The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-22
BLOOD IN ALABAMA.
"A Couple of Senatorial MUIR
derS.
Which Are Brutal Enough to Make the
Blood Curdle-A Poorhouse
Tragedy.

EUFAULA, Ala, May 16.-[Special. AT the,
county poor house, twenty-five miles distant
from this place, occurred one of the most hor9
rible murders OF which this section has any,
record. Among the inmates of the poor house,
were Simon Long and London Walker. both
coored, and the latter said to be over one hum.
dred years old Both have been occupants oE
the poor house number of years. and on Suns
day nigh they fell out about light wood!
splinter used for lighting their pipes.
Bind simon, who is said TO have a erriblel
temper, while Walker was asleep, attracted
by his breathing approached his bed with an
ak, and dealt murderous blow at him, but
falling short of his intent the AK handle broke,
and the noise awakening Baker who surmiseb
what 1t meant, he got under his bed, but de-
termned on his destruction the blind negro SCI
cured another AK, and assaulting Walker,
who was too old and feeble to offer resistance
or to attempt to escape, ne was literally butch~
cred, his head being crushed, ard his body
chopped to pieces. Blind Simon was arrested,
and is now in Clayton Jail.
ANOTHER BLOODY STORY.
EUFAULA, Ala, May 16-rSpecial. News
from Abbeyille, forty miles below here, today,
gives an account of q murder committed on
Abbeville creek Saturday. On the day before,'
Levi Bruner and Raford Washington, colored,
went ON camp fish, and Saturday Levi re-
turned and reported that he and Washington
had been assaulted by two men, one white,
with revovers, and while he escaped he feared
that his companion had been killed.
Sunday morning party went III search OF
Raiford who had not appeared, with Levi ad
the guide. On reaching the point where the
two had been fishing blood was found on the
ground, while near the waters edge the sand
had been scooped up and thrown into the creek,
and while dragging the creek opposite where
the blood was found a cudgel weighing eight
pounds was found also broken musket. No
tracks were to be found except those of Levi
and Washington, and further search discover+
eripg the body of the murdered man in the
n oil agtN tftN.r %. 4 O.. -
was arrested and held.
Another Alabama Tragedy.
DAyIsvILLE, Ala, May 14.-[Specal ~
Pickens Pendergrass, of this place, was shot
and instantly killed by Summer Little, a
negro, near Heflin, between shutdown and dark
Saturday evening. Alfred Newell, his father
in-law, who is implicated in the affair, has
been captured and landed in Edwardsvile Jail.
Little is still at large. About forty armed
citizens have been securing the
country since the murder, bent
on lynching the murderer. Tho particulars Of
the affair, as nigh as can BIO obtained, is as fol-
lows:
Saturday Mr.. Pendergrass, the victim, ac.
companied by his brother-in-aw, John Smith,
and VIII Holmes, left here on the afternoon
train for Helm, returning afoot TO avoid some
high trestles ON the railroad. Between hero
and there they decided TO come by railway
tllEouEH INC WHICH IL nearer. n
few miles out from Helm, in
the mountains, they lost their way
and went to tho negro Summer Little
cabins for direction. The negroes, it is thought.
regarded the men as suspicious characters, be-
ing in an isolated region where it is believed
that Illicit business is going on among the ne-
groes, and instead of giving the asked for di-
rectons the negroes were insulting to the men.
This provoked Mr.. Pendergrass, and lie being
slightly intoxicated, used some very plain LAM
guage, after which the men were lost, as they
were started off in the wrong
direction from home towards Edmondville,
Tie negroes were very indignant at the Lam
guage used by Mr.. Pendeigrass they armed
themselves, one with double-barrel shot gun
and the other with rifle followed after. the
three men who were unarincd and overlook
them about haf-mie from their house. Az
Newell, who had the shotgun, made an at
tack ON Pendergrass; AS he eyeled the gun
Holmes grabbed it. Little, who was in the
rear of Newell, holding the rifle in
one hand, reached around and fired
at Pendergrass, tho ball taking effect
in his neck having struck small hickory sap
ling first carried with piece of the bark
making an ugly wound and killing him i'm
stantly The negro then bid defiance to Smith
and Holmes. who were powerless to do any
thing.
The excitement runs high. There is no
doubt but Little will be mobbed if captured,
and the people here are determined to find
him il possible.