Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-13
ANOTHER NEGRO mURDEnED.

Taken Er0A = Neputy sheriff and his
BODY RiaAleA with Bullets.
CHARLESTON, 8. O., Jan. 12.-The ont
burst Of indignation that arose from every
corner of the State over the recent lynchina
Of eight defenoeless negroes in Barnwell has
had no effect upon the people of that county.
Another outrage Of a similar character has
just been perpetratsd there.
A negro was arrested last Tuesday at
Robbins. . country postofsice remote from the
court house. He was charged with burglary,
and was placed In charge Of white deputy
to be placed in Jail to await trial. The
deputy had not proceeded very far with his
prisoner before he was met by large crowd
of masked men. He was halted and his
prisoner was taken out Of the buggy in which
he was riding.
He was carriedsover to one side of the
road, whore there was heavy growth OF
pines, and was there tied to tree and shot
to death. The negro cried most piteously,
and begged for his life, but all in vain. His
body was shot through and through, the bull
lets burying themselves in the tree after
passing through his body.
The weapons used were pistols of large
calibre, and from the appearance of the body
and the tree 1t would be safe to say that fifty
shots were fired.
After the mob had completed its murder
GUS work they rode off as unconcernedly az
if they had shot q deer. The deputy soon
followed their example and rode back to
Robbins, where he told of what had taken
place.
The body was left hanging to the tree un-
til morning, when the negroes in the com.
mnnity cut it down and buried it. The
whites have tried to keep the murder quiet.
It occurred in remote corner of the county
and it is almost impossible to secure inform
alton about it. At Barnwell court house
great indignation ia freely expressed and the
whites promise to cooperate with the ne
Rroes In bringing the murderers to justice.
Barnwell is reaping the fruit of her folly.
Fire insurance companies are cancelling
their policies and Withdrawing from the
county.
Sheriff Lancaster, of Barnwell, has re-
ceived the following letter dated New York,
January 8, aud signed by Fl. W. Payne:-
IT want to say that twenty Thousand men
have entered q compact to stop the outrage
on colored men at Barnwell. II the negroes
want revenge we are ready to take part with
them at their own first call. Your Mayor
and your jailer and all OF you lyes if you
say the lynehers is unknown. You all know
who they are. I hope that you will hand
this to your leading men and let them see
that we intend to stop this lynching in the
South If we have to wade in blood to our
knees"
Still Another Case.
COLUMBIA, Jan. ia brutal murder of
q negro is reported from Barnwell county.
A few days ago William Black, a colored
boy about twenty years old, was tied to q
tree by the neck and waist and his brains
shot out by David Ready, white man, fol-
having stolen some clothing from Jim Benz
nett last summer.
For his offence Black pleaded guilty at the
fall term of Barnwell court and served a three
months term in the penitentiary. He had
been home only one week and had given nc
offence to anybody.
Ready, before he shot Black, knslt beside
him and prayed for the safe dsliverancs o.
the Negroes soul, and that the act which h
was about to commit might be forgiven
Then he slowly arose and deliberately shot
the boys brains out. Jim Bennett and bill
son Willie, and one Walker, with negro
constable, Henry Sweat, were all standing
by witnessing the butehery. Trial justice
Dunbar, acting coroner, has not yet com
mitted these accessories to jail, although
they were placed under arrest and the abov,
facts adduced from the testimony at the in
quest. Ready was permitted to escape, ant
has, it is reported, gone to Augusta, Ga.