St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-31
JUDGE LYNCH
Holds Court in Gov.
ington.
Jack Parker. who muI.
dered Joe Handy and
Burned his Body.
TAKEN FROM JAIL
AND HUNG.
The Lynohiag univer-
sally approved. IS
Q case Of
JUST RETRrBUTION.
JUST RETRrBUTION.


| Last Thursday morning early
risers were greeted with the uhu'
sual spectacle Of . negro banging
by the neck from . limb Of & willO =
tree In front OF the jail, In the
Courthouse yard. II seems that
some time during Wednesday night
. large cro~d OF unknown men en-
tered the yar'l and overpowers I
the guard. o, npelliny then to CIV.
up the keys OF tbs jail. AL tisv
then entered AMI toox out . negr ,
prisoner By the name Ut jack Par.
ker. w:so was 400 ,sei Of killing ~.
other ne gro, name l Joe Handy. At
Anita Sprin = sad barniny his his.
District Court ha been in session
Ill day Wednesday. examining the
case. and the testimony Of = num-
Der nj witnesses was taken. imolu l.
ing that OF Sheriff COok, IT, whom
the prisoner hal made confession.
admitting that he killed Joe Handy
On the tresstle work at Anita
springs, by knocking him IN the
head with . club, after which he
threw the body over on the ground
and dragged it away . short dis
lance and then built . Ore anI hlru-
ed il up.
At the time Of the llendlsh deed
public indignation ran high, and
it was only with the greatest din
Guilty that the officers succeeded in
preventing the indignant popul.ce,
bs.th white aud black, tom taking
tie law into their hands. BIT better
co1nsels prevailed, and Parker was
locked up fur examination, which
took place last Wednesday before
Judge Jas. n. Thompson. with
the exception u two or three Wit
nesses. who were tn be heard
Thursday morning. Court al
j.'urned Wednesday evening. about
s o'clock. aud the prisoner was
I"cked up for the night, AMI : guard
placed over him, au1 shortly after
midnight large oro~d entered the
yard and compelled the quart tn
give up the keys. When they took
Parker out and hung him. The
winnie thing was done 50 quickly
and quietly, that no ONE. not even
those living near the jail, knew
what vas going ON, until daylight
revealed the faSt thst tho awful tag.
sdy had occurred.
Parker, the victim, bore : very
bad character, and Il said tn have
committed other murders than the |
One f0r which he was hung. His
last crime, hnwever, was one Of
The most 6endish on record, and was |
70 We learn. from . feeling
II business jealousy, - bis victim.
Jve Hsndy. was . section h..ss On
he railroad, and Parker wanted
The positHM himself, - he cruelty
Murdered Handy aud then proceed
d u hura biz body.
The general verdict, among both
vhitss and blsoka. = that l,arkes
'nly got h,s just deserts. and The
'nivessal opinion b that b sls,uid
ave heen hung before he
rs. It = :" be haped that his K.
'0minious fate viii serve - q warn.
ng to ill evil disposed psrsous, nat
. follow in h,s footsteps. |,
About s O'clock Thuesday .moru- !,
u Psrker's b0dv was cut down
nd Coruner Heintz held % Inquest.
be jury dnding that Parker came
. bic death 1t the hands " parties
nk,a0wn.
After the lynohine Of Parker. two
ther pr,souera. who were we'll ,
nOwn to be bad characters. aud ,
n" were arrestea Tor Sighting aud
disturbing the peace. were taken {
ut II Jail and given . thorough !
egginy, and noti6ed to leave the /.
awn and parish, never to return. 1
u last accounts they were several q
niles In tho country and getting :
vay tom this vicinity - fast -
ossible. |.
Alderman +. B. Doyle met with 4
aeran N a~,.sA.ne ,>sA S.em ~ 40 .,