The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-19
THREE WERE STRUNG UP.
A Triple Lynching Near New Orleans satur
day Night.

Now Orleans. La. September 17-rhere
was triple ynchng almost w,thin the shad-
ow of the city last night hut it was con-
Quoted quietly that the account Of the
horrible affair published This morning was
Il surprise to the community. The victims of
the vengeance of the mob were three negro
brothers named Julian, and the crime wlach
they cxplated in so summary Il names .,was
the shielding of fourth brother. RoSoliuS
Julian. who Friday afternoon shot Judge
Victor Est0pinal to death While the latter
was trying HIM for trivial offeuSe, ser-
ousiy wounded the judges son and then made
good his escape.
The shooting occurred in the courtroom and
the murderer continued firing until the judge
who followed to close in upon him, feM NOR
tally wounded Immediately outside and TO the
left of the building. The brutal negro then
stood over the PROSTATE form of his victim
and fired the fourth shot. which is supposed
to be the one that passed through the heaR:
The negro then made dash across the
grounds for his cabin.
Just at this lime August EstopinaT. a son
of the murdered official who is employed as
a conductor on the Carroliton road. was com
ing in from his work. and he gave chase to
the man whom he mad just seen murder his
fat her. The negro reached his cabin and
coming out. fired bwo shots at the young
man, who sought safety in a house adjoining
the residence of Mr.. Charles Flory The
negro provided himself well with ammunition
while in the cabin, Tor during his short stay
he grabbed up va,3se and Winchester
rifle 1t was from this rifle that he fired
the two shots by which young Estopinal WAS
wounded,
The negro made for the swampS in the rear
of the city. and being perfectly familiar with
them was soon in safe hiding. Posses were
Immediately organized and all night and all
Saturday the surrounding country was
secured but the searching was fruitieSS so
far as the real criminal was concerned.
The mother ewo brothers and two sisters
of the negro Rosc.us were arrested ycSter-
day afternoon at the Black ridge II the rear
Of tine city by the city police ana were then
taken to the little jail. Another brother WAS
arrested later in the day in the same neigh
borhood and taken to the same jail All were
charged with assisting the fugitive
The Lynchins Party.
About II O'Clock body consisting Of about
twenty -fivea men, some armed with rifles and
shotguns, came up to the Jail and lit a
lantern They unlocked the door and then
held Il conference among themselves as TO
what they should do Some were in favor
OF hanging the whole five, while others raised
objections and insisted that only two of the
brothers, the short one and the tall one,
Va,sn and Baki.e, should be taken out and
strung up. This was finally agreed to, and
several OF the men went into the jail and
when they came out brought with them the
two doomed negroes. They were hurried
across to pasture one hundred yards dis
tanr and there asked to take their last
chance of saving rhcir lives by making con-
fession The negroes made no reply.
They were then told to knee down and
pray One did SO, the other remained stand
;ns, but both prayed fervently. The taller
nagro 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 h.nching. The mob remained at
the Uiace for about half an hour, when some
one suggested thar they go back and hang the
three others. This was opposed by several,
and it 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 10 be taken out and
tlogged 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 fnIc distant in the interior, and there
he was hanged to tree,
Kicked to Death.
During the search for Julian on Saturday.
one branch of the posse visited the house
on a negro family in the nighborhood Of
Camp Parapet and falling to find the object
of their search tried 10 induce John Willis,
a Young negro, to disclose the whereabouts
do so, aud he w,s kicked to death by the