The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-05-19
ONE HUNDRED MASKED MEN OF
BOSSIER LYNCH A MURDERER.
Desperate Attempt At Suicide By The
Victim.

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Desperate Attempt AT Suicide By The
Victim.
On Tuesday OF last week ID. G. Hut
chins shot and Killed Will. III. Lyon at
the ferry landing opposite Shreveport. ,
Lyon was a young South Carolinian
who had been living in Bossier parish
about ~ months, and was clerking at
the time of the murder for Fetterman
brothers who kept store at the landing.
IIutchins was formerly of Texas, but
for three years had resdedzin Bossief,
and was man of desperate character,
especially when in liquor. He called
LYON from out the store, and CONVEX
sation ensued in low tone of voice,
which was suddenly ended by Hut
chins drawing his repeater and .shoot-
ing Lyon twice. The latter rushed IN
| TO the store, seized double-barrel shot
GUN. and fired twice at Hutchins, the
first shot wounding Hutchins in the
hip, and the last being discharged as
Lyon, gun in hand, fell dead, from
bullet in the heart, from Hutchins,s
/ first shot.
] Lyon was young man ~el
thought OF, and the cowardly, brutal
act of Hutchins greatly incensed the
people in the vicinity of the murder.
i Hutchins was arrested, and for safe
keeping was taken to the Shreveport
Jail. Demonstrations OF an alarming
character were made in that city
AGAINST the prisoners safety, and a re
moval to the Bossier Jail was thought
: prudent:
We find the stern and awful sequel
thus narrated in Shreveport specla
Of sunday to the Times. Democrat o
\ the day following
g Deputy SheriHs James Burt ant
Robert Stenson, of Bossier, learning
. there was some danger of the prisone
y being taken from the Jail in our city
where he was confined for safe keeping
Il and being lynnched, came over las
evening to take him to the BelieVu
Jail They summoned a posse to assis
in conveying him to Bellevue, consist
k. mo of Chief of Police e. M. Austin
ly George L. Whip, Charles A. Dewing
W r. A. Conway, Policeman Quiggles
o. William Mash and William Win
ed bush.
ed They started at about O'Clock thi
,r- morning. On the way the prisone
he stated to Mr.. Dewing that he axpectet
of from movements no had seen since tn
ay killing, that he would be mobbed.
NO On the road, when about four mile
he from town, large number of maske
he men made their appearance. The
he were first discovered by the prisone
err and he at once called on Dewing #
rd, his pistol to defend himself. Dewir
ed refused to give up his pistol, and sal
of he would protect him. In the mea
el- time Hutchins drew large springkni
to and stabhed himself over the hea
the in rapid succession three times. Chi
no. Austin, who had dismounted aud w
the standing near the carnage, caugut
| TO hand and wrenched the knife from
Hutchins then fell over and seeming
ars, tainted.
nee The masked men then took him frc
600 The carriage and hung him to tho
tly tree about 80 yards from the main ros
in His only request was that his wife
,in. n gifted as to the whereabouts of
Inc, body.
'us' The following placards were pinr
ing TO the body: .sThere is point VIII
ent forbearances ceases to be virtue
The CITIZENS. 'Fettefnais-pot Vi 70
frst never return; if you do, you will
low this desperate and THEFT"
It of The Fetterman brothers keep sto
rior on the opposite side OF the river,
we'll are alleged to have urged Hutchins
rou, commit the murder. Hutchins
generally regarded as desperate oh
(, no ter, and although the iynching is del
BRET Gated by lawabiding citizens, m;
she'd referred to it as public necessity.
After the hanging the masked ere
dispersed, leaving the carriage
we're sheriff's posse standing in the re
), OF Your correspondent was on the gro'
Gib- at late hour this evening, and
anly hodv was still hanging awaiting The
rival of the coroner, who lives
!. distance from the scene. Several Il
sand people visited the scene too
There were from 70 to 100 mas
men in the crowd who did the hand
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