The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-28
A LYNCHING BEE.
nNee BROTHERS LYNcHEp IN
LOUISIANA BY AMog.

b O'0'N'NA BY A MOB.
, '''"'S 'i 'hs Mobs Vengeance
1 Shielded a Fourtn Brother w.,
l dered Judge In the Court Roor-r.r
Particulars of the Affair
New ORLEANS, Sept. l7.-Tbers wo.
triple lynchlng almost within the
shadow Of the city last night, but It wa,
conducted 80 quietly that the account Of
the horrible affair published this morn.
ing was surprise to the community.
The victims of the vengeance Of the
mob were three negro brothers named
Juliano, and the crime which they ex.
plated in 30 summary manner was the
shielding of fourth brother, Roselius
Juliano, who on Friday afternoon shot
Judge Victor Estopinal to death while
the latter was trying him tor trivial
oflense, seriously wounded the iudye's
son, and then made good his escap pc.
The shooting occurred IN the court
room, and the murderer continued firing
until the Judge, who followed to close in
upon him, fell mortally wounded imme.
dlatelY outside and to the left of tho
building. The brutal negro then stood
over the PROSTATE from Of his victim
and fired q shot, which is supposed 20
be the one that passed through the
heart. The negro then made a dash
across the grounds for his cabin.
Just at this time, August Estopinal, q
son of the murdered official, who is en-
| ployed az conductor on the Carrolton
road, was coming in from his work, and
he gave chase to th3 man whom he had
| StIot H. l,i. f,fI,
reached his cabin, and coming out, fired
two shots at the young man, who sought
safety in house adjoining the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Charles Flory. The nogro
provided himself we'll with ammunition
while in the cabiu, for during his short
stay he grabbed up valse and Win
chester rifle. 1t was from this rifle that
he fired the two shots by which young
Estoplnal was wounded. The negro
made for the swatnps in the rear of the
city, and being perfectly familiar with
them was soon IN sale hiding.
a posse was Immediately organized,
and all night and all Saturday the sur
rounding country was secured, but
The search was truitless, 80 far as the
real criminal was concerned. The
mother, two brothers and two sisters, of
the negro Roselius were arrested yester-
day afternoon at the Black Ridge, in the
rear OF the city, by city police, aud were
then taken to the little jail. Another
brother was arrested later IN the day in
the same nclghborhood and taken to the
same jail. All were charge with asst.
ing the fugitive.
| About ii O'Clock. body consisting
OF about 20 men, some armed with ritl -
and shotSuns, came up to the Jail and
lit a lantern. They unlocked the door,
and then held conference among them
selves as to what they should do. Some
were in favor Of hanging the whole five
while others raised objections, and IN
sisted that only two OF the brothers, the
short one and the tall one, "Valsin"
and ''Bakile," should be taken out and
strung up. This was finally agreed to,
and several of the men went into the
jail, and coming out afterwards brought
with them the two doomed negroes.
| They were hurried across to pasture
100 yards distant, and there asked to
take their last chance Of saving their
lives ia making confession. The
negroes made no reply. They were then
| told to kncel down and pray. One did
80, the other remained standing, but
both prayed fervently. The taller ne
gro was then hoisted up. He remained
hanging fully five minutes before the
second one was hanged. The shorter
negro stood gazing at the horrible death
OF his brother without hinching.
Tho mob remained at the place for
about halt an hour, when some one sug-
gested that they 90 back and hang the
three others. This was opposed by sew
cral, and It was finally decided that they
should 90 back and take the remaining
brother out to Camp Parapet aud hang
him there. The other two were taken
out and logged, with an order get out
Of the parish in less than half an hour.
The mob then started back to the jali
to put their threats into execution. The
| third brother, Paul, was taken out to
the camp, which is about 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
warning to the negroes that they can
not 60 about killing white people, as
one Of the members of the mob put it..
During the search for Julian on Sat-
urday, one branch Of the posse visited
the house of negro family in the neigh
bOrhood of Camp Parapet, and failing to
find the object OF their search tried to
induce John Willis young negro to dis
close the whereabouts of Julian. He re-
fused to do so, or could not DO so, and
was kicked to death by the crowd.
Terrific Fires.
GUTHRIE, o. T., Sept. ia codti-
er just i'll from the Pawnee reservation
states that terrific prairie fire is raging
there, and hundreds of settlers have
been compelled to abandon wagons,
tents and outGts and flee for their lives
on their horses. Several dead bodies
have been found and it is feared that
many more will perish. The boomers
arc returning to-day by the hundreds
and there is line several hundred
strong at the barber shops and bath
rooms waiting their turn to get cleaned.
| Beware of the Trap Gun.
| SAN ANTNIO, Tex, Sept. 2O.-A