The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-08
BOB SIMS GIRLS.
They Are Added to the Long List
Of Alabama's Avengers.
LEFT HANGING BY THE ROADSIDE.

Their Uncle Neal, Brother of Bob,
Resisted Arrest. and He and His
Four Companions Were Executed
Without Judge or Jury Two
Brave Young Women.
MOBILE. Ala, Jan. g. Dispatches
from Womack hill, Ala, the scene of
the recent Sims outrages and hanging,
state that while Neal Sims, the brother
of Bob, two other men and Laura and
Beatrice Sims, the two daughters Of
Bob, were on their way from Womack
hill, going in the direction of Leak,
Miss, the rendezvous of the rest of the
gang, they were met by posse search
ing for Neal Sims, who is wanted for
murder. 1t is said that Neal resisted
arrest, and was hanged and afterwards
shot. The rest of the party attempted
to interfere in Meals behalf, and were
strung up to an oak tree along the road
side, the women being among the num-
Der lynched. Their bodies were left
hanging.
Bob's Journalistic Daughters.
When Bob Sims first began to preach
his so called religion, in which he told
his hearers that they had right to do
as they pleased, without regard to the
laws Of the land, his tTSo daughters at
tracted attention by going with him to
all his meetings and conducting the
singing. and sometimes the prayers.
They were rather pretty girls, and had
obtained some education at the public
schools of the county.
When the Sims religion assumed the
form of a craze, and his followers num-
bered hundred OF more, the two girls
began the publication of a paper called
The True Way. They purchased small
printing outfit, which was put up in
one of the rooms of the log house where
the family lived, and there the paper
was issued, the girls doing all the me-
chanical work, as well as writing most
Of the matter that appeared in the sheet.
The paper was very small affair and
was issued weekly, its circulation being
confined to the followers of Sims.
Last summer, when Bob Sims was
driven out of Choctaw county by the
citizens committee. the two girls So
verely denounced the men who were
concerned in what they termed shame
flll and cowardly conspiracy. They at
once went to work to secure the arrest
Of the conspirators and to arrange for
the return of their father to his home.
Failing to secure any redress or encour-
agenent from the local police, the two
girls went to Montgomery and called on
Governor Jones at the executive man
sion.
Their Appeal to the Governor.
They were neatly dressed and modest
looking, and the evident sincerity with
which they told the story of their al
legged wrongs made favorable impress
sion on Governor Jones. and he promised
to investigate the matter and see that
Bob Sims received justice.
The action of the girls in boldly going
to the governor and asking protection
for their father surprised the citizens of
Choctaw county, and for awhile they
ceased to Interfere with the Simsites in
any way. Soon afterward Bob Sims re-
turned to his home.
When the attack was made on the
house of John Mcmillan during Christ
mas week and his whole family mur-
dered by the Simsites the daughters of
the outlaw leader We're in the party
dressed IN mems clothing, and each one
carrying heavy repeating rifle. They
were in the thick of the fight and fired
many of the shots that exterminated the
Mcmillan family. They were in the
house with their father when the latter
surrendered on Christmas day.
They We're placed under arrest at the
time of the surrender, charged with
completely in the murder of the McAfil-
Ian family. They were not molested
when Bob Sims and Con Savage were
taken from the posse and lynched on the
way to the Jail.