Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-18
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1tlchard Thomas, ct LlekVliic, Frederick cjrr
ty, Nd, last Monday hight, was arrested r.
Georgetown. yesterday, sid Hanged By .
lyncbiog party noer Sugar Loat Mourts;p
Nd, while being tikcn to Frederick c,rr,y
yesterday evening"
About noon yesterday Carroll vas discovered
walking On the tow path Of Tie Z. & 0. Cana.
near Fsyetto street. Georgetown, by hlr Wcf.
ard Thomas, the husband Of The outraged vo
man, who came to Washington for Tie purpo,o
of looking st the MAJ named Adam Au:,io
who had been arrested on Wednesday. Carol
passed Thomas aad tipped his hst 10 him
Thomas Immediately summoned Ofic2r Ic!s
man. Upon the appearance OF the tEicsr Car
roll ran, and taking circuitor5 route through:
Water and Fayotto streets. returned to tic tow
path of tho canal, holly pursued BY Tie officer
At the Aqueduct Bridge the fugitive was s,c,
ped BIZ MIR. FrzzslI. Carroll showed resstacc.
but Mr.. Frizze held him Unit. tho cilia,r cane
up lie vas then taken 10 the stc.lon hcus,
end locked up Garrett vas very boas!iu! a.!
did not eccm at al! frightened. llc made co
attempt 10 conceal bis Identity. Somc piece,
of cloth torn FROM his c!othiUg By Mrs. Thon.s,
which Mr. Thomas had in lis possession, wsre
found to correspond with Icn3 10 his coiLias.
Carroll WAS about twenty o6c years of sge, c;l
per cc!oIcd, of medium height, slender buil,
ard very repu!siqo ie eppelrsnce. He told t..
ofi5ers st the station house tia: he ran aHay
from Maryland b;cius, be kHos lie wou!i +,
hung if he remained there. He said that T.,
he had to die only opco lie vas wiling to !y~
turn and suffer the penalty. Whco ho 10.
taken from tho station house large csoSd w,,
collected about tho door way aad there ".
considerable excitement. 10 a'tGrpt was m.j
to interfere With the officers. TITO prisoner So,
haudcuffcd and taken to the Baltimore AL
Ohio depot, aod LETT for Frederick c!u.ty rl,
the 4:35 train, aocJmpssied hy M7. Thomas So
the officers.
The news CT the arcs! reached tic Ptl-t g.
Rocks in tho aiteroCoa aDt arrangements w,5e
made deliberately 10 t:kc mo .1l5oacrif0u T.:
officers and l;cch hin upon lis GI!lG4 ;acG,
The train arrived ct G:lj. So:us tin, b.::.
its errival crowds OF meE collected G5ou. th"s'.
ton. Upou the arrl3al Of tie train tho E,ea
boarded il 10 email parties, as ii lhly var i:'
SINGERS. fhsse men rot iu.o the Sam, c.. ~
tho police Cflic,r5 AMI The prisoner. !'iir i:.i,
moved on.
At Sugar Lo1! Ncus,.in. upoo "a r,,s,n
certcd signal, some Of tbs c!o%i p0uo,ad uy'a
the officers irorl behind, aGd 8 masked r,us.
numbering fifteen CT twenty, catered Tia g.
briugiog q rope. The cf:I:eTs rtsilt:l ':rs..
ra,eIy, bu. were sjcu ov.rpG|u:cj. iAa -
sontr was wrracd irl., ihaM AMI rtpt pc i
round lis 1t OK.
Carol! begged g.i:rnu-iI ieF rIecty. Il ~.
dragged irom tic irain ap4 pl!:a ac!0's & 81
! i distance al 100 yards or mere 10 asp); hn."h
as Suaky llolog. A tee ia25s cinVeoirnu
formed by natnlc frr tho purpose vas iouni -
Carroll, who vas i;aGtlj with terror, iaia!Ir,"
his captors 70 spG.e hI.i, III: lis prayers Ia,
no other ti:ct than 10 make them MGR ~
ycdilious. The rope Was thrown Cve1 :. Ian
end he doomed maG Tai hGs!cd IN the n,c
He struggled desperately to iteo hmsc!! t.'".
thu rope, bu. so2n became quiet.
The yrchers rcmslocd en- the spit u!.i sHc:
that the negro wsS dead, and thar, mvnI:rur
their horses which were ready for thea RI.
s;sGly away. n attempt vas made to iat."
ierc with them. The whole operation, frIHi
the tims the train WAS boarded ua!i the hi,
less bCdy Of Carroll was left dangling ID"
tree, occupied ouIy about thirty minute IA
body was lett Oh the tree over ea hcur, VII
Il was cut dowa ty 9lrccli)n Of !Lc c,uliy ~
fctrs.
A dispatch ltom FREDERICK, MI, says:
Of Carroll had been sen. TO Polnt CT RGckS aaa
this pac, during tho a!iernaor, aod long -
fore the srriva! CT The trcia a. that S elton 3.
large humber Of crragcd an1 determined IN
had assembled from various Ecc;lOGs q! tht
counties Ct Frederick sud Montgomery, Ni.,
AID Ioudouu ojuoy. Va. and IL needed u,
prophelio soul 10 fJretci their Stern purpg,t
At Tuscsrora, four miles lr1El Point Of Rocks.
nearly thirty desperate men, misked AID a-n!eh
10 the teeth, board. 4 tho tram, bat made ~
demonstration. Ga ariiTl1g st the Wnshue
ton JUNCTION thc train was imm :datG!y b.sie%
ed by nearly three hundret persoos. aJcu; Oh:
hundred of whom we're on horseback. Twcny
or thirty mcu, with pistols aui klv.s drGwu.
quickly entered tbs Ger ia which Calry wss
seated, aud ef!cr overcoming the desperate +
sistarc, maGo b7 tho oGic,rs and cjciuc o!,
took up the prisoner bodily aad carried bin l.
the platform, where Sip moose was thrJss
oscr his head. He was then hurriedIy d;agtrl
across q plowed Ii I'D about 100 yarta 10 '!r
nearest tree. Hero The rope was immediate
throgn over limb aad iGstantly 2raspcd by
dezan bands, acd alnos: il the twiaklipg O. a..
csc tho fend 10 human form Was daDs!irg Il,
the ai,. Not word was spoken by him. All
he dad without q struggle, vein 10 H.
british passions aud to the terrible veBgcoac-
of CO cprsRed snd outraged community. T"e
whole affair Was proceeded With 10 cIcl an!
deliberate manner. and was over 10 less thaa
thirty minutes. After he WAS pronounced desa
tho masked horsemcu ct oCc9 mcuo.cd their
horses and rodo q1lotly cWiy. Several t.nfs
the policemen from Geo.gctoaa attempted t.
cross tho field to whe1o tho prisoner had bee"
taken. but pistols plscsd in close proximity, :"
their heads efcctuslly warned them that ;hcY
were trecdiug upon dangerous grcuod, and "a
cordugy they could DO no mere than com, II"
to this city, uious the c:arg9 that had h:en
com caitted 10 then"
Blrs. Rcaics Thonrs, The .ctin Oi tic %
r,,gc, is Christian lady OF culture, heauy CO.
rel cement, ard very highly cooccc:el. Shr ''
tho WIDEST. eDd only married a1usStcT q M e.
esteemed 10 Ma -5lsn1. Mrs.. Thomas lecHv,d
her edusstiop a. he hcslctDy Ct the 'Fisi:a-
io0 rfedeIcs ~ 10 aoRsars5Gh' SD 5s
blue, expressive eysa, rl:aslns maHneFs anil
sweet, clear voice. She L. OF agreeable, G'sio,
eilion and greatly admired I'D beloved in nc