The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
THREE TO Be STRUNG UP.
The Last Of The CASTOR RaViSherS
Caught Near Columbia.

He Confesses His Crime to the Morn
ing News Correspondent - Three
Guards Start With Him at Midnight
Bound for Gaston-A Crowd Expeo-
ted to Be on Hand TO Meet Him.
Columbia, S c., July 29.-Tomorrow's
sun will shine on three black bodies
strung up by the way side
VIII Thompson, the sixteen year old ne
gro who has been chased five days and
nights for outraging Mrs. Arch Seightler,
near CASTOR, in Lexington co'inty, last
Monday night, was captured sixteen miles
from here on the Holtzhouser place to-
night, by three white Columbians, who
were informed to-day by Mrs. Holtzhous-
er that boy answering the description
had yesterday hired out on her place.
Thompson has been the medium of al
most daily excitement in this city, and,
for two nights, 'the militia have been
resting on their arms expecting to be
called out.
When he was captured tonight he at
tempted to escape. His captors brought
him through the city in order 60 procure
fresh team to carry him to CASTOR.
While here he made full confession to
the MORNING News correspondent, the
only newspaper man present, the rest of
the night hawk fraternity having boarded
an engine for Irmo, on false scent.
Thompson is as black as theace of spades.
This is his fourth crime of the kind.
THE CONFESSION,
He stated that last Monday night whils
Mr. Seightlerwas away from home he Tom
Preston and Hardy Kaigler, all colored,
broke into the house by smashing in the
windows. Mr.. Seightler's little boy
managed to escape and gave the alarm,
but in the meantime the three black
scoundrels committed utheir devilish
crime. Thompson declares that Har~
dy drew a pistol and made him take
the initiative. Preston and Hardy
in turn accomplished their horrible pur-
pose Hardy had previously knocked
Mrs. Seightler in the head and made her
almost unconscious. He had been left at
the house by Mr.. Seightler to protect the
house. Hardy was captured and held
for further results, but it appears that
the third negro, Tom Preston, had not
been IMPLICATED.
THoMPsoN's FLIGHT.
Thompson took to the woods and came
on to Columbia, and on Wednesday he
passed along one of the baclrstreets and
went on out to Mrs. Holtzhouser's, where
he hired out to work. Thompson ac-
knowledged that he knew he would be
killed If caught, but all the excuse he
could give was that Hardy made him do
it, which is a thin tale, the probability
being that he was the leader and planner
of it all.
A few negroes who happened to be on
hand when Thompson was brought in said
he was telling it all because no was
frightened. The boy, however, had no
reason to be frightened, outside Of what
came from his guilt, for there was no
threats and no coercion.
At midnight he was taken by three
guards ostensibly to the Lexington Jail,
but in point of fact to CASTOR, sixteen
miles from here on the South Bound road,
where a crowd will be on hand TO mete OUT
another lesson to black scoundrels who
persist in their hellish schemes.
TRYING TO GET UP AN EXCURSION.
Columbia, s. c., July 80.--l2:30 a. NJ
At this hour an attempt is being made to
get up an excursion train for CASTOR.