St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-12-15
BLOODY BIRMINGHAM.
--latest Developments III the hh"Ne7
NAurder-An Outraged Fopus.
Demand Ncn.cance-IHe shefA
Posse Fire Into Crowd OF CitA@s"r'
KILN. Nine and VsoundinS Shil'y

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Dec. GA few lH'n-
ues after II O'Clock this morning about ooo
cirizeus of Birmingham witnessed the mos1
terrible tragedy the South has known lor
years pass. Nine men were killed ana
| thirty others wounded. The past week mas
been a season of sapsation in Birmingham.
On Tuesday morning the body or May
Hawes taken from tue waters ol bueo @
Lake, and on Wednesday tue remains
were identified and the father was afles'eu'
charged with the murder of his child: Va
| Thursday and Friday the coroners lnqLes' u
| developed some yerv sensational facts
and lynching was freely talked Of. Yes
| terday the dead body of Mrs. HaWes was
| tshed out of the lake at Lakeview. AS IL
lay upon the bank, the crowd of
| CURIOUS AND INDIGNANT SPECTATORS
| Hhieh crowded around the lake was mo-
| mentarly increased until it sweiled into "a
surging multitude. The feeling of horror,
| indignation and rage Increased with each
moment until it threator1.d to become
| frenzy. Men almost cried il the intensity
of their excitement Nothing approaching
| il has ever been witnessed i'll the State.
| The skull was broken and the head crushed
! fearlully. Heavy weights were attached
| to her neck, waist and feet. Her skin hat
| been wrinkle,. and bleached by the water,
! and it is evident that she has been under
water for several days. Her features had
not been obliterated, hoN ever, and she has
been identiteds as Mrs. HMWes, wife OF K.
K. Hawes. Shortly before is@ body Of the
woman was dragged from the lake, an
other party, searching around the house,
found secretly hid beneath the frouS door
steps tightly wrapped bundle of blo'uy
clothes, about the dimensions of those worIf
by the youngest child. They were evil
dentiy worn by the little one when she was
50 cruelty murdered. The evidence against
Hawes is complete. He killed his wife and
two childrec and married young lady of
Columbus, Miss, all within a 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 800 people
had gathered around the jail. They were
screaming and yelling like ma,Emen, and
all appeared anxious TO make the attack,
but
NO LEADER DEVELOPED.
The:Sherif had drawn dead line, and
7hid that when anybody crossed that line
he would give the guards in the Jail the
command TO fire. BY degrees the crowd
came nearer and nearer the line, and when
they reache,> J. they stopped. For some
title no furtheI movement was made, and
some of these in u rear of the mob COM
menced to depart A. this juncture, some
drunken men who wcrs in the front ranks
Of the mob, thOughtlessiv, without intent,
1t IL 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
oRDE. THE GUARD TO FIRE.
He counted five but the mob did not
move. Then rang out the command 'tire,"
and perfect fusllade of leaden rain fol-
lowed and no less than forty uen fell to
the ground, nine of them fatally wounded
and many of the rest seriously so. The
mob broks at once, its constituents s'o.
aratiny in ali directions. The dead and
wounded were picked up and carried where
the latter could be given medical atten-
ton, at the drug stores, physicians offices,
at the hospital and undertaking rooms.
Heart-rending scenes were witnessed.
Strong men in the agonies of death groaned
aloud, while skillful physicians did all that
could be done to relieve tGeir sutTerings.
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. After the appearance of the
military ct the Jail and the removal of all
the killed and sounded, 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
Alabama 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
If the mob. at O'Clock this afternoon
about 1000 men assembled two squares
from the Jail. Their ranks were rapidly
swelling when the military marched in on
he congregation and at the point of the
n . Gyyat HjSnHrSpl tba II
s tihdersio ood that they are again assem-
)ling on this eastern outskirts of the city
ate this eve$ing.
A warrant was sworn out by some of the
ioters charging Sheriff Smith, Chief of
'olice pickard and two lieutenants. john
oldham and Joe Nix, of the police force
ri th murder. The Coroner has served the
rarthits. The officers are all in Jail. A
trong Gordon of troops are around tho
rison and all of the streets in that part Of
''e city are closely guarded by the mill
ary. The mob appears to be more anx-
ousnow
TO SECURE TEE SHERIFF
nd other officers than the wife and child
,irderer. The prisoner, Hawss, is the
.ost composed and deliberate mar in the
'tys He claims to be innocent, and SIM
ly smiles fsheu he is told of the actions
the mob. He says he can prove his
1nocepca.
The following is a complete list of those
lied:
Maurice B. Throckmorton, postmaster
birmingham, was shot i'll the stomach.
edied Within two hours.
j. r. Mccoy, brickmason, was shot
trough the brain.
A: B. Tarrant, school boy, was shot in
e back and killed instantly.
w. A. Bird, mechanic, was shot
rough the chest and died this afternoon.
Frank Childer, merchant, was shot in
Q stomach and killed INSTANTLY.
An unknown negro was shot through
o heart.
A. d. Bryant, book-keeper, died this
orning from a bullet in his right
oulder.
Charles Bailey, from Boston, was killed
rifle bullet through his stomach.
Brandon, the Deputy United States
arshal, was wounded in the thigh and
)mach and died this afternoon.
Later-lnfornation has just reached the
,y that the mob is preparing to advance
ON the western limit. The military is
epared for them, and an attack means
eat bloedshed.
Ala, Dec. 10, 12:4O am
e reported mob in the western part of
g city failed to materalze, EVERYTHING
pears calm and tranquil, and if the
tiers are doing any work they are acting
ry stealthily.
Confia grafton with Tragic Seaue,
Tenn, Dec. 6-The little
y Of Dayton, Tenn, was visited by fire
IS morning, which destroyed two cot
yes. After the blaze had endsd soma
e, in kicking around in the ashes, dis
vered the charred remains Of O woman.
ly the headless trunk remaining Tho
dy was finally identified as that of Mrs.
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