Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-15
IFrrrI I.l- II l,tpu T t.r,.h
ERIME IN Us WORST ASpECT

%.ll!iC l.N y W otSSl ~ - lC,
Ws learn irJ!nA source Of unqueslpnable
reliability that ono Of the most atr cious cases
q murjG:, followed sy swift justice, hai c.
CURED ~ the county nf Moaigouic y. Of
wb'cn tic annals Of crime pce.snt no "2!a
rle. Tbs persons murdered were q Mr..
Boon If Alto. Cucrpico ,,anty, nal : loi.
lIart Of ,'sb4pt. fh. w.a;cE WI msit,.
ted anj Iact"d lhc t,rr,ii2 a.ct va, gre {,
G. Hall, % Mnnts"m rycognty, - YJual 'nai
Of % years Of age, and .ijng !e-id u; Of the
county. As Justice has been me Upon thc
culr:lt, there can be no rea'9u frc,risnnv!a
thres weeks ag,, s).l tJ Hail o aeGr', up',r
Which balance remained unpaid. :sad vn.c!,
II III was to ray at sGb>eqY"nt :inr to
Bo,n, in Huntsv;iil.. B,,n lrriae- had .ols
nt Hal,'s me- eight or mora rogr es y ,icii
he mad for sale In the interval Boon was
taken sick. und for week detained ii. II ln:'-
vile.
During this time it was, Doubtless ,bat Hall
des;: cd und arranged his plans to acqn /: tha
negroes left in his care, and, rs neJ .,-arI tc
it, the murder of Bon. Coder ths p,c;ryr
:bat valuable negro bow Qi B ,I's s. a5 very
IL ut lis (Hslrs) house, fact afterwards a7-
1er.aiued 10 be false. Hall i;.i cci Boon 20
vile, ia the direction OF Mcu;g >.n"ry. al
thous', still qni,c unwclI, Boon st;lrtci accom-
panied by Cvl. Hart, iu his (B'-, Drgyy Or
instcnty killing him. and afterwards. at twu
sbots, killing COL Hart. He then removed
the bodies for snme distance, 10 = rayiue, where
he buried them next day. both in one grave,
where they were found and Identified The
cf ~ nd III - Fncr,baa nj
their apparent sllerce, first attracted attention
among their friends, several of"whom csmo
down TO see about them.
Fr1m wha: they heard they at onca sus-
pec,ed their fate. and Hall haY;ng shown
forged bills Of sale to the negroes left with
him by Boon, 5heg caused his arrc-t. and u:
ONO ses abors an investigation - get Z, tbs
truth. Hall, in tho meantime, beng confined
in tho Huntsville jail. A general inteEcst
having been excited, the whole c6untry in the
vieaity Of the place where the murder wah
done, turned out on the search, and :t was not
long bcfore the Craze was fau1!d, tho bod OF
disintcrred Gnd identified. The miserable
outlaw seemed utterly destitute Of anything
resembling Caution He il known 10 have
brou, IN: his gun part OF tho way. leaving i-
on the road, and to have discharged his co.
NDiftE "ucu AZ lkuIltsSils d'Fl EriJdIc'& ~
before leaving, to have taken Mr. Bcon's bug
gy to Montgomery, 70 have il repaired and
to have borrowed q spade in tie neighbor.
hood with which to inter the bodies. In
short, there WAS not the (aintest shallow ii :.
doabt OF the guilt Of the hardened wr-tsh.--'
Hall, day before yesterday, was arraigasi bs.
fore Esquires Rogera and R'binslu, Of Walker
cpuaty; brr the TACT appearing that ths cTlma
Was tono in Montgomery 'uptg, the jastcra
ordered him thitner in charge of a struni,
gu .rd. Yesterday 30 started in charge ii
SaeriF Msrsciior ard sOnn twenty pcr53"E
IS his posse. This morning We learn that "a.
The sheriff was "n his way down, ho Gas way-
laid near tho scene of the dresd ul tragedy
ard f,rcby deprived of his prisoner, by from
one hundred to two hrp3red armed and do
tarmjned men, who executed the wretch on
the Spot where hisIsictims lay.
Hall made full coufsssion; said how BIZ
had taken their lives, what he had taken from
thsn, pnd the disposition made Of it. He
recorders to have the negroes and lncoey 10
:t'e given up TO Boon's family. c,l. HArtwes
simply friend of Mr.. B., travelling with Il u.
a venerable and es:imable gentleman. hnt siie
father Of ave soma now doing battle II cur
cause.
.H1R law, you Will eSy, u 20 Ie deprecated
at all tines but are there not circumstances
that at least excuse it? Is there in the hIstc
~ Of crime one more diaboical than the 0~e
detailed Springing from motives incen-
diary in the extreme, it was characterized by
the coolest and most deliberate prenedi,stou.
On the gallows the ulIrit himself tS!d HID
| lived, Rhould have become one Of til.
worst men living" The whole community
ASSURE you, breathe tue mora freely in know
ing that such man ia no longer in or
midst.
The name "Hart" should be Colonel "Wait
g. IIoyt," formerly Of Mobile, and we'll known
throughout the State of Alabama