The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-12-15
THE HAWES' HORRORS.

Her father, an engineer Of the Georgia
Pacific Railroad, purporting to have
been divorced from her mother, was
married to a Miss Story, Of Columbus,
Miss, on the day the body of the little
girl was discovered floating in a pond.
He was arrested the day after his
and charged with the crime.
The following special to the Times
Democrat relates fresh horrors in this
shocking tragedy;
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. S.-TO-day's
developments in the IIawes' murder
case only add to the certainty of the
commission of perhaps the most horri-
BILE murder that ever occurred in the
country.
The mother of the child, MAY Halves,
and also that Of another little child,
the youngest, Emma, three years old,
were found at o'clock to-day in the
middle of the lake at Lakeview Park,
about one-quarter of a mile from the
llawes residence. The woman, lIawes'
first wife. Emma Pettis lIawes had her
head crushed in. One hundred and
forty pounds of weight was tied to her
body. The little child, Emma, was
treated the same way.
From all the circumstantial evidence
that can be obtained, il appears that
the woman and youngest child must
have been murdered about Saturday, |
while the eldest child, May, eight years |
old, whose body was found at East
Lake ON Tuesday morning, was in
charge of Fannie Bryant, a negro |
woman living near by, who had
worked for the family.
1t is established that Richard II.
IIawes, the accused, was seen going to
East Lake on Monday night with the
child May, and 1t has been proved that
he returned few hours later without
her. There is no doubt in public
opinion, as to his guilt, On the floor
of room of the Ilawes residence, and
on the walls were found freshly erased
marks, which, It's presumed, are blood
stains. An ax was also found near the
house.
llawcs said on Sunday that his wife
and two children had gone Saturday
night to her family in New York, aud
he gave her $500. lie claims to have
been divorced from her, but nothing to
prove this can be found On Wedncs-
day he married Miss May 5. Storey, at
the residence of her parents, at Colum-
bus, Miss, and was with her passing
through here on his way to Augusta,
Georgia, when he was arrested. lie
had practiced many deceptions on his
second wife, including story that he
had only one child, boy, who was
wsth her brother in Atlanta.
llawes was one of the most popular
railroad men ever about the city
among those who knew MIN. IL seems
incredible that he could have commit
ted the crime.
There is widespread and intense ex-
citement over the apparent solution of
the mystery. At this writing there are
crowds of thousands of men on the
streets discussing every phase of the
murders, and threats of lynching are
many and determined. II is feared
that such an attempt will be made to-
night. The Jail is being well guarded
and only overwhelming determination
by the mob to sacrifice life can possibly
succeed. Mrs. IIawes, the second wife,
is still here utterly prostrated with
nervous excitement.
Birmingham, Ala, Dec 0, 2 a. m.--
As feared, at 1905 o'clock this morn
ing trouble with the mob begun, and
IL was serious indeed. 4 crowd of
two or three thousand gathered aronnd
the Jail, among them some drunken
men, who were boistcrous, and the
order was given to fire just as the mob
was encroachng upon the limits of the
guards around the jail.
Immediately score of Winchester
rifles were turned loose ON tho crowd,
and the result was fearful; not less
than. twenty-five persons were shot
seven of them fatally, and included
among the number was Postmaster Nj.
B. Throckmorton, n bullet going
through his body. Another report
says there were at least ten killed aud
thirty wounded
The people are in frenzy of excite
ment. As to who are killed and hurt,
it will be hard to ascertain.
The military companies were or
dered out, and greeted as they went
along the streets with jeers and threats
by the mob. AS it Is claimed the
guards fired on the crowd wantonly, IL
is foregone conclusion that more
dreadful trouble will occur. Men
whose best friends were shot are talk
ing of vengeance with tears streaming
down their cheeks.
Among the injured were the follow
ing:
A child shot through the lungs,
dying.
Engineer Bryant, of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, dead.
A little girl shot badly.
A. II. Waters, shot in the back and
head.
Child Waters mechanic at the
Louisville and Nashville shops; ID. A.
Childs, leading dry goods man, shot
seriously.
Al. Schried, machinlst, shot through
the lungs.
Major Kennedy, leg broken.
j. w. Owen, carpenter, shot in the
right thigh.
Charlie jenkins, shot fatally through
the brain.
A carpenter at Smithield.
Albert Smith. colorcd, Louisville
and Nashville, shot in the breast.
There are hopes of his recovery.
Albert Tarrant, machinest, Louis
vile and Nashville, dead.
What The Boys Told Ne.
ave are going to have wet weather.