Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-02
A Base Lie.

When Il Q col firnaii, n OF The oe"ly
appointed po,!ma-'cr at MarIipsburg'
W. Va, was p,nding In the Unlteo
States Senate last menth, 1t was staicc
10 the newspapers that the man who
had been non mated by tie President
was charged with assisting in tie lyncf
ing of negro Nlo had assaulted an'
murdered a while girl. Whether the
gentleman referred 10 had anything Il
do with the lyrcbirg or not is immater-
ial, but the boy who was hanged by iht
mob was entirely innocent. A willie
elrl who bad gone 10 tie woods to orins
home her mothers COWS failed to re-
urn 10 the evening, and pext mo'nln9
she was dead. She appeared to have
been killed by a blow with club. a
negro boy, whose parents lived not a
great distance from where The body was
found. was tried for the murder, and
convicted on utterly insufficient EVIL
dence. The supreme court OF West
Virginia granted HIM new trial. When
lhls -fecame known mob lock the boN
from the jail and hanged him. Some
time aiterward the girls brother slot
himself with suicidal intent, and before
he died confessed that he bad killed his
SISTER. They had gone 10 the woods
,ooetler, and willie there had quarreled
ahout son tr.ne blow was struck
with a stick and the girl fell dead. The
oulty brother ran away, and allowed a
negro 10 be tried and sentenced to
dea.b for the crime. RemOrse finally
drove him 20 sulcide.- Washington Re-
publican.
The Washington Republican, with is
usual disregard of truth, sNes put Lefty
10 the foregoing vile slauder upon the
fair pane Of citizen OF this county
We bappeu 10 klow all about tie un'
fortunate killing Of Annie Butler, hay-
inc knoAn the family for years previous
thereto, and at tine OF tie sad occur
renee a sister Of The unfortunate child
was an inmate OF our family, having
lived with Us from childhood. AT the
time that Anuie Butter was killed, Je-
cob Butler, the brother alluded 10, YVES
living In Mary land with Mr.. Arthur
Ellis. and did Lei cone home ubtll The
middle of The day On which the poo
child was found dead. Annie Butler
MAS fcupd early in the mOrulug ny
some " God choppers wLo were on their
way TO work. having teen missing sinc'
the evening previous, "htn ste Was
sea,cl.ed for BY her mother and ctleis
unul late nour. Tie story of The SUI
eide of young Builer is as false as false
en- be. He Is iiYlpg at this lime IN
This county. Lot nole Than mile from
he place where bis little sist'r was so
toully dealt with on lie oh day OF Oct.
1873. Jacob Butler, in The fall of 1874
WAS out luuung aud in returning hon e
stopped al tie Louise OF Col. William
LEIGH in this county, aud while talking
10 his sister, who was living there, care
lessl, leaning u on Lis gun il was &C
cidently discharged, irh.ciing a slight
flesh would in The sh uider. The story
NJ a col lesson ard suic de is lie
manufactured out Of the whole cloth.
We have teen thus explicit in order
to expose clearly and circumstaniially
the mendacity Of the W Washington Re-
publican. NartinSburg Statesman.
One of our lawyers from this county
was present a. he aforementioned trial
and states that the blood on the negro
bows clothing and his corh citing state
ment led to the boys arrest, aud at The
lrlal experts from Philadelphia ana 9TH
cr cities we're examined as to the blood
found upon his clothing and boots and
all concurred that it was human blood.
And that after a fair aud impartls ! trial
IL of the jurors were unanimous as 10
his guilt, whilst The II h juror who bar
pened 10 be a Republican was taken
sick and remained sick until the jury
was discharged by the court, but ii was
the almost unanimous opinion OF tie
community that the negro committed
the deed and received his just deserts,
And it is rot surprising that when such
vile ISLANDERS are published daily IN The
Washington Republican, that good men
10 our midst calling themselves demo
Gratis daily receive this paper into Mer
family 10 preference 10 otter good den'
Ocral;c journals.