The New York herald., 1870-02-04
LYNCH LAW IN TENNESSEE.
shootins of Five Negroes.

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Shooting of Five Negroes.
The telegraph furnished an account some days ago
OF the murder OF Colonel Coleman an Old and estl-
mabIe citizen Of Carroll county, Tenn, and the
subsequent capture and lynching OF i've negroes for
the offence The following account Of the affair Is
from the Nashville U,sion ana american, Janu-
AIRY 2s:-
We have several accounts and quite full particu-
lars OF the taking out OF JAIL and killing OF the hve
negroes IN huntingdon Carroll county, on last Tues.
day night. The immediate cause OF The drama Of
blood was the killing OF Coleman on the Saturday
night previous. From the information received we
give the following, winch Is, no doubt substantially
Correct:-
Alter killing Coleman the negroes went to q neigh.
Dor and burned his fodder stacks and attempted TO
burn his house. young man fired into them and
run ,hern OF and got their horses The horses were
taken to huntington. TINS alarmed the murderers:
and negro named Mat Brown went TO another OLD
negro aud told him II the inquiry was made he ian
Old Fayette negro) must swear tnat Mat stayed with
him on the night Of the killing oil Coleman The OLD
negro told thus to the authorities, wnereupon Mat
was arrested Alter his arrest and being told what
coala be proved on h,m by Fayette, ne confessed
shat he there and told the names of the Others
present, one OF whom was named Allen Robinson.
They were tnen arresred-five IN ALL They confessed
TO the killing OF Coleman. and also confessed going
some tune ago TO old man Bryanps and whipping
him SO severely that he died. They also went to u
Mr.. Mclanis pulled nis daughter out OF bed and
treated her cruelty, attempting TO outrage her
always In disguise
They were put in prison, after an examination be-
fore magistrate, and guards were paced around
the jail. About half-past nine O'Clock the firing
began-supposed 10 be by the guards on persons adj
vancing. twelve or il.een shots were fired In rapid
succession. Then vclley OF ffty guns. and then
order to charge Then there was silence for half an
hour. The next heard was, "lnto line ~ the voices
beng those OF young men. From nfty TO seventy
five shos were then heard all at once, at the word
OF command. Fifteen or twenty more shots were
then fired at irregular intervals, and then the party
was off, IL was ascertained that one OF the negroes
was missing, who about twelve O'Clock returned,
and beng discovered was shot ana Killed. The
RpntV yV
had his ankle broken IN the first shooting was also
finally killed. The party Of men, unknown but un-
disguised went 10 the jail i'll the quiet hours or the
night and overcame the guards aud forced the jail.
They then took the negroes. ve in NUMBER from the
custody OF the jaller, and taking them short dis
the body OF each being rddled with bullets As the
doom OF the negroes was made known iney freely
iuliy confessed TO the muruer OF Colonel COle-
man ON last Saturday night.
More Work by Judge Lynch In Tennessee
Two Negroes Taken from jail and Hung.
from the Nashville Union ana American. Feb. L.
We are again called upon to record another deed
OF summary punishment inflicted III neighboring
towna Deploraple as such occurrences may be- ana
unpleasant their recital, public journalists 1t
becomes duty 10 furnish the facts as they come
to us. We had hoped that after the saturnalia OF
blood at Huntington, growing out or the nendlSh
atrocities that produced them, we would not hear OF
a repetition or even causes liKey 10 produce repe
ttOn OF such horrible scenes The facts in the case
now under consideration are in SO far as we have
been able TO gather them. about tlese:-
Certain portions OF wilson county have been long
infested with peStferous set or outlaws VINO have
been stealing pillaglng and committing all sorts OF
heInous outrages. Among them are number OF
desperate negroes, who TOO indolent and triang to
WORK hard resorted to stealing and plagiag Us a
means oil subsistence III some Sect0ns IN iact, as
has been the case in other sections of the State
these high handed acts became SO frequent and were
perpetraed with so much audaclLy as 10 become in-
| supportabe. short time since two negro men,
named respectively jerry Young and BoD White
| known 10 have been desperate and bad characters
who had been carrying on successfully their steal
ings Tor some time without beng detected stole
some horses and lot or cotton from parties living
not a great way from Lebanon The two parties
were arrested and on preliminary examination
were put the Lebanon jail to await further trial
There being no particular evaporation manifested
against them at the time or their Incarceration
extraordinary precautions (lhe all being secure
one) were deemed necessary either TO prevent tho
escape the negroes to protect them from Insus
pecled violence. Between the hours OF ten and
twelve O'Clock FRIDAY night, and nearer the lat
| ter hour, party OF men, numbering near thirty,
surrounded Jail and called out the Jaller. They
then demanded OF the Jaler adnttance TO the jail
ana the keys. Not having the power to resist the
demands were compiled with On getting the Key
the party told the jaier to 90 back into mis- house
aud behave himself. They were undsgulsed and
Iuade known their intentions al the Tune. Tue jaer
having no discretion complied with their de-
| mands. They then forced into the jail and
| took the two negro men referred TO from their
| cells Tney then conveyed them TO q place known
as AshWorth's Glade, point about mile and half
| tnis side OF The town, wnere they hung them TO a
| limp and left them. Saturday morning the TWO men
discovered sti hanging their faces 10 the road
| and both sim cold and dead. They were cut down
ana paced by the roadside, their feet to the road.
The news OF their discovery soon spread, and much
excitement was created IN Lebanon and vicinity,
| hundreds OF persons visiting the place. They were
Tne perpetrators, though they were not disguised,
are entirely unknown, and accomplished their work
without nose disturbance, ana departed, leaving
| no trace TO VINO they were or whence they came.
Fne anair has created much feeling the vicinity,
and is, we learn, deeply deplored by the good clti-
| zons OF Lebanon.