The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-14
SHOT DOWN.
Terrible Result ol the Alab000
Murder Mystery.
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BIRMINGHAM. "A, De- fa-Tharsisy
and Friday searching pAftes scxas~1
every foo; II woods Gos ais arvusd he
cay IN scarca fos tie body % Ma Hss.s.
who "a, iao9ge; TO have teen uasis,~a
~ EaS n-~T ua~cs, Who 4. no~ IA al
here for k.llsng a.. daughter. bat rns'
Saturday morning no c.e .hoexss pk
drxgstas the ak. where tac Efgs coSrss
~as found ~ soon .. u ~as saxss',~s.
however, . party ~~n; 90 sue lsas ~nh
drss book, aad h~..n the search ani
a,soa, nom The tu-iy oi Mr.. Have. ~as
found I; va, lying oa ;s- toi;en
% the lake at the deepest part ahoas
go Zee; from the shore \ hssty es.
nlnaii0n was made ant seeT~ ~as .oani
the snai evidences o, . doab!e murder. ths
back q Tbs heal having been lasi opsn ~
Q terrible blow with al axe. Securely fast.
cncl around the neck' VA. 4 piece Of ssl-
road .roa weighing ffty Pounds An.
other piece was tied aroand her waist aua
. third around her ankie.
IL wa. sail that the i-siv would -
brought TO the city 90 the untsriakiaS
rooms, and In loss than two hours tbs t~p
streets leading 10 the rooms w-;e ssiei &c
a block each ~av With excited i~opls
rae officer. decided ths. sgh, of Tho
womsn's body would innanse the crowd
nni j, Was quietly slipped ca; Of the c3'v
under a .trcnS suari and secrc,~i aat
guarded
At night, abau, three thousand men
gathered Tn th. vciHi,y Il the jail in'-nt
on Iynching Haw-.. Sayor Thompson
and several officers talked ~ the cro~i.
About; tweiy. o'clock the mob around
the county jail teeaa slowly pressing
/ back the outer guard and advanced du~a
Twruty-hrss street 20 tho mouth IT tie
alley leading 10 the jail entrance lhts
alley il about 100 Zee; long and 'wontv
wide ard ~ the cnly approach I" the isiL.
When the crowd reached the mouth oi tts
si,sy Sheriff Smith from IN" jail warned
them To stand back time and again lie
yelled Ia them - keep back. ~ they wOuii
be fired on 10 they advanced up the alley.
Finally he called out, Il will count three,
and 10 "a man remains there In the alley
We Will fire."
Til. sheriff counted three aud the crowd
fell back q little ami the auihositi~. DID noe
give tn. order TO .r-.
This seemed t. mskeshe mob bp!i-r. and
again they pressed up tn. sil~y.
Sheriff Smith yelled Ia them: Il VII
count live. aud II Won do not fall back ws
will fire" lie counted five. while the mob
hoo,ed. yelled ami continued In advance
up the alley.
Then the officers opened IRE. which wss
at once returned by sh" mob. At ~sst one
thousand shots w-r. fired
Then tn. mob fell back. leaving the
ground covered with dead or ~ouai.d
A,en. Several Of the dead wsr. huTfi-,iiy
carried away by their friends bsfor. being
ident fled.
Yesterday the IN lli,ary took possession
Of the city aud the mob has been oserawei.
Tn. following were Killed:
II. T. ThockmoTton. postmaster, and .
very promin-n, and popular Citizen. lie
leave. q wifi. and one child. ~. ~as
about thirty year 81 age and wss born a
Louisville Nv. He came 10 birmingham
In 1850 as agent for the southern Express
Company, and about eighteen months ago
was appointed postmaster.
An unknown negro, shot through the
lungs. aud lied this morning.
J. L. Mccoy was t.~ari the front Of the
crowd when the firing commenced liz
fell at the first voll-y.
a. u. TaIrant was sho, in the hack.
Z taF bFst fttts AN N ~" WI NHS z
ground with Tho hope Of avoiding f,iug
bullets. Fate would not have IL 40. hos
ever, ami q bal struck him ~. he lay ~
hi. face aud ranged up hi. back After .
few minutes suffering he died.
A.. II. Bry ant was shot through tho
heart. He was standing rather near the
front, and vas doing hi. best .o r..tSsa
th. from going sny nearer. W tel
a, tn. first yoliey. and dt-,i inssantiy.
{. e. Tate ~ss .ho; through the hp.
thigh ard io.n. He il dying II" - .
PAINTER. and lived q, Eas,lase. H. .
al "a: foTty-av. years old and has .
family.
Frank Chi!d-r, she, ihroush the body.
di.d la: evening.
COLDER, smith tcoIoreil shot through
tho r gh, lung. tiei rs.i~rday morning.
Lawrcnc. Fitrhush. q civil snsins~,.
was fatally wounded. Ne va. shos
through I'll. shoulder. lie is thirty years
oil
Charles Bailey ~as ssoz throaxh tbs
heal. 1t - thought h~ IL fatally ~~oupi~i.
A. J. Schl.je. . mechanic. Vas shof la
the iefi side Just under the right shoulder
I, u thou b, that ~ ~iii 81. ~. csms
recently from Kalamazoo. Mich. SEVERAL
81 his companions were wounded. bat Isss
seriously.
Charlie. Jenkins ~as shcs In Ii. heck &
sh. head. tn. bali coming os' IN tks center
Of hi. .orch~ai. He lived anti ten o'ciorf
next morning. He vas twenty years cid
and lived az Smi,bheld with hs psrssis
and three brothers.
B.anasn- 81 the hospital. ~oani~t N The
thigh and abdomen. died q tan o'ciect the
morning.
In addition to the ahov. . great ssany
were wounded. soms qui'~ ssrscosiy.
Last evening . citses want t~foss .
.us,.oe Of the r~sce and srore ous . vsr-
rant for the srr .st Of smith and be d~p.
uii.s on the ckss.s u mzraer. This zee
ser.~i by the coroner. ~so fosnd smith n
the ialL. snd IN. coron-s himself sOnk
ch.ss. Of the Jail and ia his custody sass
institutions isss present
To. chief % rs,sic- sas Alec ARRESTED %
th. csaIgs of Szfd-Y-
Poss,nas.er ThTocsm1<to asd several
oehsr~ o! the tiIsd ~~re amos tbs D<-t
popular eais-ns Of ias pisc~. and 81 $40
tine o: the arng sef- aitsnp - az 20 assse
the not and preserve CIDER.
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