The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-29
I'M MAlf MUsTARp PLASTERS
PErERsoN's MURDER.
The Negro in Jail for the Crime il
Danger Of LYnohinR.

THE Negro in Jail for the Crime in
Danger of Lynohing.
MI Vernon, Ga, July 2S.-Mt. Vernon
IS i'm the greatest state of excitement
known in its history. The gravest APP
rraheDsfons are entertained that the five
robbers will be lynched who attempted to
rob the express Office and stOrehouse of
Alex Peterson at Alley in this (Montgom-
erzH county last Thursday night and who
murdered Mr.. Peterson in their attempt
IN do so. a full account of which, together
with that Of the arrest OF the robbers,
has already been published in the MORN
Hiram Jacobs was the first one of the
murdcrcrs arrested, and he implicated
fOrr others His associate cOnspirators
were Hard BrewingtOn, Lucien Emanuel,
Ashley Emanuel and Hezekiah Brewing
ton. They were all arrested and car
ricd to the scene of the crime,
where they each in turn con
fpssed The confession of each cOrrOb-
GRATED the confession of the others, and is
in substance as follows They were all
in the employ of Peterson ~ Calhoun,
naval stores manufacturers, doing bust
ness about two miles from Alley. They
had noticed that Messrs Peterson & Cal
hOun went to the express Office at Alley
10 get money to pay off their hands The
express office was kept in Alex Peterson's
store They had become dissatisfied at
The slow rate at which they were making
money, and consequently entered into a
conspiracy TO rob the express Office in order
to get money enough to start a barrOOm,
which they proposed to do at their old
home in North Carolina The time set
apart for the deed was last Thursday
night In the meantime they ordered
three pistols, which they received, loaded
and laid AWAY On the night appointed
they met in one of the shanties, where
the work of Disgusting was carried on by
means of smut and grease, and by turning
their coats inside out. While the three
men We're doing this the two boys, Ashley
Emanuel and HeZekiah Brewington, aged
- each, played the part of watchmen, to
keep any one from entering. This being
done, they hurried to Alley, where they
lay in watch until all the stores of the
village had been closed save Mr.. Peter
sons, and as he was closing up the win
dOws of his store preparatory to going
home, Hiram Jacobs stepped into the
front door and demanded his money,
at the same time presenting his pis-
toll Mr. Peterson refused to sur
render it and grappled with him for the
pistol The pistol was discharged during
the tussel the ball taking effect in Mr..
PetersOn's hand, which so disabled him
that he released his hold on it and at
tempted to escape. As he was going out at
the door Hiram Jacobs fired two more
shots at him and Hard Brewington and
Lucien Emanuel fired one each after he
had reached the sidewalk -Four of these
shots took effect in Peterson's body and
so disabled him that he fell PROSTATE
upon the ground. The robbers made their
way off into, the darkness, without
making any further attempt to commit
the robbery they had planned The con-
LESSONS conceded Throughout with Peter
sons dying statement. large crowd of
the citizens of the county met at Alley
and open threats of lynching them were
made after they had confessed, aud it
was with the greatest difficulty, that the
crowd were prevailed upon by
the older heads to allow them to be car
rlcd to Mt Vernon and placed in Jail
After they We're placed in jail guard
was placed around it, or the murderers
would undoubtedly have been taken out
and lynched,
This is the most diabolical and nefa-
rous murder that has ever been commit
TED in Montgomery county The two
boys Ashley Emanuel and Hezekiah
Brc"nington had nothing to do with the
commission of the deed, except by wayOf
watching for the others while they were
discussing themselves. They did not 90
with the three men on their nefarious
mission