The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-02
STRUNG UP BIZ VIRCINIANS.
A Man Guilty Of Many Crimes Put Out
Of the Way at Last.

The Community in Which He Lived
Finally Got Tired of the Constant
Reign Of Terror-He Started Out by
Killing His Father, and Followed
That Murder Up by Killing a Negro.
His Lawyers Saved His Neck on
Technicalities - Incendiarism and
Many Other Crimes Also Charged
Against Him.
Richmond, Va, Nov. IA special to
the Dispatch from brakes Branch, Char
Iotte county, says: "The notorious Abb
Redmond the worst man that ever lived
in Charlotte county, came to his death
last night at the hands of mob He was
arrested yesterday at daybreak by an of
ficer and dozen assistants, which was
one of the few times he was ever cap
tured without trouble. He mistook
the officer for a friend A few
days ago he was after a negro to kill
him and caught the wrong one by mis-
take, but did not let him go without hav-
ing beaten him nearly to death. He was
taken before a justice of the peace, but
for want of evidence was acquitted
Later, after threatening number of the
best citizens in the vilest manner. he ac-
knowledged that he was the man who
served the negro so shamefully and only
waited an opportunity to kill the right
one The prisoner was taken to Dupres
and tried by Justices Booth and Grafton,
and after day spent in looking up wit
nesses, he waived trial by the justice
and was sent to jail.
FATAL MISTAKE.
cit being night Constable Crutcher was
ordered to take the prisoner to his house,
which was on the way to the court house,
under the guard of three men, Messrs.
Hamilton, briggs and Hayne. They ar
rived safely at Crutcher's house, without
any sign of disturbance. AT II o'clock
two of the guards were asleep and one on
duty, when, all at once the door was
broken in with a crash and ali hands were
covered with guns and pistols. Without
a word the prisoner was taken out. 1t
was thoroughly organized crowd. Every
one knew his place, and in less than a
minute everything was as quiet as before
the mob came One of the guards when
asked the number replied: 4 don't
know; they came into the light like men
coming up out of the ground, and disap-
peared in like manner
This morning the body was found bya
negro on Crutcher's place swinging from
a tree, white with frost A coroner's in
quest was held and the verdict was:
Redmond came to his death by the hands
of mob of unknown men,
His life was full of deeds of the black
est hue, with but few good ones to coun-
teract the bad. The community was in a
state of terror while he lived; everyone
feared his fiendish ways and no oneknew
when he would become his victim"
NOT AFFECTED BY PUNISHMENT.
FFPunishment seemed to have no effect
on him. he would come back from prison
as soon as his stripes were off. and would
return to his fiendish ways No one felt
safe around him. If a COW or horse
crossed his place he would often shoot
them down. Redmond was a
man of means, and his whole fortune was
spent in paying lawyers.
This mans bad career began when he
was but boy. Some hot words passed
between him and his old father. Shortly
afterward the old man was walking along
with his gun on his shoulder, when he
was suddenly shot dead by A BIB from be-
mind the corner of fence. With the aid
of the ablest lawyers this was proven to
be in self-defense.
Later a negro was missing, and after
a short time his body was plowed up.
This was proven to be the work of Red
mond, and with the aid of the ablest law
yers in the state he got off with few
years in prison.
TURNS INCENDIARY.
"Then came the burning of the house of
one of our best citizens. Redmond con-
fessed to the burning, but through tech
nicalities, proved that it was his own
house. Shortly after this the same man
had a number of his barns burned Later
neighbor had few words with Red
mond, and in day or two four of his
horses were poisoned
AN old negro was cut almost to death
by Redmond, and for this crime he got
two years in prison. When he came back
he professed religion, joined the church
and pretended TO lead new life, but no
sooner were his disabilities removed than
he went back to his old ways.
He had a way of putting his neigh
bors' hogs into his field and killing them
along with his own, and every one was
too much afraid of him to attempt to re-
gain them.
These are but few of his many
crimes"
while but few think his last deeds
justify his death, all agree that it is
good thing to be clear of such a charac-
ter Many of the old citizens say that
now they can live in peace, a thing not
known to them for years. While all good
citizens deplore the horrible deed, yet all