The Portland daily press., 1888-12-11
DEAD.

W0unueu.
Maurice b. Throckmorton.
j. Il. Mccoy.
A. b. Tarrant.
A. ID. Bryant.
@. G. Tate.
Charles Jenkins.
Colbert Smith.
Deputy Sheriff Brannan of Gadsden.
Charles Bailey.
An unknown negro.
IL Is thought there are two or three others
dead.
WOUNDED.
Mr.. Barkley.
John III. Merritt
Matt Kennedy.
J. w. Owen.
j. w. Gilmore.
Albert Smith.
w. A. Bird.
X. Reichwein.
Lawrence Fitzhugh.
A. j. Sehide.
j. w. Montgomery.
In addition, there are a large number Of
people who received slight but not disabling
wounds,.and are, therefore, not reported at
tne hospital Narrow. escapes are too nu-
paaeS for 20 TIE dead being
the city are sent to their friends as fast as
possible. vi the wounded at the hospital it
Is now hoped that all will recover. Gov.
Seay will, no doubt, investigate the situation
personally, and make arrangements for the
removal OF Hawes and Sheriff Smith, or for
the relief OF the soldiers. 1t is not probable
Gov. Seay's order to dismiss the troops will
De given until Coroner Babbitt, now acting
as sheriff. says they are no longer needed.
Ihe funeral Of Postmaster Throckmorton
took place this afternoon from the Church of
the Advent. The remains were buried with
military and lodge h0n0rs. A detachment
OF artillery, of which the deceased was cap
tain. and detachment of the local military
escorted the remains to the cemetery and
nred salute over the grave. A large num-
Der Of the Birmingham Protective Order of
Elks, OF which the deceased was also a mem
Der, attended in body. The funeral was
one OF the largest and most impressive ever
held In birmingham.
The body Of little May Hawes was yester-
day morning buried in the city cemetery. A
fund subscribed by citizens served to pur-
chased grassy plOt-and she was buried in a
handsome white casket. All day yesterday.
superintendent Morton of the Highland
dummy line, with his assistants, was engaged
In dragging the lake where Mrs. Hawes's
body was found for the body Of her baby,
put II was not found. Mayor Thompson
mas issued proclamation urging all classes
70 cooperate in preserving order. Sheriff
smith persists In the statement that dozen
shots were fired from the mob at the Jail
before he gave the order to shoot After the
coroner's jury has viewed the body, Mrs.
HaweS'S remains will be buried in the
cemetery by the side of her little daughter
May.
Colonel Jones, in command of the militia.
last night issued a proclamation calling upon
all citizens to refrain from assembling in the
nelghborhoOd of the jail, and requesting
them not to assemble in crowds anywhere in
the CITY, he invoked the aid of ali good cit
liens to assist the authorities in allaying the
excitement and 10 preserve peace and good
order A similar proclamation has been is
sued by the mayor.
A brief history of the crime for which
Hawes's life is in jeopardy is as follows:
Last tuesday the body OF little girl was
found In East Lake, near Birmingham The
fact was established that she had been MUIR
dered, and on Wednesday the body was iden-
tlhed as that Of Mary Hawes, daughter of r.
X. Halves, who Is a railroad engineer. Cir
cumstances pointed to the girls father as Der
murderer He was married in Columbus.
Miss. wednesday evening, though supposed
co have wife in Birmingham. On his ar
rival In Birmingham with his bride that
night ne was charged with murder, and ar
rested. Then 1t was learned that he had
never been divorced from his first wife. and
that she had been missing since last Satur-
day, as well as a younger child. Search for
the woman's body commenced at once. and
soon additional circumstantial evidence
against Hawes was secured.
Saturday evening the body of his wife was
found at the bottom of a lake weighed down
with iron. This caused intense excitement
throughout the city, and at night so officers
were placed around the jail, armed with Win
chester rifles, anticipating a possible at
tempt to lynch Hawes.
Ihe mob came and was driven back after a
most desperate fight, in which many were
killed and wounded.