The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-24
THE KILLING IN CARRoLLrON.
SWIFT AND SUMMARY, VENGEANCE.


Our readers havs none of them forgotten the
terrible and namelsss outrage committed near
little girl, Antoine Cerdenas, BY q regro named
Sam Milton, who, after the satisfaction Of his he'll
ish lusts strangled his Victim tied ber body up in
sack and threw IL into the river. Il will not be
forgotten either, that at the trial although circum
stantial evidence was strong against the accused,
his guilt was not welY Established NATL, at
the suggestion Of the district attorney Mr.. z
Mckay, the house Of the negro was searched, and
therein were found his blood stained garments,
the handkerchief of the mlrdcred girl. The tin
pail which she had taken with her when she went
into the field where the terrible deed was done,
and in bis vest pocket the earrings of his victim.
All these things were identified BY the mother of
the girl; and then. his guilt established beyond q
persdventure, Milton was remtted 20 jail to await
final action of the courts. This wos on Thursday.
There was also confined in ths Carroton jail
in which Milton was incaIcerated, D negro named
Denis. WHO. abo1t two years ago, outraged wo-
man near Camp Psrapet. he was tz.ed duly con-
victed and sentenced, when he was reprieved by
Gen. sSheyIdaD, then commanding the fifth mill
tsry district. who ordered Q new trial. Denis was
2 eeeond time convicted, when, this time. Gen.
sbaT lkr s&4A anoaseifu0 aAReIss,
penalty OF his heinous crime. To the several re-
prieves and the conviction that the "la VS. delay"
would be even more indefinitely postp ened, may
be traced Deniss share IN the scene we are about
TO narrate.
On Thursday night, or rather Friday morning
about two o'clock. the jaior. Mr.. Jake Gerber.
was awakened by knocking at the barr, and
voice cried out, 81 have prisoner" Supposng
the person wanting entrance to be the deputy
sheriff, Gardner, who has frequently brought
prisoners to the jail at that hour Of the
night he opened the door, when be was at once
seized and pinioned by two men. while about
dozen more, who had been concealed about the
door, sprang forward and rushed into the jah.
oil IN W a
woman one of the witnesses, called false
facesp with whiskers on them. They passed inso
the iailor's room, took his keys. went rapidly and
almost noselessly up stairs, opening each door
as they passed with the jailors keys, and at last
entered the cells where Milton and Denis were
confined. Five shots we're fired. when, as rapidly
as they had come. the party came down stairs
warned the jailor on peril OF his life not to give
the alarm and then disappeared IS quickly and
as mysteriously as they had come.
About O'Clock yesterday morning the jailor
went I'D stairs, and thsre found Denis shot through
the breast the brain and the liver, and quite dead
and Milton shot through the head, but still alive.
Milton was at once taken care of and the coroner
summoned TO hold an inquest over the CORPSE OF
the other The following is the evidence in full as
taken at the inquest:
Jacob Gerber, swoy7s-About O'Clock last
night two men knocked at the bars and said 81
have prisoner" and thought it was Mr.. Gard
ner. | Old not recognize any one. did not re-
ceive any instructions from the sheriff or anybody
else, not to let anybody in to see the prisoners.
Some Of the parties that entered the jail had
mixed whiskers, some white and black whskers.
They had lamps to light themselves up stairs, and
they took candle out of the Office which found
ND stairs this morning. ! did not know that Denis
was killed until this morning.
Mrs. Rachel Gibbs SlcOT7s-Eesides IN the jail AZ
Cs1ollton. did not know when the parties came
in / did not see Mr. Jake Gerber 1.-THE iailor) 10
up stass but / saw him standing in the alley way
with the key of the middle door in his hand.
did not hear any scufiling or lighting or anything
else. They had false faces and whiskers on their
faces. Ii any scufle was there l would hear
it. There were three shots fred up stairs.
Cross eIdqained-When the jailor saw me he
cry. and ssd tho 70
to The middle door in his hand The last man
who went out was low, stout man, dressed 10
black. He said II you halloo / will shoot
you" l do not think there were more than ten OF
Twelve.
Fanny Homes sao01n-Is prisoner in the jail
heard The parties call Mr.. Jake, and in very
short time heard men running up stairs. did
not hear any dispute between the parties after
they came in the jail. The person who was in
front had blanket wrapt around him and had a
candle In his hand. He was the first that went II
the door up stairs. and had the keys; and as he
unlocked the door, he said "Come on" He was
a white man. rsaw his hand. l did not hear any
scuffie down stairs. l thought 1t was Mr.. Jake
| (the jailor) bringing in prisoner.
ATldrelc Camp, s,corrl-ls prisoner in the jail
! / heard the men when they came to the door and
| said, cit is Gardner. / have q prisoner" Mr.
| Jake opened the door, / did not hear any scuffie
| after the parties came in. They all came in the
ofce and got the keys and went straight up stairs
| / did not hear any more until / heard the CUR
| shots. ] heard Ave shots up stairs and then
| heard the men come down stairs. The jsilor die
| not lock up four OF us for two nights. Last eve
| ming lie said he had orders to lock rs up.
This testimony is corroborated by William Jack
| son, Alex. Walton, and othe1prisoners.
| And this lie all that is known about the affair
| That the perpetra ors of the deed viii ever b,
discovered, is, we think, improbable. They lef
| no trace behind them, but came and went like thu
| Angel of Death that smote the camp OF the As
| syrisns.
| OF course there was considerable excitement Il
| Carrollton as soon the affair became known
| But it did not last long. The whole transaction
had about it no political aspect whatever, bu
whites and blacks, Democrats and Republicans
all Joined in hearty execraton Of the terrible
crimes which had brought upon the two men sucl
| terrible retribution. We we're told that on Thurs
day, the day Of the trial, when the damning evi
dence of the guilt of Milton was produced II
court, the feeling against him amongst his owl
race was so strong that the colored men presen
could with difficulty be restrained from at one
taking bin out and hanging him.
Every thing is now perfectly quiet at Carrolltol
Denis was buried yesterday afternoon. Milton
the wounded one it is thought, will not live long
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