Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-13
A Double Tragedy Bloody Work by
Negro FiendS.

Negro FiendS.
A few days since briet mention was
made of a terrible tradgedy that had Ia
ken placenear Omega Landing, Louisiana,
about forty miles above Vicksburg. The
particulars of the murder, arrest OF two
Of the murderers, their confession and
The speedy retribution that followed, are
detailed at length in the Vicksburg Times
of the 22d. Deputy Marshal Resor, Of
Vicksburg, was sent for, and readily conn.,
piled with the request to ferret out the
murderers
Taking the first boat, he proceeded to
Omega Landing, within mile or two Of
the Neck, and there obtsined information
which convinced him that the criminals
had crossed over into this State in skiif,
and were making their escape in an east
wardly direction. Accompanied by
General Peck and Capt. Cavalier, Resor
crossed into Mississippi, and, by great
energy and perseverance, succeeded in
coming up with the fugitives on the Sec
ond day. -Four negroes are supposed TO
have been implicated in the matter. Two,
who are yet at liberty, planned the muir
der, ard the two who were burned at the
stake executed the heIlish act. The two
arrested were taken singly; the first one
Acknowledged the guilt at once, and in
formed on his accomplce. From the
confession made by both soon after their
arrest, it would seem that Keenan,, who
sold wood to steamboats,, had been sim
gled out as victim several days before
the plan was PVT into practical operation.
The negroes were waiting until he dis.
posed of and received the money for a
lot of wood he had piled out ON the river
bank ready for sale. On the llth instant
q passing boat landed and took the wood.
Keenan, staid at the landing until the
boat left, and then as he was returning to
his cabin, was shot with an old muskct
in the hands of one of the negroes. Has
tiiy searching him, they discovered that
he had no money, with the exception of
single three cent piece. Concealing
his body with leaves and underbrush, aud
infuriatcd at this disappointment, the de.
mons then proceed to keeman's house,
intent on completing their work of death.
At the door of the house they met kee-
mans wife, and in an nsolcnt and threat
ening manner. demanded some,ing to eat
The woman replied that there was not
much in the house, but that her husband
would return in the course of few min.
utes, and such as it was they could have
portion One of the. negroes then re-
marked that she need not wait for her
husband, that he wouldn't be there, that
they had fixed him" The woman be.
came seriously alarmed ct this stage of
the proceeding; feeling that she WAS in
imminent danger, attempted to seize
pistol lying on the mantle. piece. She
was rudely pushed aside by one Of the
liends, while the other, with blow from
III axe he carried, stretched her bleeding
and halt.dead on the floor at their feet
Attempting to arise another blow almost
severed her head from the trunk Of her
body, and she fell back a second time,
her head in The fire blazing Oh the hearth.
The oldest boy, boy some ten years Of
ago, stepped into the house at this time.
and seeing the position Of his mother,
ran forward tn cX'ricate her from her APP
parently painful situation, when the axe
vas a.an raised and the 10y sank beside
his mother, Killed At single blow The
second child. girl some years younger
than the boy, WAS sleeping in the bed,
and being awakened 10y the noise, besa"
TO cry and cal! for It's mother. To trea,
it as they did The boy would have been
an act Of mercy. They set the bed on
fire. and binding the child on it, burned |
her a!ivc These are the facts of the
murder. They are too revolving to dwell
npon a single lnulnent longer than is ne,
ressary.
The arresting party secured the priso-
ners, and the following day. the Goth, de
ivered them to the proper civil aathori,
les at Omega Landing. Having cola
jeascd their guilt. and waved an cXamina-
ion, Judge Noland committed them FIR
rial aud placed them in tho hands of his
constable to DC conveyed to the parish
seat for imprisonment. The constable
onk them in charge and started ON his
oumcy. when crowd Of negroes over
ook I.;m, demanded, and then took for.
:ihy pnssess;nD nt tie mur4arers. and
building Il huge fire, deliberately burnt
hem at the stake. Both met their fate
without protest or expostulalion, and
we're apparently convinced that they fully
licrited the terrible death which they
nsIy suffered.
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POSITION IN OUR CHA1Rs.-All con.
people, and all afflicted with
pinal deformities, sit habitually crooked.