, 1874-02-08
CRIME.
Particulars Of the Murder and LYNCH
ing Case Near Carbondale.
The Murderer Is Taken from Jail by a
Hob Of 500 Citizens.
He Is Forced to Confess His Crime and
Then Swung OF.
Other Criminal Items.

An Illinois Traged5--Murdcr of q
Woman bT a Ncgro--The Assassin
Hung by = mob.
TEE CRErE.
From the Nuruhysboro' {I1l) Independent Feb. s.
4 man by the name Of Moore, living with
his family on d hatboat just above tue bridge
across Muddy, between this city and Mount
Caribou wns disturbed between the hours of
md 10 o'clock Sunday night by yoce from
the bank calling him. He got out OF bed and
went to the door, when ho recognized negro
who had the day before est wood for him.
The negro insisted on him getting up, saying
he had something Of importance to tell him.
Moore paid 20 attention to his 1cmarks and
went back to bed, when the negro got On the
top Of the boat. md went aft to where tho
to cut through. when Moore came out
and asked hun what he wanted. The
negro told him that there were 200 negroes
armed, aud TINT they we're goiag to make q raid
visea him TO leave. Moore aroused his family
and Dir. Spillers, an old man residing with him,
aud tue party started up the bank to 60 to the
house OF Mrs.. Patchet. close By. When they got
On the bank. they noticed that tho negro had
gun. After some delay. Mrs. Patchet was
awakened While Mrs. Moore was at the door
step waiting for the door to bo opened, the negro
insulted her BY taking hold Of her clothing.
Mrs. Moore screamed, when Mrs. Pachet,
who had just opened the door, caught the
negro bv the back Of the head and held
bin while he vas disarmed, when be ran
to the entrance of the bridge, where four other
negroes were seen. The partv went into the
house, while Moore went to town to report
to the City Marshal. The negroes laid
around the house, and, every time the door mas
orened, they would fire with reyolvers at the
party. Mrs. pacbet had three shots fred at her
during the night The villains laid around the
louse all night. Next morning, ea:ly, during
the absence Of Ben Saals, the Eame negro went
to his house, and aaked for gomo mustard for
sex man. Mrs. Sans went into tho kitchen to
gu. the mustard, when tho villain attempted to
violate the perFcn Of SOHO Of the little girls.
Apsrtr OF men, bearing the noise from the coal
dump where the7 wore working, 1an down, but
We-e too late to catch the negro. From here he
disappears. About o'clock tho samo morning
a negro answering his description, accompanied
by two other negroes, we're seen going out the
where 3lrs, Ryan Was found murdered, and, IS
party of negroes we're seen short time after
she Tn, found, it is supposed this Is the same
villain That murdered her. It is reported that
the same negro went into store in Carbondale
later IN HE DAY to buy some tobacco, which he
offered to pay for with $40 bill, and had
number Of 950's in bis pochet-book. He left
Carbondale and vent down the road in the direc-
ton Of Cairo.
In the tncntime telesrams were sent to Cairo,
and City M,raha1 Joo Mccullough started in
pursuit. H&m Irwin, Sheriff Of Alexander
County, was whiting for his arrival at Cairo, at
which place the negro arrived tha following
morning. To be certain Of tEe prisoners iden-
he would divide ths spoils with him, he Iryin)
would assist hiEs to make his escape. which tho
negro agreed to do, when the Sheriff started to
Jail with his prisoner. In passing up the leveo
tie negro started to run, and was shot through
Joe Mccullough started to Murphysboro with
the prisoner on tho evening train, but, for
fear Of the vengeance Of an outraged commu-
nifty, they stopped OF at onesboro, and took
the freight which passes Cazbondale~ at 10 |
and got of at the Normal building In order to |
evade collision with an iufurinted crowd in J
town. Mccullough went to the lvery-stable to !
get team TO take them to MurphyBboro- He |
ct crowd Of excited people coming was heard. |
Irwin started alone With his prisoner through |
the woods afoot. Not being acquainted with |
the country he had to depend upon the prisoner
for guidance. They arrived, however, after
road near Mt. Carbon. At o'clock this morn
Ing, Irwin arrived in hiurphvsboro, md safely !;
jailed the murderer Of Mrs. Ryan THIS is the !
same villain who is referred to as having at
tem?5ed 70 outrage the persons OF Mrs. Moore
and Bec. Sans little girl.
THE ITECuIS3.
III. Carbon, I'll {re6. s. Uspo.ct to the Cairo 8sz-
tet1n |
mob numbering about 500 men tonight took |
the negro Wyatt out Of the County jail and
brought him over to Mt. Carbon. At first he
3ealed all knowledge Of the killing Of Mrs. R7-
-, and the mob hung him up, but did not let
hin hang long. When they let him down, he
ssked "a them i they we're "going to kill him.
They told him they we're, Of courre. he then
said, "Well, don't want to die with lie in nv
mouth: killed tho woman, and took her mon
ey." He had no more than said this when man
!n the crowd jumped up and threw rope around
lis neck and swung him up.
He is still hanging, and the mob will not allow
Any one to interfere with the body.
L. q. IRWIN.
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