The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-10-31
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
The Lexington Lynch.rs Will b. D alt
With by the Law.

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The Lexington Lynch,rs Will b. D alt
With by the Law.
| \ special dispatch from Lexington
to the Charlotte Chronicle, on Nom
day, says:
| Twenty-six parties have been ar
| rested for alleged participation in
| the l,ynching of Robert Berrier, and
| the preliminary examination began
| before Judge Phillips to-day at II
O'Clock.
Sheriff Leonard, of Davidson coun-
ty, received late Saturday night 50
bench warrants, issued by Judge
Phillips, for the arrest of the suppos-
ed lynchers. He Immediately sum-
moned large party of the citizens
of this place and Townsville to as
sist him in making the arrests, and
up to Z O'Clock Sunday evening there
! had been eighteen or twenty men ar
rested and brought to town charged
with murder. The prisoners first ar
| rested were committed to Jail; but on
the arrival of Judge Phillips and So
licitor Long, the judge ordered all of
them brought before hin in the court
house about 3 O'Clock, where he told
them that he had been sent here to
thoroughly investigate this lynching
case, and to see that the laws Of
North Carolina were enforced and re-
spected, and that the guilty be
brought to punishment; and while he
was determined that this should be
done, yet he did not intend to be ar
bitrary or oppressive to the men ar
rested. They, he said, should have q
speedy trial and fair and patient
hearing.
Every one should have time to get
his witnesses, consult counsel ETC. He
then ordered that all the prisoners
here now, and those that may be
brought in during the night, be kept
in the court house instead of the jail,
and he swore in a guard to keep
them safely until Monday morning.
Up to 10 o'clock this morning
twenty-five had been arrested, and
| the sheriff informed me he thought
he would finally arrest all the thirty
he thought, had left the county.
The following are the names OF
those arrested:
| II. ~. ID ".
Wood, Bently Hunt, McDuff Farabel,
Henry Fritz, John Wilson, G. A. Har
mes, Henderson Shoaf, John Craver,
jeff Craver, J. N. Craver, j. N. Myers,
Charles Swicegood, William Living
good, David Myers, Will Myers, Ham
ilton Sink, David Wock, Julius Wi
fong, PUNK Daniels, Joe Sewers, Ali
Green, John Farabee and Royal
Shoaf.
Promptly at II O'Clock to-day
Judge Phillips opened the court for
the investigation of the case. The
court house was densel y packed with
people, but the best of order prevail
ed. The sheriff reported as executed
twenty-six warrants on the parties
Robbins & Raper and S. E. Williams
/ appear for the prisoners, Solicitor
Long prosecuting. The court took
a recess at half past one O'Clock to
enable the Solicitor to get his wit
nesses together.
The court met as per adjournment
at two O'Clock, and. the examination
of witnesses for the State commenced.
Up to Z O'Clock p. m. some ten or
twelve witnesses had been examined.
| There is damaging evidence against
several of the parties.
| The investigation is still going on,
and as there are still many witnesses
to examine, the result cannot be
foreshadowed at this time.
| LATER NEWS.
The Lexington Dispatch, which
reached THE SENTINEL office this
morning, contains the following:
"The hearing of the case COM
menced ut two O'Clock Monday after
| noon, Solicitor Long representing
the State. and Messrs. Robbins 4
Raper and S. E. Williams appearing
| for the defendants. w b. Glenn was
| afterwards engaged to assist the So
licitor, and NJ. Fl. Pinnix. Esq, was
| retained for the Defendants Up to
the time of going to press the time of
the court HIS been engaged in hear
| ing evidence for the State. A num-
Der of witnesses gave testimony that
apparently connects several of the
| defendants with the lynching. The
most important witness examined up
to this time, is w. N. Kinney, the
jailer, who identified six persons who
went into the jail and took the prls-
oner out. Only one man in the com.
pany was disguised. Other witnesses
claim to have identified several men
who participated in the lynching
The evidence, as far as heard, does
not connect more than ten or twelve
men directly with the lynching. The
State has large number of witnesses
yet to be introduced, and it is under
stood that there are about forty wit
nesses for the defence. 1t il impossi
BILE to forecast at this stage of tn,
proceedings what further testimony
will disclose.
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