The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-08-11
A oIAsqucAl OUTRAGE.
Negroes Outrage a White Woman and
Attempt to Murder Her.-.The VII.
la1nS In Jatl...AfterWardS Hung.

Attempt 20 Murder Her...The VII.
lains In Jail-..AfserWaras Hung.
From the Evansville lind, Journal, July 81.
Much excitement was produced in this
city early yesterday morning, by reports
that crime, heretofore, we believe, IN
heard of in this vicinity, had been perpe-
trated near this city.
The facts as we ascertained them are
about as follows:
About six O'Clock yesterday morning q
Mrs: Dullinger, who lives some distance
~ ~ me country, was on her way to the city
" Sd astend church, and when near the resi-
teIce OF Mr.. E. ]. Dobell, she was at
'acAeo Ss Dy two negroes.
guy ceing stout woman, about forty
nseol noy MSy years Of age, made for time
su0oeoSl9i s resistance, whon one of the
pluoes u.ew pocket knife and cut her
sevef% Iimes severely in the tace, neck
and shoulders. Growine faint from loss of
blood, she was overpowered bv the brutes
and dragged across a fence into a corn
field, where her person was violated nv
both, who then made deliberate attemnt
to kill her, but were frightened awav bv
hearing persons approaching.
The WHOLE neighborhood was ouicklv
! aroused and turned out in search Of the
| fiends. In the meantime, the half mur.
dered woman was conveyed home and
physicians called to her assistance, who
reported her in very critical condition.
Diligent search was made for the per-
| petrators of the horrid crime, and q young
I negro named Joe Coins was arrested by
officers Jewett and Long, and brought to
town and lodged in jail, but it was not
! then known that he was participator in
| the crime. Late in the afternoon the other
brute was pointed out to Joe Wesboro and
his brother, by negro boy, and was by
| them arrested and brought to town and
| lodged in Jail. We were unable to learn
his name. He lived near Westboro;, be-
yond Pigeon Greek, near the railroad.
We are informed that he made con-
fession of the diabolical crime, duplicating
the boy Joe. Upon searching him, the
knife was found bloody, and his clothes
were bloody, though he had made an
effort to wash the blood from his shirt.
There were also found on his person ra-
zor, the earrings of their victim, which
had been literally torn from Her ears, and
over 81 in money. The boy Joe, we un-
derstand, acknowledged getting 81 from
| the other negro. The amount Of money
taken from the woman was about SIS.
This revolving outrage has created much
feeling in the city, and the infamous and
british wretches will, no doubt, receive,
as they deserve, the severest punishment
| of the law.
From the same, August l..
HORRIBLE CRIME TERRIBLY RXPIATKD.
The two negro brutes, who 80 fiendishly
| malteated q white woman on Sunday,
fearfully expiated their crime yesterday
afternoon.
Early yesterday morning q crowd Of
excited people commenced collecting
around the court house and jail, demand
ing that the prisoners be delivered up to
them. The demand was refused, of
course, and at noon the crowd dispersed,
and it was hoped that better counsels
would prevail, and that the guilty wretch
es would be left to the regular course of
the law.
But after noon the crowd assembled
again, and the excitement had evidently
! increased, and continued to increase until
about half past three O'Clock, when the
front door of the Jail building was broken
open with q sledge hammer, and the
crowd rushed into the yard. How they
reached the prisoners we did not learn,
but they were soon dragged forth into
the street, beaten down with clubs and
shot.
After they were dead they were taken
up and hanged to lamp post on the cor
ner of the street, where they weIO hang
ing at late hour in the evening. They
were ultimately, we learn, taken down
and buried.
It was the first scene of the kind ever
enacted in Evansville, and for the fair
fame Of the city we hope it will be the
last.
Every one execrates the ab0minable and
brutal crime committed by the negroes,
but mob law is dangerous remedy tor the
evils of this or any kind, and all good cit
liens deplore q resort to it; and we hope
this fearful and summary punishment win
prove such warning as that we shall
never again hear of such crime in our
midst.