, 1877-04-16
CASUALTIES.
A HORRIBLE SCENE.
Atlanta m 1 TIM tfffattnn.

Atlanta tGd.1 E0aHffAti1H.
Al about o'clock on ycstcrtlay morning |
great vivid fame poured into tho windows OF |
tho sleeping town of ConYcrs, and awakened tho
Inhabitants. The jail was on fire.
Tho alrrlghted pcop!c hurried 10 the sccnc
Of the fire, and found That the flames Ind gonc
beyond their power to cllcck them. Thcre WAS
no are-engfne In the town.
Tic entrance to the Jail was from the second
story, and the steps had burned aWay. The
roof had nearly fallen in, and tho flames vcrc
licking downward oyor tho solid, hnpcnetra-
bio first story, whic1, made the dungeon.
About tlls time tho crowd Degau to Inquire
whether or not there WIRE any prisoners son-
lined IN The dungeon. It trausptred that there
werc two men lSekcd up by the lire In tl[s fatal
cage-totA negroes.
It WIS apparent at once that nothing less
| thau miracle could save thea, from horri-
blc 1eattl. tbs steps 10 tho entrance wero
buried away. Tho doorway and thu wl!ote
| top Ut tho house was q. mass Vi na,ncs. The
| llcat WIS 10 intense tliat no une cuuld ap-
proaell tho building. Somehow or other an ux
| vas thrown over into the lungcoiI, mud the
| negroes began to trr aud cut their way out Of
ths stfling Jon il, whcIi they were Gagged. Only
few muInctlts wcrE Lett Rs the fire WIS already
beginning to burn through. tho solid upper iioor,
when It would scnd shower Ut blazing logs
| anI en1crs down Oh tue poor wretches. Thu
dungeon, as Is usual will country tals. Wns
male oi a layer Of hugu logs, lcaFliy weather.
rfn6r
tIrn,,vi, thr mi wcather.ttaniIng' AMI lnti
pushed several pieces Of Tic outer plank off.
Tley could nov 10 plainly seet BY the crowd,
Hho encourages thein W!a aAouts anu anVlct.
tt,ae ~ H.. Io, ;a',s ttet ,hn. ,,;.,, fOru,
tt.cn1selycs turou,fh.
rhvy RECOMMENDED their worl1, and llcw at 1t
With uespcratlon. The i1cxorable flames drew
neafeI. AMI tas Poot Hfetces, l'ahtle Mlth paale
ihoy tnr,.c,' ic ,n,,n,.1 ~ In ss,,,is,rm o,,5
unycl.iInE loxs. It looked at o,,u time as il
thSy might escape, but tic flames suddenly
burst auwnwaru through the upper aoor and
~ aS S.' , Luz ~ Hsn,5
Tho horri1 iiiumination rendered their narrhci
bodies iutonsely conspicuous. They rapercI
and sprang mp aud down, n',d ilunE tlenscyes
asalnst tlc Walls. l1H clustering aaiiies tnaa.
a1s tost III trs.i in;e.van ''
Thcy hacked mil uujich insttl,rrsnt]y nj thc
10y bors, mud seemed literally crazc1. siUst Vt
the succtutors. unable to joGk u,,otI thc sicxcn.
inE scriIa louger, ttftlc, oil ind fan beyond tic
mrn.
lit TIM emil vns vcry neur., Thc d,,nreon
was now MED with blazing ilrc, and tic very
loxs that held them prisoners began to burn.
strurrle hi tLis mint. leanlur oil tj,e iloor.
be- clutchcl tAc l,ars aud wound his arms
| aho,it than, mil Yns tM,n. 1ct t,s hnnc' mi
out Of lis pniu. Tbs oshcr ono, holding tic
! nr continual IL ttrt,nrjc in m nitnlraa tynv
hnt finnilv drnnncI ria nv ami r1nttl,i,io
W.. ajinnst tnsiant,Y iost Il, q ot,st Of iianc.
Auu then The hungry blaze covered the wlvo
dungeon, and tic tortured wfetehes Wcro setu
NO more:
~ ~ tmS rp,aiu t,t y .ac fr.,, II.
inside ii tho b,tilIlpg. There vas no Que living
in thc jail.
1t via believed at first that the prisoners
khemeclFea nau hfeu t4t hullllnE ID thu ltupE III
ta,rinn iS inS ta cts,nd 1nrs tso h,,rr wS
baTs. They said thai nm honr hefors tl,ey INV
the fire thcv hoatyI r,ntct, etr1,ck On TIC inner
floor. ani sunposetl II WA tno Jailcr who iia,i
called Ut tlso jail to sue that everything was al
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It was then believed that tic outside friend,
Of tia nrsonrrs mi no,,r,.l kerosene hi trn,rh
the H. Tcr.6alr mn, ar..1 fhs a.ar fnr r. lin mr..
sa'sr ~ nttrnntin, n rcs..,.,, nj sieir frrt,,is
|i,fs IL Iii n1r..t1ri M In, mot rens"nshf.,