The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-18
A TRIPLE LYNCHING.
Three Brothers Meet Death at the
Hands of q Mob.
THEY WERE INNOCENT OF CRIME

THEY WERb lNNOUENT OF CRIME
Hanged Because they Refused to Disclose
the Whereabouts of Another Brother.
who Had Murdered "a Judge-Another
Man Kicked to Death by the Mob.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1s-There was a
triple lynching almost within the shadow
of the city Saturday night. The victims
Of the vengeance Of the mob were three
negro brothers named Julian, and the
crime which they expiated in so summary
manner was the shielding of fourth
brother, Roselius Julian, who on Friday
afternoon shot Judge Victor Estopinal TO
death while the latter was trying him for
trivial ofTense, seriously wounded the
judges son and then made his escape. lie
IS still at large, but will be lynched when
captured.
After the murder Julian made for the
swamps in the rear Of the city, and being
perfectly familiar with them was soon in
safe hiding. Posses were Immediately or
ganized, and all night and all Saturday
the surrounding country was secured but
the searching was fruitless so far as the
real criminal was concerned. The mother
two brothers and two sisters Of the negro
Roseius were arrested at the Black Ridge,
In the rear of the city, by the city police
and were then taken to the little Jail on
Judge Estopiuars place. Another brother
was arrested later in the day in the same
neighborhood and taken to the same Jail
What caused the arrest of the mother
and two sisters was that on q visit being
made to the house these females were
found wrapping mp some clothing and
I Of ig a
that the articles were to be conveyed to
the fugitive. The brothers were discovered
going over the Black Ridge, and had
shirt bundled up as if it were Intended for
Roselius This naturally aroused suspicion
against them. The two brothers were
caught coming ont of the swamps and as
they persistently refused to state whence
they had come they atoo fell under the
bans of doubt. Hente all the arrests.
The failure of the man hunters to cap
ture the murderer angered the mob
and shortly before midnight a body con-
sisting of about twenty-five men, some
armed with rifles and with shotguus, came
up to the Jail and lit lantern. They un-
locked the door and held conference
among themselves as to what they should
do Some were in favor of hanging all five
while others raised objections and insisted
that only two of the brothers, the short
one and the tall one, "Valsn" and "Ba-
kile," should be strung up. This was
finally agreed TO, and several Of the men
went into the Jail and brought out the
two doomed negroes.
They were hurried across to pasture,
| 100 yards distant, and their asked to take
| their last chance Of saving their lives in
making confession. The negroes made
down and pray. One did so, the other re-
mained standing, but both prayed fer
vently. The taller negro was then hoisted
up. He remained hanging fully five min
utes before the second one was hanged.
| The shorter negro stood gazing at the hor
rible death of his brother Without finch
| ing.
The mob remained at the place forabout
| half an hour when some one suggested
that they go back and hang the three
Others. This was opposed by several, and
1t was finally decided that they should go
| back and take the remaining brother out
| to Camp Parapet and hang him there.
| The other two were to be taken out and
! hogged, with an order to get out of the
! parish in less than half an hour The mob
then started back to the Jail to put their
threats into execution. The third brother,
| Paul, was taken out to the camp, which is
about a mile distant in the interior, and
there he was hanged to a tree, his body
hanging in full view of a morbid crowd
during the day, "as a warning to the me-
| groes that they cannot go about killing
white people," as one of the members of
the mob put it.
The lynohing was conducted very
quietly, and not shot was fired during
Ft,,a loo T.,
the real murderer is at liberty, and his
brothers, who died to save him from the
fate which they met, will soon be resting
in unmarked graves, heroes of peculiarly
distinctive type.
During the search for Julian on Satur-
day one branch Of the posse visited a ne
gro family in the neighborhood of Camp
Parapet, and failing 10 find the object of
! their search, tried TO induce John Willis a
young negro, to diclose the whereabouts
of Julian. lie refused to do so or could
not Do SO and was kicked to death by the
gang.
There is a general belief in that section
that the murder Of Judge Estopinal was
the carrying out of a preconceived plot.
The judge had been very strict in his rul-
ings when the negro tough element of the
parish were brought before him. A negro
named Houston was in opposition to Es-
topinal for the place held by the judge at
the time of his death, that of judge of the
fifth justice court Of Jefferson parish.
Julian was Houston's chief lieutenant.
Judge Estopinal once saved the life OF
Julian. The part he took in politics at the
last election was displeasing to a white
element who lived in his ueighborhood
and they were taking him out TO put an
d
and Julian was allowed TO come back 10
Jefferson parish.
The negroes are massing at Camp Para.
pet and armiug with the intention OF
slaug uteriug the white people in that sec
tion. The whites near the sWamps have
been served with notices to leave, and
many have abandoned their homes.
WiscOnsin's Great Forest Fire.
MILWAUKEE,, Sept is. - Rains about
Merrill Marshield and Stevens Point