The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-02

A White Nan shot for Numbering His Wife and
Negro Shot for Being Caught in the
Sleeping Apartment u Young Ladies.

from the Memphis Avalanche, August 2s.l
:. In the Avalanche Of Friday and Saturday last
sns Sess ns
the finding OF the body Of Mira Emily ]. Rogers
noating, with bullet through tRe brain, in yen.
murder was also mentioned.
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speedy and terrible retribution melted out to Mar
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Mr. John " Dye brother Of the murdered woman,
arrived In town. Mr.. Dye was sworn and partially
other eliects OF his murdered sister, his feelings
gave way and he was forced to retire He stated
to the Court that he could not give In his Testimony
sisters murderer, was In Court. Out of consider,
alton for his feelings the Court adjourned until
continue the examination OF Mr. Dye.
:, Before leaving the court room Martin asked Mr..
pys to call o. the jail that evening as he wished to
hours conversation with the man whose hand was
yet red with the life blood Of his sister. Martin did
Rogers In Lonoke, and that he had moved with her
TO Laaderdas county he gave dozen dierent
ing had been Committed by another man, who was
stranger to him. His statements were all contra
dictions. one OF the other, he never telling the
was told by negro prisoner that Martin had
offered him $50 to get Q prominent negro of the
town to come and see him with view Of getting
His reason for doing 50 was that he feared he
would be mobbed that Saturday night. He also
Rogers, and said that he did 1t to get out OF bad
box. News Of this confession, with the knowledge
together with the strong identGcatlon Of ali the
effects Of Mrs. Rogers by her brother, caused the
most intense sxcitement around Ripley and
With the view OF preventing such measure the
Justices summoned dozen additional armed
This institution is substantial one story brick
structure, situated In the outskirts of the town.
Like oil other country lails the locks are OF SIM
iner would fairly pulverlzS one Sunday morning,
about two O'Clock, and white the. guards. were
were surrounded by band Of 100 masked men.
the maskers were mounted and all carried guns
sas f Or b saS do fssg his
'ss sHs sffR 'sai Of voice demanded
one Of the guards replied that tho Tailor had the
arms, which, being backed up by the presentation
OF fifty or more gun muzzles, caused them to obey
in hurried manner Calling the numbers II. 2, g.
ing fellows il black and yellow dominoes, stepped
forward rom the ranks AMI and IN minute broke the
shaking, cowardly creature by the head and heels,
he was carried from the cell and placed astride q
Of mysterious men circled round Martin, 80 as to
preclude all possibility OF an escape. The guard
was OrQereQ TO remain Ill pOSltlOn around the jail
until daybreak at the peril OF their lives.
AS the rising moon shed her first beams over the
tops OF the adjacent forest trees, bathing all nature
silently yet rapidly away. They went In south
easterly direction. Martins voice was heard as
they moved away begging for his life. To his
frantic passionate appeals his judges returned low
laughs or derislOn. similar, doubtless to those with
which he Knocked his poor, innocent victim, as with
one hand he ired the fatal shot while with the
other he consigned her to watery grave After
half hours time the guard heard volley OF shots
from the direction In which the party had gone.
They rightly judged that all was over
The next morning early party OF men found the
branches OF large notwithstanding oak tree.
Forty bullet holes were counted In his head body
and limbs. Out Of the forty shots, either one or
or, at least, twenty-five, would have proven In
stantly fatal He had bled profusely from his nu-
merous wounds, and as he lay there, with pallid,
upturned face. the features OF which were con.
vulsed as II he had died In great agony, oil felt that
the murder OF Emily J. Rogers had been terribly
avenged. cOrOner's jury was summoned, the
verdict being "death nom gunshot wounds In
fcted at the hands OF persons unknown"
before he was shot by the masked men. He &C
knOwledged to having Induced Mrs. Rogers to visit
the pond after the breaking down OF the wagon,
and then murdered her. The affair, while deplOred
by many, Is generally regarded as proper and just.
Lynching the Negro.
From the Memphis Appeal August 22.1
We are indebted to Mr.. James McAllister OF Col
hervile, for the particulars Of rather mysterious,
high handed and bloody transaction which took
place in that vicinity on Monday last The following