Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-04-25
Hanging of a Fiend.
A TAx-PAYER.

James Carroll the negro fend who perpe-
| trated a most diabolical outrage upon the
person of Mrs. Richard Thomas, At Licksvil,e,
in Frederick county, while being taken TO
Frederick Jail was taken from the train nj
Point OF Rocks by band Of lynchers and
hanged until dead. The particulars, as re-
ceived, are as follows;
The train upon which The prisoner was
placed in custody of policeman II. Z. Volk-
man and B. =. Harper, of Georgetown, left
Washington at 4:35 p. NJ, in charge Of Con-
ductor Michael. kilograms conveying intelli-
gence of the arrest had been seat 10 Point OF
Rocks during the afternoon. and long before
the arrival OF the train at this station large
number Of enraged and de;el mined men had
assembled from various sections Of the coun-
ties of Frederick and Montgomery, and Lou
doun county, Virginia, aud it needed no
prophetic soul to foretell their stern purpose
AT Tuscarora four miles from Point OF Rocks
nearly thirty desperate men, masked and armed
to the teeth, boarded the train, but mnde no
demonstration. On arriving NJ the Washing
ton junction the train was Immediately be-
seiged 10y nearly three hundred persons, about
one bundled of whom were on horseback
Twenty or thirty meu, with pistols and knives
drawn, quickly entered the car in which
Carroll was seated and after overcoming the
desperate resistance made by The officers and
conductor, took up the prisoner bodily and
carried him 10 The platform, where slip moose
was thrown over his head. lie was thee
hurriedly dragged across plowed field about
90 yards to the nearest tree. Here the rope was
Immediately thrown over limb and instantly
grasped by dozen hands, and almost in the
twinking of an eye the fend in human torn
VAS dangling in the air. Not word was
spoken by him, and he died without sirug-
ST., victim 10 his british passions and to the
terrible vengeance of an enragrd aud out
ragged community. The whole affair was pro-
ceeded with in a cool and deliberate manner,
and was over in less than thirty minutes =
After he was pronounced dead the masked
horSeiDen at once mounted their horses and
rode quietly away. Several times the police
men from Georgetown attempted 10 cross the
field 10 where the prisoner had been taken,
but pistols placed 10 close proximity TO their
heads eifeciually warned them that they we've
treading upon dangerous ground. Threats
from the maskers were frequently beard 10
the effect that it the authorities had succeeded
in getting the prisoner 10 the Frederick Jail
their sworn determination to lynch him could
not have been thwarted, for they would GER
tainly have attacked the building Carroll
confessed TO the preparation Of the crime be-
fore leaving Washington
Additional details received of the horrible
outrage perpetrated by Carroll are even more
narrowing than these first reported Af:er
effrcting an entrance into The house through II
window, Carroll proceeded Immediately to
the chamber where Mrs Thomas and several
children were sleeping. Reaching the bedside
he grasped her by the throat, and BY threaten
ing 10 kill her with knife that be held in his
hand, compelled her to desist from her strug-
giles; one Of the children began to cry, when
he savaGely caught il by the hair and threw
il roughl aside. The imprint Of his fingers
could still he seen on Mrs. Thomas neck The
next dav. She is reported to be in u pro,
and precarous condition, while her husband
is terribly distressed. The people in the vi
entity were enraged to such an extent that
they were opposed TO granting the on,-
RACER trial. Carroll was % years of age,
dark brown 10 color, nearly black, rather
raised nose, thick lips, weight about $50
pounds, about 5 feet inches high.
Up TO this time il is estimated that about
ten thousand negroes have left the South for
Kansas. OF this number not mere than one
third are active farm hanis and producers -
Chickens in the deserted region can afford to