St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-01-03
THEIR BODIES lIUTILATED.

Last Sunday night mounted and
masked mob rode int Amite City, forcI-
by obtained the keys of the Jail. and
took thercfrom six prisoners, four
Of whom were hung to tree by the road
side; the other two, supposed to have
been innocent. We're set at liberty. After
the men We're hung, the mob, who were
armed with shot-guns and reyolvors,
sent shower of lead into the bodies of
three of the victims, mutilating them
in most brutal and horrible manner.
They then lowered the bodies 70 the
ground, and marched away, leaving
CHASTITY mass of mangled humanity
to tell the tale.
We give below brief account of the
murderers who thus summarily met
their fate:
George Carroll. dark mulatto, aged
forty-iye years, murdered his wife BY
choking her to death with rope. He
had been tried, convicted and sentenced
to be hung, but was recently granted a
new trial by the Supreme Court. Jeal-
ousy was the cause of his crime.
Richard Smith, a Eight grit" aged
twenty years, three years ago murdered
Miss Warrington, beautiful young lady,
in Washington parish. She was sitting
at window in her fathers house, ct
night, when he crawled up, leveled a
gun at her and shot her dead. He had
had two trials, the second one terminal
ing in d life sentence to the Penitentiary.
From this conviction he took second
appeal, which is now pending before the
Supreme Court. He committed the mGr-
der for money, having been hired by
some unknown person to assassinate
Hiss Wilmington.
Harrison johnson and Perry Walker,
both colored, were charged with the
murder OF LII. 7. j. Phillips. young
white man, on last Christmas Eve, in the
town of Tangipahoa, while en- route
to New Orleans to spend Christmas. He
was induced to go to a remote corner of
the town by the two accused, who muir
dered him for his pistol and money.
The Sheriff of Tangipahoa parish, Mr..
E. p Mix. is an able and efficient Off
Ger, and is in no way to blame for the
loss of the prisoners, as he had 10 init
nation of the approach ofthe mob until
they met him on the street nsar his home
and demanded the keys Of the Jail. He
stoutly refused to produce them, but
was compelled by the mob to tell where
they were, after which they proceeded to
his residence and compelled his wife to
give them up. The following statement
was made by Sheriff Mix, to a reporter of
the New Orleans Democrat, who arrived
on the scene the next day:
Sunday night, upon the arrival of tie
T:4S mail train, / was at the railroad de
pot. l met deputy there from Poncha-
toula with q prisoner in charge, whom
he desired TO have incareerated. Vert
with him to the Jail and locked his man
up III tle upper poitAon VI eLie JAZZ,
where l was in the habit of keeping
prisoners not charged with capital Of
fences. After locking the man up, N.Y.
self and Mr.. L. W. Strader, the deputy
sheriff, left the Jail and started for Mrs.
Mitchelrs boarding house, whore AIr.
Strader intended staying all night.
Before We got to Mrs. Aiitchell's We
stopped and sat down on Mr.. Ellis's
office steps. which was on the corner.
After sitting there q while, Mr. Strader
got up ana was about going to the hotel,
when his attention was called to SOME
Fifty or sixty mounted men going down
the street IL the direction OF my mouse.
As soon Us got to tle corner. | stopped,
and blew whistle twice, and also dis
charged two of the chambers Of my re-
volver. By this time Stradcr had over
taken me, and IS he approached Inc lie
told me net to shoot any more, rs the
men who were mounted We're coming to-
ward us and would shoot Us.
then made another Start for the house,
when | was halted Ly tn mounted mob,
who asked me who ] vas? l told them
my name, and they SAIL they were look