, 1876-01-31
ant ashore a. BIrn. Fry's Ian ling, and took =

ultect oourse for tho Jail. Thoy we're orderly
md determtnod. and, not fnoettnR With any fe-
RIGtanre from tho largo crowds or Tfoopo tbrons-
ing ovory ntroet, thoy mnrclled directly to III"
jnli. Ever r,nce dark tho Jail had been ntronsy
guarded by fully !1fey mon. members Of tho Nal.
don and campbell's Crack mob WIG arreaso! nGts'a
whom they had any reason To suspect OF Icing
oppoaod 70 their hesigns.
flc crowd entered the cato IN front Of tlc
Court-llouso vent hack to tlIo tsla ana eailed .i
took no ko5s. lie conld Do nothing With tho
cxasperntod mob. Jailas Morgan then CAME
out, aud the keys having bean forced from, him
wero taken by one mar. Tl1o said he ~h'l'a taRe
bring Tho prisoners out: lic onterea, and tho
two Young men, Rnfus Estep md john Hudson
Dawson, the murdorera Of Thomas Loo, we're
brought out BY him. and n LOUD and ,,' e1e'.ed
BponsIbE1itY, atd now turn tlle psiaoners ever 70
you /" 4 number OF sots were i3rnd in the or
from pistols, and tho atr was ttflod with yolls
and hhouts as Tho rlaonetB Vo1e ioreco asohs
The fact was now made known that Hines,
tho murderer Of poo1ev. had not been takon out
OF prieou, and loud yella went up OF "Dr'ng the
itiahsn! tho lrshman btng tho .oMh iri1hmads nafo
street iu front Of tho Courthouse, numbering
about twenty or twenty-five ablo-bodtcd nop:
Ihey marched back to .ho a' n,cs a ossnaua soiay
| caused by the shotils. who expected reinforce
tuoula, Hines WAS turned over to thefn fnd tl1oy
started with him up To Kanawha street. The
party that sd Dawson ana Estsp iG ae;f los; po
denoe, apparently waiting for thc othet party TO
oyor.ske thom. Whom they came up GIL three OF
the prisoners wcro tod together, Ihoy men
proceeded up KanaUha street. on sao'r Eoaa 20
Campbel8 Creek bridge, whore Thomas Leo
! was murdered oxnctly QUO month previous, anu
wlero they intended these men should 30
hanged.
Tie prisoners, and especially young Dawson;
! on the road to the plRce OF execution, seemeu
perfectly cool aud unconcoEncd, the hitter very
frequently breaking out In expressions Of pro.
fane hlaritY. lie called loudly for whisky. nut =,
only small quantity vas glyon hsm. As .,.3 ta9
children At evosy dwelling appeared o. tue Nin.
dows, doors, md gates, TO witncsa tho aolemtl
midnight spectacle snd many T. sneh 1,, n..otaneesa
fell from their lips.
Wheu tlloy arrived ut the bridge, 11ines wat
taken to a troe short distance beyond, and
having nothing To eay further than that ho was
!. sorry for what he Lad done. ho Was quioa|i,!l
consre Of the BRIDGE and, tho ropes hsy'ng beet
adjusted thoy were Eiyou half al hour to 20!
what they had to say and mike tholr peace WI,
God. Young Egtop said ho wantod ttmo anonE1
. woro present, mud Lo took leave Of thom: SOM
, ono mado m appropriate prayer to God IN tnof
behalf for mercy. Dawson, OH beiug pressed II
make somo confession, sw0ro With M oath thn
llo would not no OIL his ktecs before any d.
man Oh Campbell Cesek," mud told Eaton not =
saw a id word. Tho cry thon arose from q
gides, "1lang them! hang thom = anu tue
ware Immediately drawn up, tho watch sho"in
? about laIf-past i o'clock. Tho mob then as
/ persed, leaving tho throe bodies hanging In mi
0 air. .-....
TEXAS Honnon.
A Texas mob lias just boon guilty OF MOI
leutlisl aud unpar1upabio atrocity. Anthon
: Smith, q negro, who had murdered J. III. baker.
q Young farmer, WIS tried and sentenced to =
: hanged 1T Cameron, aud q telegram to the dn
!, yeatou Nctcs says +: "Just before daylight th
u morning an a1no1 body Of horsoulon forty
, afty ssroug, rode INTO Cameron end mal
O slloir Way to tile JILL They 4orcod
entrance, took the prisoner from hls col
and conducted him aotno mllea out OF toWf
., where tl1cy put him TO death tn d most aorTio
, tnanner rhe condemned ard doomed nogl
: wus tied up by tho hands. fuel collected 81
= hcauod under and around him, md . IRE klndlc
j. yLlch gradually blazod aud ouyclopod hls bod
~ burning It to a crisp. Not satisfied With 4
~ torture inflicted aud tho consequent doath. =
1t mob then riddied the chasrod remains nj
J. bu}Iets, Judge Drollus informs your report
4 that most il not all tho mob wcEc from 81
10 County. uo says II was al unparalleled CO
-. Of Ia1iessneas, inasmueh rs tho courts Il
- shown ouch vigilance