The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-16

with great rapidity, and new sec
tions are constantly being let.
CHARLESTON, \. C.. December H.
The Meas and C0BFieT has received
the details of the murder of Mrs.
Kennedy, in Clarendon county. and
of the subsequent lynchiDg Of the
three murderers Last Sunday Mr..
Thomas Kennedy, living near Sa-
lem, intending to visit Clarendon,
went over to his fathers house, a
short distance from his own, TO ask
his mother 10 stay with his wife dur
ing his absence. kennedy's wife
! was formerly Miss Ada Wright. OF
Darlington, and had only been mar
ried about year. She was Il young
lady of only nineteen or twenty
| e1rs of age, intelligent, refined aud
highly respected. When her hus-
band left she shut the door and sat
by the window to write n letter TO
her mother. AS she sat there she
saw in the yard Joe Barnes, a col
ored boy about sixteen years old.
who had been employed by Mr.. Ken
nedy the previous week. This boy
had been induced by two negroes
living near, by the name of Vance
Brandt, and his sister Julia, aged re-
spectively eighteen and fifteen, to
hang around the promises, and when
| Mr.. IL cnnedy left the place gave the
| signal TO Vance and Julia, who kept
themselves concealed in a thicket.
This couple had heard of Mr.. Ken
nedy's intention TO visit Charleston,
and thinking he would have good
deal of money in the house, deter
mined TO break in and get il. When
Joe gave the signal Vance went i'm
mediately to the window and three
times tried to get in, and each time
he was showed out by Mrs. Kennedy.
| Finding he was determined 10 get
in, she opened the front door and
ran t rough the yard and was just
going through the gate when Vance
snatched up hoe lying in the yard,
overlook her at the gate and knocked
her down. She implored mercy,
and told him she would give him all
the money she had if he would
only spare her life. He cursed her,
and said: "I'se been waiting to kill
you long time" and at that struck
her two more blows, and in attempt
ing to avert which it is supposed
her hand was broken. Just then
Julia came up with another
hoe, and severed her head. When
Kennedy returned, about three
hours afterward, he found his wife
lying outside the front gate, multi
ated, cold and stiff, her head almost
severed entirely. The Uranium was
cut off from ear to ear, leaving the
brains scattered around the ground.
The jury of inquest being held, they
returned verdict of murder in the
highest degree by unknown parties.
On Tuesday the colored Boy Joe
Barnes was arrested, and he showed
so much confusion on being ques-
toned as TO his whereabouts on Sun
day that only few questions served
10 bring out his full confession,
from which the above account is
taken. On an examination of Vance
and Julia, it elected evidence show
ing that they were the murderers.
Marks of blood and brains were
found upon their clothing. The
character of the murder awakened
intense Indignation in the neighbor-
hood, and crowd of $50 white and
fifty colored men assembled to fin
ish the murdercrs. The negroes
begged the whites topermit them to
take the prisoners and burn them
alive. This was refused, but a vote
was taken whether they should be
jailed and wait court, or be lynched.
Only twenty-thrce voted to wait on
tho Law, and it WAS determined to
hang them to the tree nearest th.
scene of the crime. Halters were
obtained and fastened to limb of
the tree, and the cart which con-
tanned the murderers was pulled
from under the limb, handkerchiefs
being tied over their faces, and the
trio was soon dangling in the air.
The victim of the murder was en-
ciente with twins, and was near her
confinement.
ARKANSAS CITY, December IL
Payne's colony remained in camp on
the line Thursday night, fianked by
Lieut.. Mason and fOrty-eight blue
coats. There was a manifest good
feeling between the troops and emil
grants. The latter are determined
to go to Okalahoma at any cost
1 he popular feeling on the Kansas
border is that the president shall
qualify his proclamation so as to
give the colonists military escort
through the Cherokee steppes and
permit them to settle on the gov
eminent land in which the Indian
title is extinguished by purchase.
New YORK, December ia spe-
oial says the conservatory of Jay
Gould, at Irvington, on the Hudson
river, considered the most magnifl-
cent structure of the kind in the
country, was totally destroyed by
fire at an early hour this morning.
The loss is reported to be one hun
dred thousand dollars.
WASHINGTON, December ia
representative of the New York
Associated Press to-day called Sem
ator Bayard's attention to the letter
written to the editor of the Phila-
delphia Press by Messrs. Boutwell,,
Arthur, Davis and Conkling, and
telegraphed from Philadelphia to
the Associated Press last night in
response to an appropriate enquiry.
Senator Bayard after reading the
dispatch said that the statement re-
ferred to as having been published
in the Philadelphia Press of October
29th, and in the State Sentinel at
Dover, Delaware, were never heard
Of by me until the 10Th of November
and / then settled the fact
that [ had made no such
statements by saying they were
false and malicious, and l resented
the imputation that / had at any
time made such charge. 1t is not
necessary for me at present to COM
ment on the publication which you
have just shown me. The state
ments referred to reported Senator
Bayard as having said in a political
speech that the gentleman above
named, together with the special
agent Jayne, had divided among
themselves the $4,000 received
from Phelps, Dodge & Co.. for al
legged under-payments of custom
duties.
NEWARK, December 1.-THE saw
factory of Richard Richardson, the
second largest in the United States,
was burned this morning. The loss
is estimated at 5000, fully insured.
Two hundred hands are thrown out
of employment.
MEMPHIS, December ia fire
this morning destroyed two shanties
nccnniad hv cnlnred naOnln Two