The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-05
THE LATE LYNCHINGS
OF THE HILL, BOYS AT sr.1ALBANs.
Tho Conftfsion Of Scott lllll-liis Brutality lilo
Murdered Men "Just to sss Them Kick and
Struggle in tho Thro,s Of Death" which
lg mas More than Cllissul Couid Stand.

Lincoln counties. ltenvB.
A. forr o,r,ooL waan .sa, -. IT,, =,
,or ion, .ua .,.,..s.. III. ~ h' s. y. =:
search ot ,ha mrrdorar. n wooJ. ro.ohaI
| thair home n I;ncolu sonn,,, ,rI..o +. ,r..
sunnossd ,har hoS ...tsn ,ai,ao VIZ w
they knocked at the door scott iIilj br thp
leader OF tho outlaws, made his appearance,
not in tho least concerned as 10 their or.
rand, ard, when informed by the constable
that the business OF tho party was to arrest
him and his brother, Brownlow Hill, and
Charles Spurlock, for tho murder Of Alvin
Woods, and tho attempted murder Of The
young mans father, coolly inquired II they
would not como in and wait till daylight.
This the officers refused 10 d., and in q
short time they were en- route for Charles.
ton, having in custody the Hill brothers,
Charles Spurlock and Jack Dobson, who
were in the house st the time Of their arri.
val. The home OF the Hill boys is about
iorty.seven miles from Charleston. The
immediate community is not isolated, as
many would naturally be led 10 inferirom
the bad character OF the Hills and their
companions, from civilization, but on the
contrary, is thickly settled by thrifty,
peaceable and law.abiding farmers.
ARRIVAL oprHr pp,s,vp,s
Altar oborada,,, x;,, H. -
g. A,'v. .u "n"tuua' i'ae' 'no party reached
81. Alpans win their prisoners about 8
o'clock in the evening, intending to bring
them on tn Oharleston for ..f, ,.oo,;us
Tho-o ~ ,,.,.a., s.n n ~. '"'eseepins'
.an',;, ne,e .uey eaoppGu a ~ sne hocS Hotel, IN
.sL.4nS .shS H. ~ coneul. heVelai parlles as 10
onnt;nne1 "uv to %. J,uaney ~ 'ne CITY should De
son,ad Su .hs q. onIp @ Va hot. " was not SUB:
es'ea ,,oouio ~ .no o.e;a .uat an uprislpg OF
~" poupt,Ia ",a We ss auithhanent or more discIe'
tiTa iM.,i "ouso nays geeh exercised and St.
n.oSno So aiE.uou. a;s ualuiy nau the prison.
..a ueIn uisnaounseu " tue hotel, however,
1' "uen iasso .io"Ge u bsefn looking men
pe9an ~ 9aIuel III the vicinity. Their
nuihoer ineseGseo 30 rapidly that before
ilA!l'pass n!e tne neleaoofhood Of the hotel
Was swsrmns t "an;lHzens OF the town and
ottause's 81 .a ,ua muni au,UtulnH counties. Many
o. t ihem .ha were sosa from Boone and Logan: The
to1m;nc M for the nnrnosa ] ~ ;aa! mop was
trembling criminals in the hoteftbe 't tarr;' ri.
Bile punishment their bloody deeds de-
nnd tep pur pnnla H,,, tne crowd held back
went Iapidiy rom one to another that
Scott hill mad DECIDED TO confess. A
DreathlesS silence followed the announce
ment, anu the crowd pushed nearer 10 the
prisoners VINO, by TINS time, had been led
10 tne ou1slae OF the house, eager to hear
eacn Wora tnat leil from bis lips concern.
ing the bloody crimes OF bis lie before bis
soul vas ushered into eternity. In a
trempllng voice the psle-faced boy-for he
was out eighteen years Of ago-reIated the
many aeeos m o. ms priei but irightful career
eaid and when eoma ou nno ,a1 aIu5 uen, ne
ho had been led to the commipsion Of mnI.
der, gathered courage enough TO make the
tn ofa.al naa reply R tnat 1t vas because he loved
thew We passing ont ncf oi ba Tu s,IIss!s 9. as
this statement was made an audible. omin.
ons murmer ran through the crowd OF men
whose features were beginning to be hid
den by the gathering darkness.
oMISoUs WORDS.
Now and then Tho uord. ah.
49, ,:-,,y -. "N'' uaie n'h
l"pK n'n' "efe iasnliy heard, and the
prisoner, who noticed the change, turned
deathly palo, stopping in h;s statemant
until tha mntter,nn vo;co. nta.hs saa-as
wsre ware siIent H. baa tGiies t;iies t ~ Ine people
fiat y;ctir, % ho;n, % na1aina so iyu. men, MS
deraS @ % on Island s GrapsL peLIuis,' Tnom ne mur-
two NV vesrs M 1a ano and en, w;,h ~ E.gan county,
ia nan who i;usa @ ~ 49, ~ ra;.h uiGn crime an
wh;ch = wss cornSn;,,od @ - .de ne'gnooihooa 81 IN
neddIera hodv he sa;J WAS vas cLnrSeu; n.1S ine
;nto ths hmshas a. aIonI Hna tba p..eieI paaai over
whsra % nv M nasoar.bv as wo,;,d |le y, Gisek osnk,
It and xhere she croTa De and ,1Gly bvs 10 sss
could pick at III" He had "nnt oui nI1IAths nf the
wavS two nersona whoaa au nansa pat guy AZ; 81 Lne
men,;on ma Thev wsra "nVav navrd uaes he old nol
ard ior Tho nl:osrro me- ho tmutuereu tos iof money
them @ M t;cp % anJ s.,,r,lon u lyauu VII ~ seeing
Tho The hand md ha ~ sa;d iluss'o s,"s wnile aylns.
nnmher nm ~ If ~ norsonsH , sHsnornh "sn TUhpo;eu o.
Iuaw % ho wsa in p1.uou cnotnJ, euooso, II 5hey
iaa0o o" b;u, liz ~. .brotho. ~ come ano re-
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