The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-30
BLOOD FOR BLOOD.
A Mounted Mob Steal Four MHr-
derers from Amite City Jail.
The Prisoners Are Hung ny Night and
Their Bodies Discovered in tho
Morning by tho Roadside
Statements OF
WitnesRea.

mn account ~ tho brnhkthG open ~ ~" i''l y
Amite CIty by n mob Of hfy m"untai mon, ~
lynchluH ~ -four Of tho pf'Rohora anh ihN ~
Grating Of thrna others
Al aeon ~ Tho Intelligence VIVA rnnoivot
q urMoonAr reporter was lapntnhnd u
tho Reone for tho purpose of obtaining the tn'
detnila Lanvug VII thu jackson inne Ut n
m. ynatotdav mnrutnR ho arrived ~ Anti
four hours afterwards.
An sonn ma tho rnpartnt arrived hn mo-
by Sheriff Mix who. with hia uannl onnftnay
accorded him avery facility necessarily 10 gatho'
information.
Obtaining i buggy Tho reporter drove immo
dlntay 10 the aoann uf ha hanging on ni'iy#
Ing under q largo trae, within I W. foot w IT.
buuaye Wheels. hn found maaa ~ manglnd
humanity. Upon examination i proved (" he
the mu,i atnd bodies OF the Victims of the
lynchine.
The sheriff. atandlng by. said, Notice TINT
perfect tyne Of the Afti lean Tint ono thor" With
h ag hia hrua torn N; thui Is the body If Perry
Walker aud That mmlattp thor" with tho antlio
right aldo or Tho taoh torn otT. hnaIln thnao
numerous other wnnnda Ynn 500 81 hia body, e
George Carroll. That Ugh gtiil ny lying
there 80 the right y Richard smith. lhny did
NOT mutiiRta Itm IA all
.''The ono wi hia hend roeiing on tho limbs Of
Smith II llarf snn Johnson. iln. You oan arn
shared tho falo Of the ~ ,orlls IF hla nompan-
iona Tho top 81 hie hnnI - gone.
All tho dan"aand hal thnir hnnda pint mol
and a. aund thar nprks wRs q hH'inr which. to
gothsr with thor bullet wounds. told tho
TERRIBLE oHpEAI,
they had ppaHai through on Tho might prnvinua.
While thu reporter aud sheriff WORN atnnd
tnE looking NJ tho hnilea. two Wagons, "a'h
drawn by team of oNen. naInn III. aud zach
had two pine ooillna, The transferring IT h.
muraerarH 10 their raauodiya roiii "a wan hut
the work VI an inatnnt ANA In Tow mamonta
the Ok terma. drawing thoil human freight
moved oft In tho direction of Fnitara fold. fol
lowed by tho crowd If negro men. women and
children who hAd banh sattatyinE ihntr appotttOa
for huuta on tho Riakauing ennctnc'e.
Al the crimoR fnr which thnan mon wnra I'M
priaoned nna csennt IA ~ mob law hnvn l,neana
out Of thu mnda of tho public. II roRnnn will
doubtless nrnvn In Gro ting.
The afat Ia Gsurra Carroll, y dark mnlnttn.
aged forty 1.-Two years, tlyn feet RiN inrhoH high.
who IL yaul,,r. 1877. murdered hiH wifi" w
choking her Us death With n rope. Alton tho
murder he drasEsh tho body "ni INT" thu awnmn
nndt burned IL. flia rol attributed ~ JnHl
Quay. For tho uiIanac he Wna tfiai convicted
and sentenced % ~ hung. IT. nppnalnd or i
new trs VIII ! wv sfn"'rh = MN =, M""G , aE"
he had boon In priAon two yoara ono mouth
aud ton dnya.
murdara II tho ono fnr whiel Richard Smith
died. smith u liph gliH. aE'd twenty YrRra
three Yant. uEa murdered MRa Wilmington IN
WRshinEt IA parrish. lila victim hn'l hardly
huddnd into lnvuly womnuhood with u ruuren4
bright ~ ahn fair. when this wretch
n,rawlod honna'h thn wlnd,w II h,r fnthnr'a
10 tho window 70 enjoy tho tfnEiano" ~ ~"
might blooming rnfnus, lNvrlod II gun nj hNr
breast and .hut hor d"ni.
Hia motive wita III tnaN. Ito had boon hIrod
ro AaHAaatNArE urR
aud ha did hte duty. So praiudirnI was tho
community nannat him whnn he WAS nrreRtod
that BIO was granted Y nhanEn q v"nnn e
slrnd aud pautonraI ~ hn hong. iin appealed
10 tho Hupr,me Gpn,f nni waa graat"l now
trial, On hia second irini hn was found guilty |
N IN nliniuHtnnnl
sentenced ~ ihaf nitnnti ny far liz.
From THE conviction rs took = ~ ona appenl,
which IA nov uanAing before tho Supreme |
Court Smith haA hann III prlaon two years |
and niua months.
The neM arr Harrison 'i"hnsom nni Forty |
Ohriatmas Eve. white Mr. IN ltpt IL Tan
Eipahea "a ruuto to this city I" suona NhrtaI
snaa ho WA induced ~ ~ what u known na
Princes Corner by chs two accused. aud wna /
thera murdered Nv tha 1--WE tor his pi4tel ani $40 |
Harrison inhnaan 81 uok HIN over The hoai |
with q pickett causing tampreasi y IT tie |
brain and death and after ~ had u "n brought /
dewn tonrlth Y, the Nov. Forty Walker clicked
and rohh u him
And IL h Tits murder that was The cause Of /
the lynohlng sunday night
Mr. Thtllnsa flionds had become ~ ~
aspernte, III tho hiu.nI murder Ut tRnr COM
paniun tina thet banded hcmArlyns toAetho= conn
hundred ANA FIT, s'rrrpl and atntedtn Amita
TO dsni out va gnanrn to hta stmyrra Quo hun
drad OF thn uumhnr rnnhinrd i hh place
where tho mon ware nNAcn' ed. whiln tity came
In town and vt no mon on ~ III.
:, Mr. fhiliieA wac sen w NJ Madison Phil
l.ns the Republican candidate for ahorif in Tho
partsh Of 1t. Helena.
When these yer ons stnrted 70 avonGn .thoir
font murder thry mpt"d ont
death 70 thu other prisoners. whose utransrs
were equally hrinarr.
Now there were throA othnr prisoners. Renju
min Mckay Paul Apitt and At"he Gottn@. Tho
Two first named were nlaa inenrrntaed In Ili
and takeu out rs thn mob aud would hHve
sns INV tsa ~ whan n !" mi n rn 'x wrn r
he prison Shorln Mix rAtd hat thcy wnro In
noceut of crfnlo, nnd thn montno< hia word for
L and set them M liberty
Tho third party. M VIII hn seen. II thu prts-
,ner SPOKEN II II arrtr MiNs statement. rhls
man was also supposed q have had 1 hand III
he Phillips mu u V. bit. IA far IA known al
,hpugh arrested hy tho yuehpra was liberated
Yesterday H. w. Road, Justice II tho poaro md
letting car,n"r tor thn pn,iah il Iansinnnoa
,licitinE Hll the testimony that reWld tn W.
aimed. retutnea verdict thU hn d"rnHaud
Wounds and ttrau&nlation at tho hands vi Vi
,ody ~ unknown mou. ,
There waa Whit man residing In kmitn
Who, some days aEn. Eiil,d negro Hal VIA WI
IN honds. sunday uiEht. when tho lYuehhrs
we're around they made MI effort foG8f him.
md thef" tH no t"lline what hiR taa might hava
'esn had hn no' set ou' Of the way.
The following 81 tCments u ry witnesses
live graphic description " The whole I'll. HIP;
- MIX.
herin q the rnriAh or Tangipahoa when Ill.,
errogattd upon tho suplat mntle thr fellow
NJ statan ont: Sunday night hunn five arrival
" thefa mail train. Ma ~ ne rAlto II ia-
,ot. met deputy th"Ee frAm Pnn@hennAi
lRve inearcerhted. west with him 20 TIN latl,
md locked hts man ~ IN the rprrr portion ~ Y
he Jail, VIII ~ wits III the hHbit " Keeping
not charged with capital otleuen4. I
sfter locking III" m#n ~. nNself anl Mr. l., W. n
'trader. III, aeputy. snoriT. laf th" lai aud (
tarted for Mrs. Nit hai's boarding house
fhera Mr. Strader Intended sta, ine nll night
Before, W got 20 Mrs; MT, htit's W. stopued !
nj snt down on MIR Eliis's on steps VIII I'LL
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