, 1888-12-09
TWENTY KILLED.
Attempt to Lynch a Murderer
in Alabama.
A Determined Officer and q
Desperate Mob
Another Bloody Chapter in the
Halves Mystery.
Horrible Murder.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. S.-Anothtr
bloody chapter in the Halves murdlr
mystery developed to-day. The body OF
Mrs. Emma Halves was found at the bot
tom of n small lake in Lakeview park,
half a mile from the cottage where the
family had lived. Her head was crushed
in by a heavy blow with an axe and heavy
pieces Of iron were fastened about her
neck, waist and feet.
NASHVILLE, Dec. S.-A special to the
american from Birmingham, Ala, says:
AT 1l:30 p. m. a mob made an attack
on the jail. AS they approached the
alleyway leading to the Jail the officers in.
side called on them to halt, which they
did not do. The officers then fred with
Winchesters and pistols and the firing was
terrific for fifteen minutes on both sides.
None of the officers we're injured, but
over twenty of the mob were killed and
wounded.
Among the wounded is NJ. b. Throck-
morton, postmaster of Birmingham, who
was e~ndeavoring to persuade the mob to
dispense. Adolph Shiele of the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad was also fatally
wounded in the neck. The patrol wagon
carted off the dead and wounded to the
hospital.
Owing to the l~ateness of the hour it is
impossible to obtain the names of all the
killed and wounded. The firing was com
menced by the police, but equally as
many shots we've fired by the mob. Over
500 rounds were fired and the Xouayes
and guards are now in possession of all
the streets leading to the iail. Inside the
Jail the bullets fired by the mob whistled
around these confined there. Your cor
respondent was on the inside and the bull
let's whistled within an inch of his head.
Sheriff Smith gave the order to fire.
Fifteen thousand people congregated
on the streets and further trouble is prob
able. Halves still asserts his innocence
of the crime OF which he is charged and
military companies are now guarding the
jail. The following is a list of the vic
tins; Charley Bailey, a Boston man, shot
mrough the brain; A.. j. Side, shot with
a Winchester rifle through the back and
ranging toward the heart; M. b. Throck-
morton, post master, shot in the hip;
Maj. Kennedy, shot in both legs and left
arm; \ j. Brannon, United States dep
utk marshal, shot in the hip; Smith of
A%vondale, shot ali over with small shot;
Chas. G. Tate, East lake. same. John
ii. Merritt, ball in right leg; John Lowen,
shot through the right thigh; John Ross
and A. A. Waters, slightly wounded.
At 3 a. III. Halves was W nervous
and to a reporter said: Let them kill me,
if they will, | have nothing row to live
for, but | swear | am innocent. | must,
however, thank the officers for protecting
me as they did.
What did you think while the shoot
ing was going on?' he was asked.
That | was as willing to die that way
as any other, " WAS the answer.
The CRIME
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. S.-The crime for
which the mob e%ndeavored to take the
lite Of Henry Halves tonight was the sup
posed murder OF his wife ard 20 year old
daughter. The body of the daughter was
found about a week ago in a pond with
her throat cut and weights attached to
her limbs. Suspicion at first pointed to
a negro who had been seen in the vicinity,
but he proved his innocence. later it
Gas discovered that the wife of Halves
was also missing and a search failed to re.
veal her whereabouts. A few days ago
1t was said that HAYES was about to leave
the country with another woman with
whom he has been suspected of being on
intimate terms aud he was arrested and
placed in jall.
From this time suspicion was directed
toward Halves, and threats of Ign ,hing
him on the slightest proof of his guilt
have been freely made. The finding of
the body OF his wife to-day as stated in
an earlier dispatch, inlamed the public
mind and the attack on the Jail tonight
was the result, Although there is moth
ing but circumstantisl evidence against
him so far, all points strongly to his guilt.
1t is said to night that another child of
his has disappeared, and has been muir
dered like his wife and eldest daughter.