Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-09-09
The Recent Lynchlng.
RouNp Tor. Aug. 18th.

Permit me through the col
umns Of your paper to correct
a statement made in the Texas
Post by some unknown person.
There follows the details OF
the capture Ct the prisoner,
Rube Carothers, by Lyon Viii
Hams and others. Williams the
constable of precinct No. 8 re-
quested Lyon to go to Bren-
ham and bring the prisoner out
for trial. The following is an
account of what occurred from
the time the prisoner was taken
from the Brenham jail until the
lynching.- EDIToRs BANNER.
l was requested by Williams,
in case he did not get back in
time for trial to go to Brennan
after the prisoner also being re-
quested by the justice, to which
l consented and did so, on leav-
ing Brenham he asked if he
could get some whiskey, l hes
itated to let him get it and he
said Jack Lands gave him as
much whiskey as he wanted all
the time, l told him he could
get little flask, which he did
and took two drinks out Of it on
the road. When we got to the
Justices Office VIC took the flask
away from him and it was over
half full. The prisoner was
turned over to other guards and
l did the writing for the justice.
If he got anything more to drink
that day l do not know it. l
know he was not drunk when l
arrived at the Justices office, he
told ME he intended to play
drunk with everybody at the
court. told him be had bdES
not; he said he would. Non
comes the writer of the Texa&
Post, who says the prisons5
struck repeatedly and ~
broken up by the lynchcfs:
l, for one, pronounce as "a
The prisoner was not struck 40
all, nor was the trial broken up
by the lynchers. 1t was ais
own conduct that caused the
court to adjourn until morning.
He cursed the court and told
him to shut his books and rose
up out of his chair, arose and
told hun to set down, he said
he would not and | could not
make him. l then took hold of
him, and the prisoner struck me
two or three times, then the
guards drew their pistols on him
the justice got out of his place
at his desk for fear the prisoner
would make a desperate attempt
to get away and there would be
some shooting done. If the
gentleman who wrote the arti-
Gle l refer to in the Houston
Post knows it to bea fact that
Germans did hang RUDE Car
others, why not have them ar
rested and tried for the great
crime they have committed on
this unfortunate negro, and
against the peace and dignity
of the State of Texas. l am
bitterly opposed to mob law
and will do all in my power to
ferret out the guiltyparties, the
writer of the Houston l9ost also
states that Won Bieberstcin had
a son in close terms Of intimacy
with the lynchers. These are
rather bold charges to male mole
against a man, if the writer does
know these assertions to be GER
tain facts. For Gods sake have
then! ARRESTED ana let justice be
done to unto them, the son al
luded to by the writer OF the
Houston Post, was summoned
by ME to help arrest Rube, and
was with me at the time of the
arrest and l saw nothing in his
conduct except that of a gentle
man in every respect he, also |
attacks H. r. Won Beberstein |
to which l need not reply; his
reputation is unimpcachable |
and he is too well known over |
the broad state Of Texas as g. law |
abiding citizen, for me to say |
anything. So l will treat it with |
silent contempt. Hoping the
gentleman writing for the Hous-
ton Post may sign his name in |
his next document so that the
ones these grave charges are
made against can defend them
selves, and all facts of the case
will be given to anyone with |
gratis, so far as | know,
! remain as ever,
Ben. A. LIGoN,
Dep'ty Sheriff, Fayettc Co.
l certify that the above is a
correct statement of facts, as l
have served as interpreter on
the trial + A SCuTIcH