The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-01

hung Jury, and then, fearing that the prisoner
would escape, q mob, composed principally o. tho
rough element about Martinsburg, surrounded the
Jail that town. whore Tolivar was confined, Just
before daylight the day following the disagreement
ance OF the jaier, took from him the keys OF the
prison. and, dragging out their miserable victim,
corpse suspended iron rope the outskirts OF the
city. No effort made TO discover any Of tho
ignored by both the county and State aut horitiea
THE cAMpBELLs CREEK HORROR
The scene now shifts to the Kanawha valley near
Charleston, where IN the wtnter Of 1905 an exhibi
ton bioadthirsty and persistent ferocty on the part
Judge Lynch's adherents was gwen which Is with
twenty or thirty miles above Charleston on the
Kanawha River ana along the line OF the Chesapeake
and ONO Railroad, tho population is mainly made
and desperate class within the limits oil the State
when reused to action BY any occasion Of prejudice
comber a. 1875, was assaulted on the
awha RIVER about six miles above Charleston. aud the
next morning his bruised and manged corpse was
wounds in il and bearing all tho evidences OF cruel
and cold blooded murder. Suspicion fell upon two
who had mad quarrel with Lee, and on the iol-
lowing day they were arrested. aud alter preiim-
nary examination were locked up ~ mo
been passed among tho miners, Ike the burn
ing brand which was used 70 rouse The
ancient highland men, and before dark on the even.
ing day which the arrest was made the road
leading TO Charleston was filed with men armed with
every conceivable weapon, caring nothing Tor con-
ceaiment. and nIiiug the air with threats OF ven
geance toward the prisoners As the head OF the col
umn neareo the town sheriff Morgan, who had the
custody OF the got notice OF helr Intentions
and hastily pushing his charges into a SKIN ana
taking with MN single guard ne started started
10 tho darkness OF tho night 10 cover his
retreat When the mob reached the Jail and
found tho Sheriff had flea with tho prisoners
their fury knew bounds. They demanded
that S'Ias Morgan, the jailer, and brother oil
the sale return OF the prisoners ana were actually
ABOUT to take HIM away from his shrieking family
when Deputy sheriff Perry, as brave aud generous .
man ever lived, stepped forward, and. quietly re-
marking that he mad wife or child 10
mourn his loss, offered TO go with them
ii the jailer were permitted 10 remain. Some.
thing in the act and manner of Perry had good
influence with the mob, Tor they hnaly consented
TO return without taking any OF The jail guards with
.nsm Meanwhile Sheriff Morgan ana his assistant
foated on down the Kanawha, occasionally hdlns III
woods to avoid observation, ana, hhay reaching
the mouth OF the river, boat TO Parkers0urg,
where safely lanued their prisoners IN Inc WOOD
County jail, after week OF ANXIOUS hight and con.
in Kauawha county apparently died away 10 the ex-
tent that It was deemed safe to bring back ootn
prisoners for hearing, which was done
they we're arragned, pleaded not guilty.
and q motion made for change Of
venue IN both cases 70 an adjoining oounty,
that he would decide the motion on the lollowing day,
but got the opportunity 70 announce his de-
csion. 1t was rumored during tho AFTERNOON that
the would be granted aud before nghtali
the column OF vengeui miners was again IN motion,
marching with step AS steady and certain as death
upon their victims II Is curious iact that as the
miners marched upon the jail they encountered q
body OF negroes organ zed Tor purpose or taking
out and ynch ng lrisnman med Thomas Hines,
who confined IN the Same jail upon
a charge Of numbering a negro s moe,
their purposes were similar and their interests were
common, the white yuchers permitted the black
yncbers to TALL in and march in tho rear Of their col
umn. The jail was soon reached, ana TINS time
yielued up the objects oil the murderous search A
lew well directed blows with siedges ~ild rash, ana
were hands OF ihelr captors And then began
funeral procession which dehcs description. II
having been decided TO hang Dawson and Estcp on
the bridge whore Leo met his death, the negroes
concluded to hang Hines at the same place,
and liyd Victims started back, while torches III up
pas ,onats and grimy faces OF the mob ana nor
rioie imprecations rent the ar During the journey
Dawson rcgained his nerve and cursed Estep ana
,ies Tor their cowardice He called repeatedly ior
Individuals In tho crowd whom ne dehed, and said
crowd single handed and alono Az last the bridge
was reached, and here another incident took place
Iyucners me negroes wanted TO swing Hines
from the bridge, as well us Dawson aud Estep;
but the whites swore that they would not have any
further connection with the negroes ~ the
ana the Ethiopans were compelled TO so iittio
further up the road and hang their victim while tho
theirs to the tmbers of the brdgo
ana left them swinging directly over tho spot where
Lees body had been iound on Christmas morning, Just
one month previous TO the date OF the scenes last
ABOVE described. As In the case OF the ynchings
before mentioned there was no investigation or at
tempt TINS one TO punish the lynchers Tor their
bloody WORK.
OTHER THIRD DISTRICT LYycHISGs.
The example OF TINS bloody work seems &c havo
been contagious Tor hnd during the same year no
than three more lyncnings IN tue same Congress
sIona district SIX VITA the iasl three described.
The jail at Winfield, IN Putnam county, was broken
opep by a mob and a man named Jonn A. Cox, "a
ae9ed horse thic VINO had shot two o. his pursuers,
Marshal Ike Mncncil and Deputy J. y Turner Of
Huntington, was dragged out ana hanged
A. ID. WilIIans ~bo was arrested on Charge OIL
killing a German, named Meeniiug, u Caocl county,
was hanged by mob within sight oil the BODY
o. MS victim, and the crowd was only
deferred from hanging Lizzie Mechllng wiic
Of the murdered aud the alleged paranoIr OF his
muir 4crer ny the TACT tnst was wiiiIa 10 put
the rope round the neck OF a woman Sue Is Dow
serving lie sentence IN the State Penitentiary at
Mounasviie. The last OF these rhird district lynch
ings that OF negro who was hanged ny mob AT
Huntington tue terminus OF the Chesapeake anu OLio
Rairoad the ONO River. aud from all We can learn
OF this case an Innocent was sacrificed To The
Jury OF a set OF maddcned miscrcants The crime
but II subsequently appeared mat the hurt oi tue
little which induced The SUSPICION OF Outrage Was
result OF asmplc accident Tor which the negro was
10 blame In all these cases no attempt Was maae
10 punish the lyncncrs
Tng LATEST TRAGEDY.
Coming back to the first Congressional district from
which wo started we ind Tie horrible Case oil John
Wallace tue details oil which too recent need
reylylpg IL was Tue fortune OF the writer TO pres.
enl at the arrangement OF Wallace few hours before
tue seized him aud dragged hL, shrcking, howl
aud praying tor mercy, over the crosstes oil The
careessness the part ., tue county officials at Bar
nc.ecting to take proper steps TO secure tho
prI souers against mob violence. For three
days they kept IN room IN a frame
hotel, opening a public thor0ughiare and
guarded by two tnree rheumatic specimens OF hu-
manly who could not have witbstood the siege Of u
re biygoat and all this time the mutterng
OF passion aud revenge was sounding about them,
only waiting Tor a word from leader To lash u into
Jury. When John Wallace arragaed on that fatal
Saturday and pleaded guilty " was only litto alter
two 4. NJ. The from the East winch went through
IN
county rs situated, was not duo uuti nineteen min
ules past three Y. NJ, and there was plenty Of time
TO have made out commitments Tor the
confessed murderer and shipped him TO
point whoro he could have boon securely
held and where no would had an opportunity 10
reveal more iuiy and more Satisfactorily Than he has
done tho connection of others with him IN his foul
ind unnatural crime. hut no. Tor The sake OF sending
both OH together John Wallace Is merely remanded to
tho custody OF the Falsallan reGruits who were en-
pioyed as guards, and George Wallace Is sent Tor
bile John walks back 10 That fatal room from which
he ~ 20 emerge never more until ne Is dragged out
bruised aud bleeding by the howling MOI. Tue result
OF his management that the history OF the state -
n.d brutal lyuCniuu. the chance