Smyrna times., 1892-11-02
How Hill Was Killed.
HNAPHIC RECITAL OF THE TERRTRTE
CRIME BY ONE OF THE
PARTICIPANTS.

HOW THE MURDER WAS DONE
1 Inc sensation developed in the fir.
Is t%Hlthess, Perry Bradshaw, bv wbor
le Tue story of the atrocious crime wa
a IOlu IN lts horrible detail and corroho
9 Ia!eu IN all its salient features nv III,
o PRISONERS r confessions of I3.veor.oI
l. RHenry HURT, 15-year old CbarIa
r Emery, I4-year-Old Joshua Bavnard
IH5year old Tribe Comegys. 16.vear
oi1- Louis Benson and Moses RToTDr
: all OF whom are defendants.
DTaushaw who had no idea of tinoe
9oyOhG sun up" and ''sun down. and
uluh I know how old he was told in =
istiess manner how the crowd went 70
Ine slaughter of DR.. Hill with son1s
anu uahces and merry jests. This coal
ocacA leG-headed boy with two tnfts
=! WOOL standing out like horns from
MS u,.,ic iiofhead told how he, Brooks Hnrtf
" lIlIams, Baynard, Comegys. Emerv
ana Brown met in Millington ON ~
Iatal ght and now Williams toId
DiDoAs ne was going to kill man
ne told how Comegys said thar tho
ploC had been concoted that niobt ord
now Williams told them he was co.,
10 XIII Dr. Hill. Young Rrodeha6S'
amid a painful silence detailed NV,
they stopped at the first BRIDE U% an%
mad dance anb continued tbair ,,ornL %nH
Uol " 1tiG Uune OF gleasome songs. At the
lex he4V Orldge they again stopped and
n; .ie'u "notnef dance and no African war
tior couid nave told the tale of war
uance with more indifference than did
the young witness. N''
THE TEAM IN SIGHT.
Then the testimony went n, - l.
scribe how Dr. Hill's team wos 80
coming along the lonely road wbera go -
nHuiuereTs We're lying in wait for their
hnI hbio'Ln' DTooks with stone in his
G''II i''iG anu Williams with an open knife.
suddenly the figure of Brooks iumns
ouC OF tne roadside shadow and grosps
Ihe orldIe of the Doctors horse VII
iiauns shouts Hold on a minute y and
til .he Doctor tightens his reigns. "yYhat;s
me matter boys. Do you want INV
money. haven't done ANYTHING IN
you, cries the Doctor. ~
with vile oath Williams save ..,,o
arc q going to kill you" "Don,t lin NO
boys, says the Doctor. but bardI, !
had the words left him when RrooLS
caiis TO young Bradshaw and Como0I,s
- holu the horse and as thew snriDg !
lor"aru to do so, Brooks hurIs the !
leSVy stone against the Doctors head
'nG ne sinks with groan, "Ob. on y s
ma then lurches forward. c
THEY FINISH THEIR woRK II
Instantly Williams grasps the faIlen e
'r;Iy Uue suouIde: and Vioiouslv d
IlEeS MS knife twice into the Doctoris N
ecA ana calls to Brown and henson Il
I4ish the job. Brooks Williams i'll
nu brown then fix the PROSTATE bodv in
ooss Ihe bottom of the dOgcart and
1s'ens the Doctors head between the a.
l4i1s and the brace. Then WiIIi.rao III
AliIs TO Bradshaw and Comeovs to iat uf
le morse go and hitting the horse ~ IN
mas the team with the Doctors ma lo'
e1 eSi BODY flying bOwn the road. W. W.
4hls, then, is how the murder wos IT
'he ana 1t is this recital that stirreJ
e crowd Wednesday. ''''1eu en-
DetectlVe Nevins had a confession of be
Gn !; Ol the prisoners taken while in hit
u mere and at Baltimore. The stoto us
snts ts OF Frisby Comegys, Henry ito
lrtt, Charles Emery, and .Iosbn9 !
ynarG, corrobOrated the statement pas
bradshaw. Williams and HrooEs hay
"a denied seeing DR.. Hill ON the we
I'd, nor did they see a dogcart .L sno loci
q. sha
'ohn POtts, who is believed to bavo \
IN the concOcter of the plot tn mrr1 the
Or. Hill, was acquitted as tbaro icip
> no evidence produced to connect pie,
Win the crime. tior
AWAITING PHE VERDICT. the
long before the court opened Tburs- trib
morning the court room wos N
lsely packed with excited neonIe 600,
Nously owaitig the verdict The tho
es were so crowded that the Judgos co..
10 be passed over the heads of fbe r.
IN order to reach the bench and act;,
Ine hallH had to walk on men,s of -,
ulcers to reach the front of the to ~
RI mouse, to announce to the tow ~,
court mad convened. The prison mon
under strong guard oowered i, ~
corner of the court room and nonv H.
e were the scowls of the ora,r1, sta.' stiT
va surrounding them. When Jn6Go ona 7,
lnson solemnly pronounced r. 80
Iict against the convicted nan ~ NIl
g was wild Outburst of onnInHso -
manv ,'bn I -, I"I: pTssloIe 10 suppress and peral
N Ssoa5o Doi,9'eu tnat the boys all OF
.isonnoa,t VII, "i'u eighteen years nestl
at tbo not saw vent to their de- force
aV Che action of the Judges in the Re.
eAtraVagant expressions of ioy. mend
FEARFUL OF LYNCHING. make
hen Judge Robinson announced law II
ever, that as there was mo aviJ' that {
implicate Potts !, 90 a. no eVid- work
tul silence fell on the crowd onS No
EXPRESSIONS of iov 80 "'o%u ana ignOri
OF angry determination Ga1. heS
ut over the stern looking cro0,d Legs
. n9olhson presently said ;"Since 81 81 uJ,' va
verdibt has been received ~ OF th'
If we are pained to 49, Iu Tue ages c
ID us that he bos raoi ii mas IN school
violence will he ogo"oJ 70 rear year.
ner, James Potts. NO.
told them tbot Tho c Prohil
cen discharged only until next ~ VIC R' ai.
ay' tnat FOtts had been acquitted n...lu
70 principal in the murder. and ip,iys
eld until every narticle " & PRISON and g
imDlioatino bir, -. VI eFI- who
be considered and ,L". LuuoessoTy Party
be produced, he would oe 10. 10
My be indicted. OF the
three hours tho o.ou5 l.. people
the court bonsa oDJ o"I ~ nung to the
& for the prisoners "n~ ~ oo ene JAIL of welC
was not until noarI.' 0ol1e OUT p. and
the crowd had 5ic1 CLOCK, their cl
eriff brouUht the perseu, nsi", that faithful
en- thew were stro6ni1' iSoners OUT lightful
{ the iail the sboriE suarueu' to the
senai with wbioh ""u reg their Sc
i'd he stated tbat ho n9iu Tue railroad
one man, that thirty-two revol.
1d been left in one place bv M
be lynchers, in order to have lily Ely
eady for moonlight hanging. G. X N
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