The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-22
THE CRIMINAL CALEYDAR
That Horrible Deed at Elkhart and
Its Consequence.
Two COrOners' JurieS Meet and Rem.
der Yerdicts.
The Second Inquest Has an Unusual
Task Before II.
A Vigilance Committee Gets in a
Good Days Work.
A Pair of Trees aud the Fruit Thereof
One of the Murderors Was Mur-
deress - She Also bangles
with the Others
A PEOAeoeug TURNS FoResR.
That Dreadful Deed and lite Wnd Sc

That Dreadful Deed and lite wnd Sc
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PALESTINE, June Special. T.
Late yesterday evening the parties fer.
rettng out the murderers Of Mrs. Ha-
zell, at Eikhart on the night of the 10Th
instant, made another search Of Andy
Jackson's house, and found covered up
with some old rags, small rope COW
cred with blood and hair, the latter
corresponding exactly with that of the
murdered lady. This confirmed the
theory held by nearly all that Andy
jackson was ConspiratOr in the
crime, and that If ne did not take part
i'll 1t, his house was he rendezvous of
the murderers. Near the bloody piece
OF shirt which was found near the
D0iy, tracks corresponding with those
OF Frank Hayes wore discovered. The
posse took his shoes of, and they fitted
the tracks exactly, making peculiar
marks ON account of the shoes being
worn of at the toes, and the tracks
were followed and led to the section
house where Hedges worked. Andy
Jacks0n's daughter said the piece of
bloody shirt belonged to Rogers, ono
OF the parties suspected and that she
would tell the truth If il hanged all of
them, This she declined afterward
10 do ana stubbOrnly refused to tell
anything. The suspected negroes
were again taken out and questioned,
but refused to tell anything about
the Crlme. While the clues were
being followed the arrested men were
placed in an empty store and
guarded by men with shot guns and
siX-shooters all day. They maintained
a stolid inditior ence, laughing and
smiling, but toward night this failed
them and their faces betrayed their
anxiety as If they began TO realize that
their time on earth was growing short.
This morning proved that their fears
were well grounded. THE HERAl.p's
correspondent left Elkhart at IL O'Clock
q. m, ON the passenger train
from Houston, which brought
to the former place Il large
crowd of men from Grapol aud
atation below. No particulars hsvo
been learned, but q private telegram
states that this morning were found
/ hanging from one tree at Elkhgrt the
! dead bodies of Lizzie Jackson, Andy
jackson, Frank Hayes, VIII Rogers
/ and Joseph Norman. Everybody is
I satisfied with this result, AS Il Is be-.
lieYed the men who did tho hanging
were thoroughly satisfied of the quilt
of the parties, facts and circumstances
plainly pointing to them as the tends
who perpetrated this most foul Of
butcheries. II is now believed that
| the murdered woman was not OUT
| ragged, but that she was frat strangled
| and aiterward her throat cut, simply
( because she objected to Andy Jack.
sons family coming on her premises
90 get water from her well. The
bodies are now hanging at Elkhart.
Tho murdered lady was buried yes
torday afternoon, and the sight of her
two little babes and broken. hearted
husband touched every heart with sor-
row. Mrs. Hazell was a beautiful,
intelligent lady, % years of age, aud
WAS loved and respected by all who
knew her. 1t is believed that eight or
10 negroes, of both sexes, were con-
nected with her murder, and no means
will be spared 10 bring all TO Justice.
LATER 6 p. m.-Parties iust from
ElkhHrL bring the news that Andy
Jaokson's wife confessed everything.
Andy held a pistol at Mrs. Hazells
head while the three other mon out
ragged her and then cut her throat,
Lizzie the woman who was hanged,
stood by and witnessed the deed,
Andy's daughter also confessed.
ANOTHER REPORT.
ELKHART, June 2l,-[ Special, Tho
Jury of Inquest impaneled yesterday to
view the body of Mrs. Hazell, In its
verdict implicated the negroes Andy
and Lizzie jackson, Joe NOnmau,
William Rogers and Frank Hayes.
The latter seemed TO be most guilty.
There Is no doubt but that the hends
committed an outrage upon the lady
before killing her. The guilty parties,
though guarded by a strong guard
pending the arrival Of the Hos %. m.
train to be taken TO Palestine to prison,
we're taken away from the guards by
large body Of we'll armed men and
hanged TO couple OF trees near Elk
hart church house.
As TO the dead negroes jury was
impant led this morning by Justice X.
G. Parks, whose verdict was the NO.
gT0es come to death at the hands of
unknown parties by means ofrope. IL
has only beon year since negro
was hanged here for an attempt to
commit an outrage upon highly re-
spectacle young lady OF this town.