The Dawson journal., 1883-08-30

matted and brought back. Soon
after this runner brought the in
telligence that the body of the
MISSING WOMAN HAD BEEN FOUND,
and upon hearing it Fulford abso-
lutely refused to go to the place.
but was forced to go in a buggy
with two guards. Arriving at the
creek the body, as it lay in the wa
ter, in an upright attitude, the face
just below the surface, he attempt
ed a faint exhibition of grief, and
remarked that he would not have
had it happened for five dollars"
A water bucket was found setting
on the bank Of the creek, and the
guard discovered lodged against
some bushes just below the spot
where the dead woman was found,
and a bonnet, belonging to the
dead woman, was suspended from
branch near the bucket. These
articles were placed thus to bolster
up his story of her suicide by
drowning, doubtlessly.
The coroner Immediately organ
lied his court, and the investigation
continued all Of Wednesday night
and Thursday, when Harry Brad
ley, Reuben Robinson and negro
woman named Sukie Robinson,
with whom, it is alleged, Fulford
was on terms Of criminal intimacy,
were arrested on suspicion, the
three having been heard to indulge
in suspicious talk concerning the
missing woman.
Soon after their arrest they were
questioned, when the two negro
men
MADE A FULL CONFESSION
Of the particulars Of the murder,
from the time of Fulford's return
from breakfast at his fathers on
Tuesday morning. The murderers
and the woman were at once lodged
in Jail, after having been before
the Coroners court as witnesses.
The verdict Of the Coroner's jury
was to the effect that the deceased
lady came to her death at the hands
of Joseph Fulford, Harry Brad
ley and Reuben Robinson, and that
the three were guilty of willful
murder.
It is proper to state in this con
nection that the tracks of the cart,
the marks of violence upon the
head, throat and breast OF the dead
woman, together with her being
dressed as described by the con-
fessors, all corroborated the con-
fession exactly, although the ne
groes had neither seen the dead
woman after the body was found
nor heard any Of the particulars
of her discovery.
The horrible details Of the crime
had aroused the whole county and
hundreds Of people focked to Col
qpitt on Friday to hear the com
mitment trial Of the murderers.-
As the particulars of the tragedy
became known the Indignation OF
the crowd arose to fever heat, and
at one time there was strong talk
of claiming the three men to
stake on the court house square
and burning them to cinders.-
Wiser counsels prevailed, however,
and the trial proceed. Night com
ing on a strong guard was placed
around the Jail Attempts to lynch
were then made. This guard was
continued from night to night, and
on Friday and Saturday nights
parties of Lynchers were hanging
around the Jail trying to force open
the doors and get at the prisoners.
They, however, failed to do so. 1t
was reported all Saturday and Sun
day that the Lynchers had taken
the prisoners from the Jail on Fri
day night and hanged to conven-
lent limb and riddled their bodies
with bullets, those bring thereports
affirming that they had seen par
ties who saw the dead bodies, and
it was on this character of evidence
that the daily press of the country
was telegraphed of the lynching.
Monday morning, however, news
reached the city that the reported
lynching was untrue, and that the
prisoners would be brought to this
city for safe keeping if they could
be gotten here alive. The day
passed, however, without their ar
rival, and again the reports
flew thick and fast that they had
been lynched on Monday night.
The first apparently we'll authenti-
Gated reports, having proven false,
few persons believed this until
yesterday morning, when parties
from Colquitt who had talked with
physician who saw the prisoners
on Tuesday and who gave their
true condition,
SHOT TO DEATH.
The particulars of the lynching,
so far as we have been able to
gather them from the most reliable
sources, are about these:
At 2o'clock A. M, Tuesday morn
ing a horseman dashed up to the
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