The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-09-16
LYNCH LAW.
wholesale slaughter OF CoIsred Men
in Tennessee.
Prisoners Taken fron the JaiI BY
an Armed Fsree.

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from the adjoining county OF Robertson,
says: Seven negroes have been arrested
as aecomplices in the murder OF one
Lee Laprade. One Of the negroes who
was taken to Saddlervllle ON sunday is
reported TO have confessed, naming his
aceomplices.
A Springfield special to the American
says: At IL O'Clock on Tuesday night
mob Of one hundred armed men
came into the town and began to batter
in the doors Of the jail containing two
negroes charged with the murder Of
an old man named Laprade. Four sus-
pected negroes were In the hands Of
the mob and two Others in the jail. also
a negro named Joe Ramsey, who MUIR
dered Miss Holt.
The American received the following
special this morning: Guthrie, KY,
Sep. 1880 a. m.-Jim Higgins, one
OF Laprade's murderers, captured at
Paduech few days ago and brought
to Saddlerville for trial, made full con-
fession yesterday. There were seven
more negroes implicated in the murder.
The trial not being finished. the parties
were put under guard at Saddlerville
last night. This morning about one
O'Clock a masked party Of fifty men
were seen half n mile from Saddlerville,
armed with shotguns and holding con-
sultation. Twenty men were seen
passing here at II O'Clock, going to
Saddlerville. No doubt they will lynch
the seven negroes before morning.
Springfield, Sep. 15-3 a. m.-Arch
Jamison and Jack Bell were taken by
the mob and will be hanged. Ramsey
was left dead on the jail floor riddled
with bullets. The mob left quietly;
they broke open several blacksmith
shops and got tools. They then broke
down the doors Of the Jail, went into
the cells and took out two negroes and
lsft the town with them, severally tied
and riding in front Of the mob. After
the mob left Ramsey was found on the
jail floor dead, perfectly riddled with
bullets. None of the mob are known.
They went west on the Clarkville road.
Some Of the citizens asked where the
prisoners could bo found. 1t Is said
that all the negroes will be hanged
together. The mob will now have time
to take them where Laprade was muir
dered before daylight.
Nashville, Tenn, Sep. 15.-Late ad-
vices from Springfield state that the
crowd who forced the jail there this
morning were disguised with white
handkerchiefs across their faces, and
entered the town along Cedar hill at
l O'Clock. They rode quietly to the
jail and dismounted. Failing to find
the sheriff to obtain the keys, they
broke open the doors with sledge ham
mers. The first cell reached was occu-
pied by Ramsey, who, two months ago,
shot young lady because she refused
to marry him. This prisoner retreated
behind the door and fought the mob
with the leg Of chair. He was shot
in the left leg, severing the femoral
artery, and falling, was dragged out
side and one or two more shots fired into
his body, which killed him. The crowd
then secured Jack Bell and Archy
Jamison, negroes, arrested few days
ago charged with the murder of L. S.
Laprade, who lived about seventeen
miles from Springfield. They placed
these two prisoners on horses and with
them left the town by the same road
they entered. They halted seven miles
from Springfield and hanged them on
dogwood trees, about 10 yards apart.
About O'Clock this morning lady
passing along the road observed the
corpses swinging, and at once notified
the neighbors. Intelligence soon
reached Springfield, and the coroner,
accompanied by number Of citizens,
proceeded to the spot, cut down the
bodies and held an inquest, placed the
corpses in a wagon and drove back to
town. The bodies were taken charge
of by an undertaken.
Five others, accused of completely in
the Laprade murder, are under guard
ut Saddlerville. One Of them, named
Higgins, made confession, implicat-
ing the others and giving sickening de-
tails of the torture of I.aprade, to make