Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-08-21
I.yscH,Se IN NEvARRo couSfv Texas.

! LyNCHiNG IN NEVARko Coo''i' ''
The Dallas Crexss) Herald says We
learn The following facts from Two or 'l,tee
different sources, and have no doubt they
IRE substantially true:
SINE time las, week, or week before.
Marty oC three men went 10 the house OF
Mr Graves living on Pin Oak, in Nevatro
cnnntv near the Limestone line. Mr..
Graves and wife were absent, the children
fthe Oldest girl of twelve years OF age)
S,eipo =, home. They demanded OF the
GIRL her fathers money, oil which ne was
s,pooseJ Ia have received considerable
.rm from The sale Of loI OF cattle. She
rold Them If her father had any money she
did not know where IN was lhey
.c,rched The house thoroughly, but iaied
~ find any. The Iitle girl threatened TO
tell her faIher when he returned. They
,hen bea, and abused her and presented II
nis,ol and threatened TO kill her IT she ev-
er told anything that had occurred and
left. In about two hours Mr.. Graves re-
turned, when tie child related the whole
affair. From her description OF the men.
he was satisfied they were three men OF
suspicious character living not lar oil.
Raising company OF men they proceed.
ed 10 the house OF one of the parties anu
found two Of The men. TLey arrested
them, and taking them separately and
srart, administered Judge Lynrh's code.
Under the lash they confessed 10 The at
tempted robbery, and revealed The TACT
that there was secret and organized clan
of thieves, robbers, &c, extending from
San Antonio to Red River. That this
elan had their regular passwords, signs.
&C., so that they could at any time recog-
nize each other that they were so dress
ed as TO be known 10 each other, and that
thew were 10 hold secret convention in
Limestone county. about the last of this
month or the first Of next, Tor the purpose
of effecling more perfect organization.
They gave the names Of 43 Of The clan.
These revelations were made under n
promise that they would not be hung, and
though neither knew what the other had
confessed, their statements correspondent
in every particular. They also informed
the company that the third man engaged
in the attempted robbery was a. the
house OF one of the band some distance
off.
They were released, according 10
promise, having received five hundred
lashes each, and the party went in pur-
suit Of the ,hird man. On approaching
the house they were discovered. md the
man mounted his horse and fled. He
was finally overtaken after a hot pursuit
of ID or 20 miles, and under the lash con-
frmed The statements OF his coniederaies
in every particular, giving, in ADDITION 10
lie names furnished by tnem, thirteen
Others, making in all Sc. Ii is rumored
that he was hung, bu, of this ihere appears
10 be no certainly. Ii is also rumored
that among The names given are two. or
three escaped Jail birds from this county.
The party have lisl of all the names
these men could give, and they vii! doubt
less be published in due time. They are
also in possession Of The secret passwords,
signs, &c, and mystic dress Of the clan.
From the information we have received.
we have no doubt that the above facts ara
true in every material particular.