, 1865-12-19
LYNCH LiW IN LOUISIANA.
Two Hastrop Merchants Killed and
Hobbed-ErfchtFul Condition OF A.
fairs on the Arkansas Border.

TWO HaHtr0p Merchants Killed and
I7obbed-Frfchtful Condition OF A.
fairs on the Arkansas border.
/ lcorze-poudeuca Of tho New Orleans Tines.]
MoNRoE, L., Dec. 3.
1t Is my painful duty to inform you OF a
dreadful murder and highway robbery, which
has lust been committed near tho state line,
on two estlmable citizens OF AosehoUse par
ish.
Messrs. Wolf stIbernagc1 and 3. D: Levy,
mercbnnts Of Bastrop, Lett New Orleans about
ten days ago for their homo. They 1anded at
Grand Lake, and were proceeding home,
when they were waylaId, Killed and robbed
The particulars, as near as have been able
to learn the same, are % follows:
The night, from the 18th to the 2oth inst,
named Simpson, stopped at the hou=e Of Mr..
Sammern, On the rosd from Grand Lake to
Bastrop, about torty.fiye miles from the latter
place. Simpson had also returned from New
Orleans, md all three we're known to have
large sums Of money with them. Later In
house, and Simpson expressed his tears to
Si1bennGgcl that they were either alter him-
self or Eilbernagel, md declared he would
not leave without guard On the morning
Of the 20th, Simpson. With another man and .
negro, nll armed with shot guns, started utT
ward followed BY Silbernayel and Levy
ip . buggy, who took the Basttop road
Shcrtly inter the latter had left three shots
were heard, aud on Mr. Summers going out TO
sec what was the matter, he found. about q
mile md a half from his house, efg1,s Of blood
woods he found the horse tied to 4 tree, and
Atr. stlbe1nasel dead tn the buggy, with q
shot through his heart md one through hi5
right arm, and Levy with his money belt
around h1s neck tiad to the rear OF bis body.
Iesy had slot In the top Of BIZ bead, ttac-:
turing the skull and kad evidently been drag
ged behind the buggy trpm the road to the
place where they we're afterwards found.
Levy aud Silberuagel were both robbed or
their money, estimated ut twenty thousand
dollars. The presumption Is, that the two
men who stopped with Silbernagel and Levy,
ut The house OF Mr. Sammern, were the rob
bers, as they both left before either Afr. sitnp-
posed to have followed Mr. Simpson, after
killing Mr. Snberuagcl and Levy, but, finding
him prepared to give them warm reception,
Mcssrs. sIlbernagel and Levy were both
held II high esteem by all the citizens Of
aorehouse and surrounding parishes, the for
Mr.. 8. was the leading merchant Of Bassrop,
and his death, IN this shocking manner, has
nrnused tremendous indignation in the entire
nesghborhood. a reward Of s. GOO has been
offered for the capture Of the cowardly. VII
1a1ns, and 1t Is hoped TINT they will not be
able to give Justice the slip.
Mr.. S1lbernagc1 was native Of Germany.
about forty years Of age, and stood very nish
In the Masonic ftnternity- Mr. LeEy was
native Of Frnnee, and Of about the same age
a. 1Ir. s.
II you reeol1ect, about si1 weeks ago You
publIshed IN account. taken from the Iatels-
gencer Of this place, regarding IN outrage
whicl, was committed By negro man named
Kit, on two children Of Mr.. Hudgins, near
Eldorado, Ark. Shortly after the outrage
By raward Of 81 900, started after KIT, and
found him working on farm about flfrY mlles
from EIdorado. He admitted to them that