The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-02-01

GreatExcit ement-The Perperra.
s tor BuppOsed to be LynClfed-
"a ThoNlurderers Dawson anu Ea-
3 ten lao Taken Charge Of by the.
S MOI and Ilang.
- CHARLESTON, w Va, January 2j.

"a CHARLESTON, w Va January 2j.
Special to the Register;
An immense crowd OF people have
been here for two days to attend the trial
of Estep and Dawson, the murderers Of
Thomas, Lee. three weeks. ago. An at,
tempt was mssieby mob to hang the ac-,
cused, but the Sheriff succeeded in re-
moving his prisoners To prevent sec
ond removal, the friends Of the murdered
man have lately kept the Jail under gnard
To dayth counsel for the, defendants
moved the Circuit Court for a change Of
yenue.,.SEhe motion was discussed all
day. and the Judge withheld his decision
until Tomorrow morning. This excited
the mob, and il was with great difficulty,
they we're prevented from hanging the
prisoners at once. When the excitement
was somewhat allayed, another barbar.
Gus murder was committed in this city
which threw the whole community into
commotion. About o'clock Thoma
Hines was heard threatening the life OF o
colored man named VIM Dooley, with
whose wife, it is said, Hines maintained
improper relations. He went to tie shoe
shop of Dooley,. called him TO the door,
and while Dooley was STOPPING to exam
inc boot which Hines said wanted men !
ding, stabbed him in the neck, severing
the carotid artery. Dooley died. ins a1f
honr. The negroes OF the city ihfnedi:
ately held 9 meeting and agreed to hang
Hines. A number OF prominent citizens
tried 10 dissuade them, and would have
succeeded, but those who proposed %
hang Estep and Dawson, hearing. of stila
Dooley murder, reorganiEed their mob
and number Of negroes joined.them to
hang Hines with the Others. The snews
Of the intended lynchings spread rapidlys
and the streets were soon filled with peo:
pie. At about half past 9 O'Clock ri q
steamer came down here from Salines, the
scene Of the Lee murder, filed with
lynchers. They were joined by about
Fifty negroes. The mob marched to the
Jail and took out Estep and Dawson and
started for Campbells Creek, to hang
them from the bridge where they had
killed Lee. The negroes, finding that
Hines had not been taken out with the
Others, returned to- the Jail and took
Hines into custody and rejoined the main
body, which had been halted 'toa await
their coming The whole party has just
left for Campbell's Creek, where the hang.
ing was announced to take place. Alarge
crowd of spectators accompanied them
Atthe upper end Of the city they were
Joined by about three hundred men, who
had followed them down from the Sa'
lines oparticipate in the bloody affair."
There was good deal of pistol firing
during the march Of the mob9hrough the
streets, but nobody was hurt 1t ia
thought by some that Hines may not be
hung, but the fate of Estep and Dawson
is certainly sealed. Il q ~
EDITOR OF CouRrERq
I CINoINNArI, Jan. 26,-The. CONNER
|cial's Charleston, West Virgins, special
says the bodies of Dawson Estep and
Hines, who werslynched last mig bit, were
taken down by the Prosecuting Attorney
to-day and an inquest The.verdict
returned was that they came to their
death by a mob, whose names are un-
known Dawson died without fear.7 iEs-
tep was inclined to confess, ,sbut was re-
strained ny Dawson. Hines was taken q
short distance from the others and gave
way TO grief a Estep's' body was buried
by his friends at tue scene of the hanging
Dawson's body will be sent to Lynch
burg, Virginia, where his parents reside.