Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-02

the man who has been the subject OF
considerable excitement the past few
da s by reason Of the outrage Of which
he was charged, had been taken from
the county jail by a masked and armed
mob during Sunday night and
hung from one OF the mulberry trees
in front Of the Jail. A C. II. reporter
went to The jail and courthouse and
from a number OF interviews CLEANED
the following:
About l o'clock am. yesterday morn.
ing, during a lull in the rain
storm which prevailed, except at this
time almost necessarily throughout the
night, Mr.. Mac Terrell, the night
guard at the Jail, was called to the
front gate or door Of the prison. He
opened the wicket and demanded
the cause Of this untimely intrusion,
and as he did so he beheld a number
of persons with handkerchiefs over
their faces ranged on each side OF the
gate ana in front two men one holding
the other. In response to his inquiry
the man said he was an officer from
the Oak Ridge district and had a pris-
oner from Justice Birdsong's court
which he desired to place in
jail. Mr.. Terrell. having seen
TOO many men and being on the qni
viye for a trick, refused to open the
door for him, whereupon the man de.
handed an order with which to admit
the prisoner to the work-house. This
Terrell furnished, and, after again re-
fusing to open the door. turned to go
into the Jail proper. He had just
reached the hall when there came a
heavy thump against the door, which
was followed by a second one, the lat
ter bursting the door open. A crowd,
variously estimated at from fifty
to two hundred persons, who were
masked with handkerchiefs, rushed
into the Jail yard. He Immediately
closed the inner Jail door against them.
They had battered the front gate open
with a long scantling which had been
used in front of the prison as horse
rack. When the rush was halted at
the second door they brought up their
battering ram and made one
lunge at the door and shook
it up in such manne as to induce
Terrell to concede to their p%eremptory
demands and open the door before they
broke it down. He was confronted by
a mob of a dozen or more men with
drawn pistols. One of them who acted
as spokesman assured him that they
would not hurt him or anyone else
aside from Villarosa and demanded the
cell keys, which he gave them. They
proceeded up stairs and in the central
cell on the west side of the building
found Yillarosa and a negro
murderer by the name of Henry Jack
son, the latter being placed in the cell
to attend to Villarosa, who was Grip
pied with his broken leg. When the
mob reached the gate and commenced
pounding, Jackson says Villarosa
raised up in bed and asked, "What is
that" and he continued silently tc
give the noise attention until the me1
reached and began to unlock the eel
door when he said, ooh Lordy," ant
was quiet until they placed a ROPE
, aroundhis neck when he began to mur
muir in a subdued tone Of voice
They lifted him up, carried hin
! down stairs and out at the front gate
when they turned and went to thu
northeast corner Of the Jail, where IL
front Of Massino's fruit stand the.
hung him to the limb Of a Mulberr.
tree. Mr.. Terrell had John Mack,
, colored man in Jail with him as an as
sistant guard, aud when the mob ha'
dispersed, sent him to Capt. Wor
reli's residence to notify him of tn
facts. He came down and reached tt
Jail at 2 o'clock, when he
with. the assistance Of Deput,
Sheriff Tom Rigby and policemel
Felix Henderson, j. z. Bruner AM
Tom Billet, cut the corpse down an
conveyed it into the jail, when ID
Birchett and Coroner S. B. Auter wer
sent for, and both arrived about tn
same time. The doctor turne
the case over to the corone
who summoned a jury consisting o
Tom Billets, j. P. BrUner, S. q. Her
derson. Joe O'Leary, w. H. Pask an
= Bob Ray, who, after due considerable
Of the evidence before them, rendered
!. verdict which sets forth the fact thu
I, deceased came to his death by ham
:, ing by d mob Of unknown parties.
: The jury completed their duties I
., 3 o'clock and the body was turned ov'
= to sexton Arnold and was buried La
s. evening. There is no doubt in Ii
= minds Of the public as to the guilt
this man and all good citizens, viii
deprecating the mode of punishmeI
feel that Villarosa has met his lu
SCI reward andthat such should be theta
Of all who are guilty Of the char
f. with which he is accused.
The Board Of Supervisors.
The law heretofore has required u
board OF supervisors to meet on u
first Monday succeeding adjournme
of the circuit court. but by a rece
act OF the legislature this law W
changed SO as to require meetings
the boald on the first Monday in ea'
,LE month, A number Of persons came
. the city Yesterday to attend a boa