The Russellville Democrat., 1888-12-13
BLOODY BIRMINGHAM.

Latest Developments in the Hawes
 Murder-An Outraged Populace
 Demand yeugeancc-The SheriHSs
 Posse Fire Into Crowd of Citizens.
 Killing Nine and wounding Thirty
 BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Dec. 9.--A few min ues after F o'clock this morning about 300 citizens of Birmingham witnessed the most terrible tragedy the South has known for years past. Nine men were killed and thirty others wounded. The past week has been season of sensation in Birmingham. On Tuesday morning the body Of May Hawes was taken from tue waters of East Lake, and on Wednesday the remains were identified and the father was arrested, charged with the murder of his child. On Thursday and Friday the coroner's inquest developed some very sensational facts, and 1ynchiBg was freely talked or. es- terday the dead body of Mrs, Hawes was fished out of the lake at Lakeview. As 1t lay upon the bauk, the crowd of
 CURIOUS AND INDIGNANT SPECTATORS which crowded around the lake was mo- mentarily increased until it swelled into surging multitude. The feeling of horror, indignation and rage increased with each moment until it threatened to become frenzy. Men almost cried in the intensity of their excitement. Nothing approaching 1t has ever been witnessed in the State. The skull was broken and the head crushed feariully. Heavy weights were attached to her neck, waist and feet. Her skin had been wrinkled and bleached by the water, and it is evident that she has been under water for several days. Her features had not been obliterated, how weyer, and she has been identided.as Mrs. Hawes, wife of R. R. Hawes. Shortly before the body of the woman was dragged from the lake, an- other party, searching around the house, md rs.f1 1xy | haf.a flt Ina frnn steps a tightly wrapped bundle of bloody clothes, about the dimensions ot those worn by the youngest child. They were evi- dently worn by the little one when she was so cruelty murdered. The evidence against Hawes is complete. He killed his wife and two children and married q young lady of Columbus, Miss, all within week Mrs. Hawes' body was taken from the lake about noon yesterday. After that hour public indignation continued to increase intensely, until at midnight the crowd was mad with rage. At that hour 300 people had gathered around the jail. They were screaming and yelling like madmen, and all appeared anxious to make the attack, but
 NO LEADER DEVELOPED.
 The'Sherif had drawn a dead line, and said that when any body crossed that line he would give the guards in the jail tue command to fire By degrees the crowd
  they reached it they stopped. For some time no further movement was made, and some of those in the rear of the mob com menced to depart At this junctnre, some drunken men who were in the front ranks of the mob, thoughtlessly, without intent, 1t is claimed, overstepped the dead line. The Sheriff shouted out to the mob that he would count five and when he had done so, unless the crowd had retreated, he would
 ORDER THE GUARD TO FIRE.
 He counted five but the mob did not move. Then rang out the command fire" and perfect fusilade of leaden rain fol- lowed and no less than forty men fell to the ground, nine of them fatally wounded and many of the rest seriously so. The mob broke at once, it's constituents sep. arating in ali directions. The dead and wounded were picked up and carried where the latter could be given medical atten- tion, at the drug stores, physicians offices, at the hospital and undertaking rooms. Heartrending scenes were witnessed Strong men In the agonies of death groaned aloud, while skillful physicians did all that could be done to relieve their sufferings. Men who had just been reused from sleep by the news of the terrible affair crowded around operating chairs
 SEARCHING FOR FRIENDS or relatives. All night large crowds of people remained on the streets and talked of nothing but the terrible event of the evening. Alter the appearance Of the military at the jail and the removal of all the killed and wounded, the crowd which had again assembled in the vicinity began to disperse, but soon congregated again at a point further down town.
 At 10 o'clock this morning the Second Alahama Regiment, composed of thirteen companies, reached the city, and is com manded by Col. Thomas E. Jones. The presence of the soldiers seems only to
 AUGMENT THE RAGE
 of the mob. At . o'clock this afternoon about 1,00O men assembled two squares from the jail. Their ranks were rapidly swelling when the military marched in on the congregation and at the point of the bay onet dispersed them for the time. 1t is unders ood that they are again assem- bling on the eastern outskirts of the city late this eveding.
 A warrant was sworn out by some of the rioters charging Sheriff smith, Chief of Police Pickard and two lieutenants. John o dham and Joe Nix, of the police force wi tn murder The Coroner has served the warrants. The officers are all in jail. A strong cordon of troops are around the prison and all of the streets in that part of the city are closely guarded by tue mili- tary, The mob appears to be more an1- ious now
 TO SECURE THE SHERIFF
 and other officers than the wife and child murderer The prisoner, Hawes, is tho most composed and deliberate man in tho city. He claims to he innocent, and sim ply smiles when he is told of the actions of tue mob. He says he can prove Lis innocence.
 The following is complete list of thoso killed:
 Maurice B. Tbrockmorton, postmnster ofBirmjngham, was shot i'll the stomach. Hedjcd within two hours.
 l.N#tga alfFtlO Gl ltAf through the brain.
 A. B. Tarrnut, school boy, was shot in the back and killed instantly.
 w. A. Bird, Q mechanic, was shot through the chestand died this afternoon.
 Frank Childer, n merchant, was shot in the stomach and killed instantly.
 An unknown negro was shot through
 4. D. Bryant, book.keeper died this morning from q bullet in his right shoulder.
 Charles Dniley, from Boston, was killed by a rifle bullet through his stomach.
 Brandon, tho Deputy United States Marshal, was wounded in the thigh and stomach and died this afternoon.
 Later--InCormation has just reached the city that the mob is preparing to advance from the western limit. The military Is prepared for them, and an attack means great blocdshed.
 BIRMINGuAM, Ala, Dec. 10, 12;40 a.m.- The reported mob in the western part of the city failed to materalize, Everything appears calm and tranquil, and if the rioters are doing any work they are acting very stealthily.
 A ConnagratIon With a Tragic sequel
 CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 6.-The little city of Dayton, Tenn., was visited by fire this morning, which destroyed two cot tages After the blaze had ended some