks of the violence of the mob, mob that nothing but the lie blood of the guilty wretches could appease.
 The trial in the circuit court developed no new facts in the case, beyond the testimony of Bill, the slave of Pendleton, who turned states evidence. The murder of the Joyce family was committed on the 18th of December