The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-26
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
no THE DAILY LNf.ELLIGENCER
Lynch Law on the Kanawha-
Murder and Speedy Punish-

Mlruer anu Speeuy Eunlsh
ment.
CINCINNATI, January ga Gasat
Charleston, W. Va, special says: ThoS
Hines and Wm. Dooley had an alterca
ton regarding Dooley's wife, and Hines
threatened to cut Dooley's throat. To
night Hines went to Dooley's shop and
knocked on the door, and when Dooley
appeared Hines struck him with knife
at the lower part Of the ear, seyering the
jugular. Dooley seized an instrument
used for crimping boots and felled him
to the ground. Doolcy died about an hour
afterwards. Hines is in Jail. /
The case OF Dawson and Estep, charged
with the murder Of Lee several days ago,
was called in court ut Charleston to-day.
The prisoners counsel consumed the day
arguing for a change of'Venue on ac-
count OF the popular excitement against
the prisoners in Charleston. The Judge
reserved his decision until tomorrow.
The Court House and yard were filled
with anxious people, majority Of whom
are citizens OF Campbells Creek, where
the murder was committed.
[bATER.]
About two hundred armed men arrived
at 10 o'clock this evening on the steamer
Judge Baker and proceeded to the Jail and
took Dawson and Estep..out and marched
them of to the woods, where they will
probably be found hanging to tree in
the morning.
DOoley, who was killed by Hines early
this evening, was a colored man. After
the mob had carried of the Lee murder
ers the colored citizens, to the number OF
fifty, went to the Jail and demanded Hines
who was delivered 10 them, and they fol-
lowed the former crowd to the woods with
their prisoner, who will probably meet
the same fate.
Special to the InteilIsenccr.l
CHARLESTON, W. VA, /
JAM Midnight.
This place has been again the scene Of
great excitement. AT . o'clock this af-
ternoon Thos. Hines, white man, assault
cd and and killed William Doolcy, col
ored, in the latter's shoe shop, without
cause. This deed very much excited the
people, especially the colored population,
but no positive disposition to take the
law into their own hands was shown until
about 0 o'clock tonight, when it scems to
have been understood that mob from
Maiden would be down to lynch Estep
and Dawson, the murdercrs OF Lee, on
last Christmas eve.
In regard 10 these two, u motion was
made before Judge Smith to-day for a
. change Of venue, and the motion was
IDLY argued and submitted to the Judge,
who declined 10 render decision until
tomorrow wednesday, in order to give
lin time'to investigate the points made
,rO and con. 1t is supposed that the mob
decision in favor Of
.hange of venue, and that they decided it
vas best to lynch the prisoners without
urther trial. Accordingly at 10 o'clock
o-night the steamer Judge Baker came
Iown with about 200 armed men on board,
Who promptly marched to the Jail, took
he Lee murderers out, and marched them
mid terrific shouts and yells to the woods.
1t this juncture lot Of colored men,
numbering less than so, went to the Jail
nd demanded Hines, the murderer of
)ooly, who was finally turned over to
hem, and by them marched off after the
ther crowd. The three murderers will
o doubt be executed before the morn
ng's dawn. .r-,
Last Saturday night man named Will
iams was lynchsd in like manner by a
lob at Cabell Court House for the lhur.
er OF a man named MeeIing, with whose
life he had been criminally intimate, the
lie cooperating with him in the mur-
er. .-s
Times are squally on the Kanawha.
REPoRTER.