Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-03-22
Southern Customs--wholesaI Killing III
Florida


Florida
The following IS an account Of the trag-
edy which occurred in Sumter county,
Florida, on the / 3 ult.:
The Rev Geo, Anlrevs of the
Methodist Episcopal Church killed two men
and wounded two others He vas accused
Of seducing young girl Il or ) years Of
age, a relative living at his house at the
time, lie was further accused of severely
whipping the young girl, and acknowledged
as much TO the citizens. For these mis-
deeds summons waa issued for him to
appear at the Court House at Sumter
VILE before the people, on Saturday, the
10th instant. Having heard of this, and
Of the parties who were to serve the sum-
mons, Messrs McLendon and Lang, he
proceeded to the house of the former and
took dinner with the family After dinner
they went to the workshop Andrews
asked McLendon for the loan Of bis horse,
to go to Adamsville, which was granted.
He hadin his possession one double -barreled
gun, one yager rife, two repeaters, and two
bowie-kniTes. While the horse was being
caught,a conversation arose about him An
drews) being summoned before the Regu-
latoas Whereu2on II. Lang said, " Yes,
Sir; and here is the summons for you"
During this conversation McLendon was
mondng a pair Of shoes Immediately
after Lang's answer, Andrews leFeled his
gun at NcLendon, shot him in the side,
and killed him instantly. Tuning round
quickly, he leveled his gun to shoot Lang
with the other barrel. Lang knocked up
the gun, and received the whole load in the
palm Of his right hand Lang then picked
up Andrews wager to shoot him( Audrews),
but could not cock it on account of his
shattered hand He threw down the gun,
and ran. As he ran, Andrews shot him
through the left wrist with a repeater
A Mr. Hyatt, in the shop at the time,
picked up the wager. ran off about thirty
yards and leveled it at Andrews, but the
latter was too quick, and shot Hyatt with
his repeater, grazing him on the shoulder.
Hyatt shot, but missed. Hereupon, An
drews took after Lang, and pursued him
200 yards Not being able to overtake
him, he returned to the Shon, reloaded his
guns, and proceeeed to }Ir. Condray's,
about one mile distant. At Condray's gate,
Andrews met DIR. McHenry. whom he told
be was tired and very thirsty, and wanted
a drink Of water Stepping inside the yard
and seeing Mr. Condray talking to a negro
boy, he Observed | have commenced my
work, and right here I intend to finish it. -
Whereupon he leyeled his gun and shot
Condray through the BOWELS, who only
lived about four hours. The Rev. Mr..
Parker being present, seized the wretch
from behind, and held him fast until relief
came to his assistance. As the Dr. caught
hold Of Andrews, the latter presented his
gun to the Doctors breast, who varded it
off, and the load went into the ground =
He was then tied and confined until next
morning under strict guard. The news
having been circulated in the noighborhood.
a large number Of citizens assembled at
Condray's house. After due deliberations,
he was adjudged to be worthy Of being
hanged, and about Z o'clock, he was
hanged accordingly, sixty or seventy citi-
zens Of the country signing his death war
rant. There vas not dissenting voice on
the ground. The last words Of this hard
ened wretch we're, | an only sorry that |
did not Kill three or four more.