The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-24
AN 0UTRAGEIN CARROLL.
A WOMAN ASSAULTED AND OTHER
MEN AND " OMEN WHIPPED.

| Which Her Furniture 6as Been
Thrown Out Two or Three Times. of
| Late.
CARRoLLToN, GA, March pa most
! horrible and dastardly crime was COM
mitted last night in New Mexico district,
! Carroll county, twelve miles south Of this
place. The homes of Sam Bowen, an old
man named Britt, Mrs. Mary Il. White and
| Frank Eason were visited by "a posse Of
| dozen or more masked men.
Bowen was whipped almost to death on
the spot and 1t Is said he will die.
Bowen's wife was outraged.
| Britt who is so years old, was Knocked
senseless with pistol by one Of the mob.
Mrs. Britt, who is 10 years old, was
beaten severely.
Mrs. White was whipped numerically.
Eason was knocked down with pistol
and hurt dangerously.
SCENE OF THE OUTRAGE.
New Mexico district is situated in the
southeasterly portion of Carroll county and
| borders for ten miles on the Alabama line.
Black Jack mountain is located IN this dis
trict, and reports have 1t that numerous
moonshine stills make mountain dew for
citizens of the district. Among the cliffs Of
| this mountain and the surrounding country
| some Of the people OF the districU are as
| good and law-abiding as live in Georgia
aud detesI moonshininR and oil other law
| lessness, while a large element are continu-
ally fighting cases in the United States
| court and in the state courts The same
element lives in portions OF the above dis
trict that lives on the border Of all states.
| The MORNING News correspondent has
! given the papers readers an account Of how
the family OF Bewfords and others won't to
the home Of Mary E. White, threw her goods
out Of the house and rallied up the house.
| Some Of the Bewfords and others we're
arrested at the time, and some OF them have
been bound over to the court. The Bew-
fords claim that they had legal right to
throw Mrs. White out of the house. She
was put out of the house the first time
about Jan. 5, and witnesses swear that they
saw one of the Bewfords and two other
men set fire TO the house The men were
acquitted of a charge of arson, but some of
the Bewfords and some Of the other men
we're bound over to the superior court for
| 1
cases we're tried at Carrollton.
A SECOND ATTACK.
Mrs. White claims that some Of tho Beyy-
fords and some other men went to her house
before she reached home from the trial and
threw her household goods out in the vard
again and looked the doors OF the house.
Some of the Bewfords and several others.
were again arrested for riot and burglary
and their trial will occur soon. 1t seems
that all the trouble between the Bewfords
and Mrs. White, as already stated in these
dispatches, was about fifty acres Of land
which old man White. Mrs. Whites hus-
baud, decided to J. II. L. Bewford for loan
Of S10O Old man White has gone to Haral-
son county, but the woman who was bis
wife has remained on the land that her hus-
band had decided TO Bewford.
MRS. WHITES CLAIM.
Mrs. White claims the land and says her
husband had no right to make a deed to IL. .
The house which she was thrown out OF two
or three times is located on this land. The
Bewfords say Mrs. White would move to
Harason but she wants TO beat j. H. l..
Bewford out Of tho land by remaining In
possession. Mrs. White has sued Bew-
ford for $1,000 damages and the BewFords
are bound over in several cases TO appear
at the superior court. The case involving
the ownership of the land was set for trial
to-day at the New Mexico district court
ground. Col. Frank Loftin of Franklin, who
hssrepresented Mr.. Bewford in all his cases,
met Col. Watkins, Col Cobb of this city
! r. Is
court ground To try the case. But
on their arrival news Of the above outrages
YVES made known and the trial was post
poned.
LYECHING TALKED OF.
AS soon as the news Of the whipping and
other crimes came to the court ground, the
largo crowd became indignant. The home
Of the parties whipped were visited and
they gave the names OF the parties who they
said committed the crimes. Lynching was
freely talked of. One Of the parties who
the plaintiffs say are the guilty parties was
on the ground and 1t was once thought that
he would be lynched before he could be
hustled away Warrants were sworn out
Immediately for Henry Bewford, Dock
Grinnels. Bob Ayers, Green Simpkins.
Jesse Brooks. who is 81 years old, Willis
Brooks, Ed Perdue, John ThiRpen, Jack
Thigpen, P. Wright and Price Bewford
for an assault with intent to murder and
Henry Bewford for rape and Green Slmp-
kins for an assault with intent to rape.
SEVEN ARRESTED.
! Seven OF the above have been arrested
and the others will before this is in print.
! Henry Bewford, Price Bewford, G-eon
Simpklns aud P. Wright we're brought in
by Deputy Sheriff Isaac E. Cobb this even
log and jailed and three more Of
the crowd we're let go till to-mor-
row on $4,000 bond. Mrs. Bowen
says Henry Bewford, while the balance Of the
mob took her husband out ia the yard and
beat him nearly 10 death, committed a
nameless crime on her person. Mrs. White
says Green Simpkins attempted to commit
a nameless crime on her, but she, by an al
most superhuman effort, prevented It,
Old men say the above is the most das-
tardly crime ever committed In Carroll
county The people are all thoroughly
| aroused
| ALL DENY THEIR GUILT.
The men who are under arrest deny hav-
ing any connection with the crimes and