The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
THREE BROTHERS LYNCHED
HANGING OF A TRIO OF NEGROES IN
LOUISIANA
Charged with Being Accessories to
the Murder of Judge EstOpinaI I'm
Jefferson Parish-TwO More ReIa-
tives Severely FIOeged.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 17.-Volsin.
Basile and Paul Julian, brothers Of
Roselius Julian, who murdered Judge
Victor Estopinal in Jefferson parish last
Friday afternoon, We're arrested yester-
day, charged with being accessories to
the crime and confined in Jail at South
port. Last night at IL o'clock a mob
Of armed men rode up to the jail, took
the three men out, hanged two of them
to a magnolia tree near Camp Parapet.
Two other negroes, cousins of the Ju-
lians, were taken from the Jail to Camp
Parapet, severely hogged and ordered to
leave the parish in twenty minutes.
What posse it was who took vengeance
into their own hands or who their leader
was will never be known. The men were
a determined band. They meted out to
the negroes stern sentences without
noise. The three negroes together with
their mother, wives and two male cous-
ins, were incarcerated in the Jail at the
Estopinal court house in the afternoon.
There were many rumors of lynching.
Men with cooler heads on them tried
their utmost to control the posse, who
had been hunting night and day for the
assassins of Judge EstOpinal. Liquor
added to the excited, turbulent state in
which the better-headed men were in.
Counsels prevailed until the gloomy
shades of night fell. Then the armed
bands Of men that patroled the roads,
the levees and guarded all entrance to
swamps and cabins began to whisper.
Their conversation had an ominous
sound. Their large black hats were
pulled down over frowning brows. Their
voices had stern, hard ring in them.
Plans were quietly formulated. A band
Of picked men were selected. Others
were stationed around the roads and the
| approaches to the Jail and vicinity. All
persons were halted and either turned
back or kept prisoners for the time be-
| ing. 1t was IL O'Clock Not a light was
visible anywhere. The inmates of the
houses and the cabins were wrapped in
| ness. Some of the mob who went to
the Jail wanted to take all five men out
! and hang them. Others thought it bet
ter to hang the three brothers of the
negro murderer and fog the two cousins.
This latter course was finally agreed upS
on and carried out as stated above.
The negroes were told to make a con-
| fession. They were promised life and
| liberty if they revealed the hiding place
| Of their brother. the murderer. But the
| awful scene. the deeply imbued knowl-
| edge that certain death was staring them
in the face. made it difficult for them to
| understand. They seemed to have lost
| all strength of voice. They mumbled
prayers to heaven. With the fervor of
a religious fanatic. the younger brother,
when told to say his last prayer, fell 10
his knees and a torrent Of appeals to a
higher power to save his soul gushed
from his lips.
The elder brother remained standing.
| He prayed aloud. Suddenly there was
a movement in the crowd. A dozen men
had hold of the end of the rope attached
! to the standing negro. There was a
pull, a choking sound, and the tall black
form was swung with quick jerks above
the ground. His movements were con-
vulsive. His feet kicked, his limbs
twitched and then all was apparently
over. He had gone to the great beyond,
and life for life had been taken.
The shorter negro gave one affrighted
glance at the ghastly thing that hung
above him. Then the flow of incoherent
words increased. He did not cry for
mercy from the men; he asked alone
for that help from the Great Giver. Five
minutes that seemed almost an eternity
| to the watchers passed. The shorter
negro was exhausted. Fright had done
its work. His lips refused to move even
in PRAYER. The rope was grasped again
and the next second the negro was dang
| ling in the darkness, to death.
The bodies were not riddled with
bullets. The band of men had done
their work quietly and expeditiously.
| Another visit to the Jail, another short
conference, and again prisoners were
brought out. They were three in num-
Der, and two cousins. They were placed
| in the midst of the little band and
then a start was made in the direction
| of Camp Parapet On the way, in some
dense, secluded spot, the two cousins
were tied up, their clothes ripped off
and then lashed and flogged with black
| snake whips until their backs were
| ruddy with almost their life's blood
| They were released, shown to the woods
and given twenty minutes in which to
| leave the parish.
Paul was taken to Camp Parapet and
| there without noise or tumult he met
| the same fate that had half an hour
before befallen his two brothers. Scarce
| ly anybody was aware Of the lynching.
| The mucky darkness, the unbroken
silence of the night hid the hideous
| work Of the avengers.
Attempt mt Murder.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Sept. H.
A vicious attempt at murder occurred