, 1874-05-29
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ftotn The Ntp Orleans Times.
X s s 81 coaSd sSssaGf E. e ones sst9'y sn yt Tic
jnl Il, charged with the murder of q Young man
1,y namo Elliott. On Saturday night d linInor,
Gu concourso Of citizens attacked tho Jail,
il II % tho jRil-yard, whore thoy hung them to =
t,v 70 Tho episode is thus rcatcd by tho shrovo-
FOR weeks past tho citizens Of shreveport
hls 20 been tho victims Of thieves and bnrglars,
ATT 1t had como to such npass Tint it acomod
dat ,gerous avon to walk tho stroota aftor dark Tor
fo that tho assassin's hand might fall wlon
lo!n It toKpocted; People re.trod to rcst ct night
To- awake e.t IN tho - e1nE IT and find that they
hou SOS, md tnnid 1adca md ohildron bogan
to fehr for their lives when they lay down
to rost. Tho political condition Of our
fs a ~ son aaa ts Hsh abuse %1tse 81 tho s
do,h ng power, aud the depressed condition Of
buh oess, had brought upon us untold crimoa
nose known or hoard Of hcre before a murder
almo st in our midst, and tho fear and dread in
whid b tho perpotrator OF tho crino was hold Of
footu ally closed the mouths Of tho Witnesses.
I'll US matters stood until Saturday, when little
knota Of Mon Wero seon standing togothor on tho
cornc rs talking earnestly to each other With
count onancos which plainly indicated that they
moalil business, and knew what thoy wore talk
Ing III 'out. That night they mot IN secret con-
quiotl proceeded toward tho old Parish jail, ii
which Jones and Hill woro continod. Once
thesp, guard Was posted In every direction, and
no pr 1cautlon overlooked to preyont any inter-
feroat 70 on tho part Of any one. No names woro
usedl each man ho9ring . number by which he
wns i snown and designated. It was but tie
work.. Of o moment to break through tho pno
PANEL ng Of tho outer door, nnd then the vigi-
lants sstood just without the cells Of the doomed
men. What use had they for kcya7 None.
They had como prepared to open tho way for
thom 3 olveB, and whom tie word wns given, the
locks Wore wronched from their places and tho
grato ID doors wore swung back.
Jo1its WAS found standing up in htt cell.
dross cd, with tho exception Of his boots Iie
hands. were then tfod, and ho waa led forth Into
the ol u N air md beneath the tree on which ho
met Il doom. Here ho wa8 told that he was at
libort, to make aty statomont or request which
No la ID boom told thnt whom Jonen found that
thoro w Is no hope Of esoapo, he stated that he
did not wish to turn States evidence, but that
young 'liott WAS killed By Hill. Whom Hill, upon
thc othe rhand found that his careor was about to
termnnt 9, he said that young Elliott vas killed
by Doc. Jones, while ho (aill5 was robbing tho
elder bro thor, and this was moat likely tito truth.
But lato laat evening wo rocolved. through tho
PoHt-Olh CO, the following noto, nddreeaed to tllo
Times, coompaniea by signature:
'Jone = confossion: 'uontlemen, killed.
him."
It ia ga i'd That after this confession tho noos
was thro I'LL over Jonoa head, and he was hung
up, his Il 'et being loft wholly uncontned. Tho
attention Of tho yigilants was next turned to
Hill, aud tile visitors walked back into the Jail.
aud asct1 !dod the stuira. Deputy Sheriff Swear
ingen fix ling that resistance was In vain, and
desiring to savo the jail from further damage,
now deli, sred the koys up to tho cell In which
Hill WIS e ,onhnel. The doors wore opened, and
Hill corn nandod to como forth, Which he did.
He, too, b I'D his hands tied, and, when taken
into the ~ ,urt-yard was given m opportunity to
speak for himsolf. Hero Hill requested that his
sister bo y 'ritton to, giving her name, and that
ring on Il Il anger ba thkon of after lin dsatl,
and give 1. to Odoal Dean, with whom he had
been Ayil NJ.
The nj o rning Of Sunday broke bright and
beautiful, aud the sun shone down upon the up
turned 10 :, of two ~ bad oharaotera that ever
dlsgracel he fair name Of any city. A rumor
had 60 no I ortiz Of the work that had been doue
tbs night Z 'ofore, and the greatest excitement
pervaded | ho whole community. Hundreds
nay, tlout IA nda-rusl1ad to and fro to tue scene
and up to 4 o'clock tho Courthouse square WAS
crowded tc,: rcplotion.
House, coul be soon tho body Of HILL dressod
simplyi il pants and shirt, With his bootB on.
Ills face turn cd towards To1as street. Seeming
IL, the neck was broken; Tie pauts and shirt
wero badly torn, deuoting that be had made
a. hard str,1t ;glo for his lifo. Beneath his
body was fou nd ring, which is supposed 10 bc
tho ona lie .oqueHtod to have givon to the girl
Doan. On t he grass directly whoro hia faot
must havo rM tied before tho hanging was found
tho gamblers grave.digKor, the king Of spades.
How this cals came there no 4 one can e1plain,
for aono tim e being thoroughly soaked apart by
exposure to ID 10 weather.
Jones' bod Was hanging about it foot from
TINT of Hilrsi + also being suspended from
q china tree. Tho face waB turned little up
ward, and pat tly In the direction Of McNoil
street. Jonc was drossed in black pants and
vest, but ho \ as In his stocking feet. Ho wore
In tho nock-b a nd Of his shirt = $5 gold pioco,
fashioned aH d 6reastpiu, and on one OF his
hngors plain, gold ring.
Jonea is sal d to have murdered eight mon In
bis time, but / ii 5 companion in crime-although
reprobatot ic ok life for tho first and last tio
when he dyed his hands with young Elliotta
blood,
A Panic: nj Williamsburg, Mass
From h Bosson Journal Hay q.
Tho rain OF Il lursaay, and especially heavy
In tho afternoon, caused aaoh d
ise In tho Mill + :vsr that thero was general
Ind gonuino i arm at Williamsburg, for fear
cat tho Goshon RESERVOIR would brenk away and
,ause tho destr, tion OF that part Of tho village
lot destroyed = Saturday. The best judges
:egard the rosor, ,r aB reasonably safe, aud word
vaa given out to THAT effect. in the hopa Of al
aviHv ha alarm II was nf mn npAf1. hnwovar