The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-25
The Second Inquest Has AN Unusual
Task Before IL.
A Vigilance Committee Gets In u
Good Days Work.
A Pair Of Trees and the Fruit Thereof
One of the Murdersrs Was u MUIR
deress - She Also bangles
with the Others
A PEpAeoeuE TURNS FoReER'
That Dreadful Deed and Its Wild se-
Quel.

That Dreadful Deed and Its Wild se-
quei.
PALESTINE, June 2l.-lSpecial.l-
Late yesterday evening the parties fer
reting out the murderers Of Mrs. Ha-
cell, at ElEhart 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 II he did not take part
In IL, his house was he rendezvous OF
the murderers. Near the bloody piece
OF shirt which was found near tho
body, tracks corresponding with those
of Frank Hayes were discovered. the
posse took his shoes OIL, and they lifted
tho tracks exactly, making peculiar
marks ON account OF the shoes being
worn of lat the toes, and the tracks
were followed aud led TO the section
house where Hedges worked. Andy
Jackson's deughter said the piece OF
bloody shirt belonged TO Rogers, one
OF the parties suspected and that she
would tell The truth II 1t hanged all OF
them. This she declined after"ard
TO do and stubbornly refused to tell
ANYTHING. The suspected negroes
were again taken out and questioned,
but refused to tell anything about
the crime. While the clues were
being followed the arrested men were
placed in an empty store and
guarded by men with shot guns and
six-sbo0tere all day. They maintained
stolid indifier ence, laughing and
smiling, but toward night this failed
them and their faces betrayed their
anxiety as il they began to realize that
their time on earth was growing short.
1his morning proved that their fears
we're well grounded. THE HERALD's
correspondent left Elkhart at ii o'clock
a. M, on the passenger train
10 the former place large
crowd of men from Grapel and
station below. No particulars have
been learned, but private telegram
states that this morning were found
hanging from one tree at Elkhart the
dead bodies of Lizzie jackson, Andy
Jackson, Frank Hayes, VIII Rogers
and Joseph Norman. Everybody Is
satisfied with this result, as it IS be-
lieyed the men who did the hanging
were thoroughly satisfied OF the guilt
Of the parties, facts and circumstances
plainly pointing to them as the fiends
who perpetrated this most foul OF
butcheries. 1t is now Selieved that
the murdered woman was not out
ragged, but that she was first strangled
and aiterward her throat cut, simply
because she objected to Andy jack
sons family coming on her premises
to get water from her well. The
bodies are now hanging at Elkhart.
The murdered lady was buried yes
terday afternoon, and the sight of her
two iitth babes and broken hearted
husband touched every heart with sor-
row. Mrs. HAZEL was beautiful,
intelligent lady, % years Of age, and
was loved and respected by all who
knew her. 1t is believed that eight or
10 negro es, of both sexes, were con-
nected with her murder, and no means
will be spared to bring all to Justice.
LATER p. m.-Parties just from
Elkhart bring the news that Andy
Jackson's wife confessed everything.
Andy held pistol at Mrs. Hazells
head while the three other men 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 1,-[Speciel, The
Jury of inquest impaneled yesterday to
view the body of Mrs. HAZEL, in its
verdict implicated the negroes Andy
and Lizzie Jackson, Joe Norman,
William Rogers and Frank Hayes.
The latter seemed to be most guilty.
There is no doubt but that the fiends
committed an outrage upon the lady
before killing her. The guilty parties,
though guarded by strong guard
pending the arrival of the 11:05 p. En-.
train to be taken to Palestine to prison,
were taken away from the guards by
large body of we'll armed men and
hanged to a couple Of trees near Elk
hart church house.
AS to the dead negroes a jury was
impaneIed this morning by Justice X.
G. Parks, whose verdict was the ne:
groes come to death at the hands OF
unknown parties by means ofrope. 1t
has only been year since negro
was hanged here for an attempt to
commit an outrage upon a highly re-
spectacle young lady of this town.
Fence Cutting-An Arrest.