Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20
THE ALABAMA TRAGEDY.

THE ALABAMA TRAGEDY.
The Killed and Wounded In tho Birmins-
ham RiOt-Further Particulars of the
Fatal Attempt to Storm the Jail.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 1.-THE city is
recovering from the shock which on Satur-
day night shook it as no city in the South
has been shaken since the days of the war.
All thoughts Of attempting any further
attacks upon the Jail were abandoned with
the coming of troopa. who had been
ordered here by Governor Seay, although
a crowd of curious people numbering
several hundred stood all day. forming q
line across Twenty first street and Second
avenue, where the military was formed.
killed and wounded:
Dead-Maurice B. Throckmorton, J. r
Mccoy, A. B. Tarrant, A D. Bryant, c. c.
Tate, Charles jenkins, C. Albert Smith,
Deputy Sheriff Brennan of Gadsden,
Charles Baily. an unknown negro. This
list was obtained from the different un-
dertakers, but it Is thought that there are
two or three others for whom collins have
not been obtained.
Wounded-Mr. Berkeley. John 81. Mer-
rift. Matt Kennedy, J. w. Owen. J. w.
Gilmore, Albert Smith, ". A. Bird, Kreich.
mein, Lawrence Fitzhugh, A. j. Schide
andJ. w Montgomery. In addition there
are large number of people who received
slight but not dangerous wounds and are
therefore not reported at the hospital
Captain E. N Edwards has the track of
head and is on this side Of the dark river
by only a hairs breadth.
The dead are being prepared for burial
and those who lived out of the city are
being sent to their friends as fast pos
sible. OF the wounded at the hospital it is
now hoped that all will recover.
At nine O'Clock yesterday morning Cor
oner Rabbit went to work to secure q jury
for the purpose of investigating the riot,
killing and causes. He decided to secure
for this purpose the very best men that
could be obtained in tho city-men
OF determination to do their duty
fearlessly and sensibly and men
that would represent the people.
Business went an as usual yesterday ex-
cept that all the saloons were closed by
order of Colonel Jones; and the only evil
dence of trouble remaining was the line of
troops and cannon guarding every ap-
proach to the Jail. No matter who was
right or who was wrong on Saturday, that
terrible volley settled all desires of the
mob to break down the Jail. They will not
try it again. Sheriff Smith is still in Jail
under arrest for murder and may leave the
city, under military escort, until full
examination Of the case is made by the
coroner, but it has not been fully de-
termined as yet.
G. c. Tate, who was MORALLY wounded.
said: II went up to see what the crowd
was going to do. don't think they would
| have tried to break the door down. did
not think the officers would shoot"
Deputy United States Marshal Brennan
Of Gadsden, now dead. said: II went there
out Of curiosity to see the lynching, If
there was one. l did not expect to take q
part in it.'
w. F. Waugh, lawyer, said: 81 had just
left the Jail. I met the crowd and pleaded
with them to go back. told them time
and again the officers would shoot. They
had no leaders, but just before the shooting
| several men who were drunk pressed to
the front and said, Tear the Jail down
and hang Hawes,' and then the volley was
fred"
ton took place at two p. m. from the Church
of the Advent The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Gerard. The remains
were buried with military and lodge
honors. A detachment Of artillery,
of which the deceased was, at the
time of his death, captain, and de-
tachment of military escorted the remains
to the cemetery and fred salute over his
grave. He was member Of the Birming-
line OF carriages filed with the friends of
the deceased followed, and the funeral
was one of the largest and most impressive
ever held here.
The body Of little May HAYES was
buried in the city cemetery. A fund
which was subscribed by citizens served
to purchase a lot and she was buried in a
handsome white casket There was no
parade or excitement about the funeral
y1O rriQ or aft re
One very remarkable feature is that
nearly every man killed was shot in the
back, showing that the crowd had turned
away when the firing begun. Postmaster
Throckmorton was shot in the lower back
through and through. A. D. Bryant was
shot through the heart from the rear.
Many points to this as very damaging to
the officers.
An attempt was made to see Hawes'
new wife. Miss Mayes Story, but she had
returned to Columbus, Miss, Saturday
morning-fortunately in time to escape
all these subsequent horrors. The last
words she said to a relative who went
home with her, was: ooh, my God, uncle,
all this will kill me; can not stand it; l
can not stand it." She is a lovely young
girl about twenty years of age.
A man who said he did not want to be
summoned as a witness sent to q local
paper a statement that he was at
Eastlake on Monday night when Halves is
supposed to have murdered his little girl.
He says he saw a man and girl answer
ing the description of Halves and his
daughter, and heard the girl begging the
man not to marry ''that other woman"
Then she asked him to go home and the
man said: "Wait awhile, it is too early"
Later in the night this man says he saw
Halves get on car and return to the city
alone.
Governor Seay arrived here at 1855
O'Clock last night and was soon in confer.
ence with Colonel Jones. In an interview
he said he came to satisfy himself by per-
sonal observation of the situation here; to
learn what the public sentiment was, and