The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-18
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED.
Hanged on Saturday Night in the
Shadow Of The Crescent City.

They Were Brothers of Brutal Muir
derer Whom They Were Shielding
From the Law and Who on the Pre-
vtous Day Had Shot to Death the
Judge Who Was Trying Him for a
Trivial Ofense, Wounding Also the
Judges SOMA Fourth Negro Kicked
to Death-Great Excitement at the
Scene of the Third Hanging.
New Orleans, Sept. 17.-There was a
triple lynching almost within the
shadow Of the city last night, but it was
conducted so quietly that the account of
the horrible affair published this morn
ing was a surprise to the community.
The victims of the vengeance of
the mob were three negro broth
ers named Julian, and the crime
which they expiated in so summary
a manner was the shielding of fourth
brother, Roslius Julian, who, on Friday,
shot Judge Victor Estopinal to death
while the latter was trying him for a
trivial offense, and seriously wounding
the judges son, and who then made good
his escape.
KILLED IN THE COURT ROOM.
The shooting occurred in the court
room, and the murderer continued firing
until the Judge, who followed close upon
him, fell mOrtally wounded Immediately
outside and to the left of the building.
| The brutal negro then stood over the
PROSTATE form of his victim and fired a
fourth shot, which is supposed to be the
one that passed through the heart. The
negro then made dash across the
grounds for mis- cal bin.
FIRING ON THE JUDGES SON.
Just at this time August Estopinal, a
son of the murdered Official, who is en-
| ployed as a conductor on the Carrolltou
road, was coming in from mis- work, and
| he gave chase to the man whom he had
| just seen murder his father The negro
reached his cabin, and coming out,
| fired two shots at the young man,
| who sought safety in a house adjoining
| the residence Of Mrs. ChGs. Flory. The
negro provided himself well with ammu-
milton while in the cabin, for during his
| short stay he grabbed up a valse and a
| Winchester rife. 1t was from this room
| that he fred the, two shots by which
| young Estopinal was wounded.
DARTING AWAY FOR THE swAsIPs.
| The negro made for the swamps in the
| rear of the city, and being perfectly IA
| posse
| was Immediately organized, and all night
| and all Saturday the surrounding country
| was secured, but the searching was fruit
| less so far as the real criminal was CON
! cerned. The mother, two broth
ers and two sisters of the negro
ROselius were arrested yesterday after
noon at Blactridge, in the rear of the
| city, by the city police, and were then
| taken to the little Jail Another brother
nd 10 in
neghborhood and taken to the Same jail.
| All were charged with assisting the
| fugitive.
LTNCHERs MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE.
About II o'clock body consisting of
about twenty-five men, some armed with
rifles and shot guns, came up to the Jail
and lit d lantern. They unlocked the
do0r, and then held 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, "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 a
pasture 100 yards distant, and there asked
BuGlE
lives in making a confession. The negroes
made no reply.
TWO WERE STRUNG UP SEPARATELY.
They were then told to kneel down and
pray, one did so; the other remained
standing, but both prayed fervently.
The taller negro 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 flinching
The mob remained at the place for
about half an hour, when some one
suggested that 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 re-
naming brother out to Camp Parapet and
hang him there. The other two were
taken out and fOgged, 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 HANGED.
The third brother, Paul, was taken out
to the camp, which is about a mile dis
tant in the interior, and there he was
hanged to tree, and his body was hang
ing in full view of morbid crowd during
the day, "as warning to the negroes
that they cannot go about killing white
people, - as one of the members of the mob
put it.
During the search for Julian
on Saturday one branch of
the posse visited the house of
a negro family in the neighborhood of
Camp Parapet, and failing to find the OBJ
iect of their search tried to induce John
Willis, a young negro, to disclose the
whereabouts of Julian He refused to do
so or could not do so and he was kicked to
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