River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-12-13
Colonel Jones issued the following

Colonel Jones issued the following
order:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND REGIMENT, A. s.
T., BRNISGRAM, Ala, Dec. 9.-Charged by
his Exeellency, the Governor. with the COM
mand OF the troops now assembled here and
the preservation of the public peace,
earnestly invoke the aid OF all Ian
abiding citizens. Let every one OF them
make It MS special business to keep dowa
excitement. I particularly enjoin upon all
lava Jidiug citizens to refrain from assembling
about the jail, and earnestly request tSem
not TO assemble in crowds any
where. and 10 dispense when requested TO do so.
They are also requested 20 report TO the
Judges and magistrates any person
who INDUCES in threats OF violence
or endeavors TO ineite Others 70 acts OF NIB
violence II any there be who still mediate
further violence earnestly warn them that il
will be sternly repressed. Let Us have no more
bloodshed. The law in its own orderly and
majestic way will surely punish the guilty.
Attempts OF individuals TO infiiet private
vengeance always cause the shedding of limo
cent blood. The State troops now here
are ampe TO preserve order. Attention Is
called TO the following sections OF the criminal
code oiAlabama: Sections 4,7O6 Aus. f7lO, ALL
4.7l2 and 4,113 The sections OF the code must
be rigidly enforced. Anxious TO save the she'd
d ng of blood, l solemnly call the attention OF
all persons 20 these provisions of the law and
warn all persons whomsoever that they will be
rigidiy enforced whenever il is necessary
THOMAS .. JONES
Colonel OF Second Regiment, A. = t.
Mayor Thompson issued a proclamation
couched in milar terms. Colonel Jones
said at 6 o'clock that though he feared
some disturbance be believed that with
the force at his command he could make
successful resistance. He criticised the
conduct of leading citizens and civil au-
thorities in not coming actually to his sup
port The soldiers are conducting them
selves well, though several times they
were booted while marching in small
bodies tC their hotels.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. l0.-The latest adviceS
from Birmingham Ala, are to the effect
that the authorities are in complete pos
session of the city and there is little likeli
hood of another outbreak. One of the
most striking scenes during the disturb
ance was witnessed at an early hour when
Mayos Thompe N was addressing the mob
at one pOiru. pleading with citizens to
disperse. while less than 100 yards away
other men hRrangued the excited gather
ing favoring another attack on the Jail
HAYES CRIME
Last Tuesday the body Of n Young girl was
found in the lake The mex. day several per
sons identified the body as that OF a daughie
of a railroad engineer D ok HAYES. Halves
lived in the suburbs Of the city with wife
3 ana several CufluFtus HIVES ltAt lOWu
Monday. Officers went 70 the house,
hut found il closed and the family gone. That
evening . negro woman informed the coroner
that last Saturday Hawes left this girl in
her charge for a few days. Monday night
about O'Clock be calico and took the 8 RI
away, saying that he was going 10 place her
in a convent in Montgomery. Those who
knew the HAYES fam ly believed that the
mother too, had been murdered aud the body
concealed. The couple had cen divorced,
and he had taken one child, BOY, from the
mother and sent him TO a brother in Atlanta
Monday Hages married in Columbus, VI S.,
and was passing through here with his second
wife on his way to Augusta, Ca, when he was
arrested. He was little aSitated at first but
when closely questioned at the jail and told
that one OF his children had been murdered he
seemed apparently uncOncerned, and said that
he had lett May and another little girl some
days ago with her mother, and that all Of them
had already gone 20 the mothers relatives
somewhere in Maine.
All the week circumstances have been COM
ing to light tending 20 prove HAYES as the
murderer of the glrl. and that he had also
killed her mother II was proven by several
witnesses that Halves went TO East lake
with the little girl about z o'clock Mon
day night, and returned alone about o'clock
The girls body was found in the lake next
morning Halves protested his innocence, ont
has not attempted TO prove an al b. II is now
learned beyond doubt that Halves was not di-
vorced from his first fe, aHe, in q note writ
ten TO his young bride, he admits that he de-
ceived her about his children and his first wife.
The negress Fanny Bryant with whom
Halves LETT his wife and daughter, was arrested
as an accomplice in the crime, was also
Albert Patterson, who had been living with
her Both told conf ctlng stories.
At o'clock Saturday afternoon the startling
announcement was made that the fOully muir
1 dered ana nut lated body of the missing
mother, Mrs. Emma X. HAYES. had been
found in the lake at Lake View, suburban
resort, and half mile only from East lake,
where the body OF her daughter May was
recovered. In half an hour thousands
1 OF men, women and children hurried forward
TO the lake. The suspicion gained ground early
in the day that perhaps the tody had been
1 secleted there, as II was only about 40
/ yards from HAYES home About II
/ O'Clock four determined men set to work 10
/ drag the lake with grappliDg-hooks. About
I / o clock one of the hooks struck a
heavy, yielding substance. and soon the 4nu-
tilated corpse lay on the bank. The com
/ bined strength OF the four men was required
TO land It. The body was weighted down
with heavy pieces of fsh-plate" rail-
] road iron tied around the neck and
I waist OF the murdered woman. She was
completely clad, and about her waist and
I neck were tied heavy scarlet cords, known TO
have been at the Halves residence, to which
were attached SIX iron pieces weighing about
ten pounds each. The back of the
dead woman's skull told the horrible
story of the tragedy. 1t he'd been
crushed in with some blunt instru-
ment d 1sG.r oily an axe. The entire occlpital
bone was crushed in and there was gaping
cavity that was only half concealed by her
heavy hair. Her right hand was badly skinned
across the back as II injured in a struggle for
life, and the appearance OF the face and hands
indicated that the body had been in the water
several days.
The body, as soon as found, was taken to the
shore and laid out with the iron weights which
had held it 10 the bottom still attached. AS
the body lay the bank the crowd Of
curious and indignant spectators which
gathered around was momentarily in
creased until it swelled into surging multi
tude The feeling Of horror, Indignation and
rage increased with each moment until It
OF vengeance were heard on all sides. Strong
men almost cried in the intensity OF the r ex-
element.
Meanwhile the search for the body OF sec
ond child went on. but up TO late hour 1t had
not been found. That IL was thrown into the
LAKE with It's mother however. is now GER
tainty, and its finding is only a question Of a
short time. The proprietOrs OF the property
1 have gwen Oroers to drain the lake, which has
already been commenced.
Halves denies the murder. He said he loved
I his children and once loved their mother. HIS
heart was too fun Of love for the little ones
for him to become their murderer. Their
mother he would not have killed because she
\ bore them. When he heard the attack on tho
/ ial he dressed himself &c go with the crowd 70
| the most ignominious death man ever laet,
and he felt sure the n % would get hiTa
A MANAGES WORK,
He sets Fire 70 His Residence and Makes
Desperate Effort TO Crematc His Wife