The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13
BLOODY BIRMINGHAM.

Latest DeyeIOpmen's tn tne h"HVe
murder-An outraged PoPulace
Demand VcuGcHnce-Thc Sherihs
Posse Fire INTO n Crowd Of Citizens,
killing Nineund tSoundins Thirty
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Dec. "a few min
ues after II O'Clock this morning about jOO
citizens Of Birmingham witnessed the most
terrible tragedy the South has known for
years past. Nine men were Killed tnd
thirty others wounded. The past week has
been q season of sensation i'll Birmingham
On Tuesday morning the body OF May
Halves wns taken from the waters OF East
Lake, aud on Wednesday the remains
were identified ani the father wa. arrested,
charged with the murder Of his child. IN
Thursday aud Friday the coroner's inquest
dSveio"eh soue very sensational 1acts,
and lynching was freely TALKED OF. yes
terday the dead body of Mrs. Hawes -us
fished out Of the lake at Lakeview. AS IL
lay upon the bank, the crowd of
CURIOUS AND INDIGNANT SPECTATORS
which CROW ded arHutd ths lake was mo-
mentarily increased until II s1h'ieA into
surging multitude. The feeling OF horr9r'
indignation and rage increased with each
moment until it threatened to become
frenzy. Men almost cried in the intensity
of their excitement. Nothing approaching
it has Hvet bsnn witnessed in the State.
4 he Skull "hS DIIHci uBU tiic uGE''it uShVN
fearfully. Heavy weights were attached
to her neck, waist and feet: Her skin had
been wrinkled aud bleached by the water,
and it Is evident Tint She has been tnne,
water for several days. Her feutGfts hbd
.,-nn o. liberated how ever, and she has
been identfiedias Mrs. Huwes, wife of X.
II. Hawes. Shortly before the body OF the
womsn was dragged from the lake, an
other party, Searching Around the house,
found Secretly hid beneath the font door
steps tightly Wrapped bundle Of bloody
clothes ahotit the diiieitsihhs Of those worn
by the youngest child. They were evi-
IDENTIFY worn by the little one when she was
so cruelty murdered. The evidence against
HaTes is complete: He killed his wife and
two children and married yoang Lady OF
Columbus, Miss, all within week. Mrs.
Hawes' body was taken from the lake
about noon yesterday. After that hour
puCiic i:!diguati0r continued to increase
intensely, until at midnight ths crowd was
mad with rage. At that hour 800 ptoFf"
had gathered around the jail. They were
screaming and yelling Ike madmeu, and
all appeared anxious to make the attack,
but
NO LEADER DEVELOPED.
TheISherift had drawn n dead line, and
said that when anybody crossed that Iln9
he would give the guards in the Jail the
| command to fire. BY degrees the crowd
| they reached it they stopped. For some
| time 10 further movement was made, and
some of those i'll the rear of the mob com
| menced to depart AT this juncture, some
| drunken men who were in the front ranks
| of the mob, thUughtlessly, without intent,
it is claimed, overstepped the dead line
| The Sheriff shouted out to the mob hat he
would count five and when he had done so
unless the crowd had retreated, be would
ORDER THE GUARD TO FIRE.
lie counted five but the mob did not
| move. Then rang out the command fire,
| and perfect fusllade of leaden rain fol-
| lowed and no less than forty men fell tC
the ground, nine of them fatally wounded
and many of the rest seriously so. The
mob broke at once, its constituents sep
| arating in all directions. The dead and
wounded were picked up and carried where
the latter could be given medical attcn
| tion, at the drug stores, physicians offices
| at the hospital and undertaking rooms
Heart-rending scenes w.re witnessed
| Strong men i'll the agOnieS of death grOaned
aloud, while skillful physicians did all that
could be done to relieve their sutferings
Men who had jlst been rouse1 from sleer
| by the news of tho terrible affair crowded
around operating chairs
sEAECnING FOR FRIENDS
OF relatives. All night large crowds oi
! people remained on the streets and talked
| of nothing but the terrible event of the
evening. After 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
| 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 f. Jones. The
nf Ia cn1I n
AUGMENT THE RAGE
| of the mob. At 3 O'Clock this afternoon
| about 1909 men assembled two squares
| from the Jail. Their ranks were rapidly
| swelling when the military marched III on
| the congregation and at the point of tine
| bay onet dispersed them for the time. Ii
| is und ers Ood that they are again asst M
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
Oldham and Joe Nix, of tue police force
wi tn murder. The Coroner has served the
warrants. The officers are all in Jail. A
strong Gordon of troops are around the
prison and all of the streets in that part OF
the city are closely guarded by the mill
tary. The mob appears to be more anx-
ious now
TO SECURE THE SHERIFF
and other officers than the wife and child
murderer. The prisoner, Halves, is the
most composed and deliberate man in the
city. He claims to he innocent, and SIM
ply smiles when he is told of the actions
of the mob. He says he can prove his
innocence.
The following is complete list of those
killed:
Maurice B. Tbrockmorton, postmaster
ofBirmingham, was shot in the stomach.
II urith tx1-n
j. II. Mccoy, a brickmason, was shot
through the brain.
A. b. Tarrant, school-boy, was shot in
the back and killed instantly.
W. A. Bird, Il mechanic, was shot
through the chest and died this afternoon.
Frank Childer, merchant, was shot in
the stomach and killed instantly.
An unknown negro was shot through
the heart.
A. d. Bryant, book-kecper, died this
morning from a bullet in his right
shoulder.
Charles Bailey, from Boston, was killed
by rife bullet through his stomach.
Brandon, the Deputy United States
Marshal, was wounded in the thigh and
stomach and died this afternoon.
Later-Information has just reached the
| city that the mob is preparing 20 advance
from the western limit. The military ii
prepared for them, and an attack mean.
| great blocdshed.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 10, 12:40 Am
| The reported mob in the western part o
| the city failed to materalze, Everything
| appears calm and tranquil, and if tn
rioters are doing any work they are acting
very stealthily.
| A Confagration With n Tragic Segue
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 6.-The littl
city of Dayton, Teun., was visited by fir
this morning, which destroyed two cot