The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-18
A TRIPLE LYNCHING.
Three Brothers Meet Death at the
Hands of q Mob,
THEY WERE INNOCENT OF CRIME

Hanged because They Refused to Disclose
tho Whereabouts of Another Brother,
who Had Murdered a Judge-Another
Man Kicked to Death by the Mob.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1s.-There was
triple lynching almost within the shadow
of the city Saturday night. The victims
of the vengeance Of the mob were three
negro brothers named Julian, and the
crime which they expiated in so summary
manner was the shielding OF II fourth
brother, Roselius Julian, who on Friday
afternoon shot Judge Victor Estopinal to
death while the latter was trying him for
a trivial offense, seriously wounded the
Judges son and then made his escape He
IS still at large, but will be lynched when
captured.
= After the murder Julian made for the
swRmps in the rear of the city, and being
perfectly familiar with them was soon in
cafe hiding. Posses were Immediately or
ganized, and all night and all Saturday
the surrounding country was secured, but
the searching was fruitless so far as the
real criminal was concerned. The mother,
two brothers and two sisters of the negro
Roselius were arrested at the Black Ridge,
in the rear of the city, by the city police
and were then taken to the little Jail on
ESUOplnul place.
was arrested later in the day in the same
neighborhood and taken to the same Jail.
What caused the arrest of the mother
and two sisters was that on q visit being
made to the house these females were
found wrapping up some clothing and
loaf Of bread. This aroused the suspicion
that the articles were to be conveyed to
the fugitive. The brothers were discovered
going over the Black Ridge, and had
shirt bundled up as il it were intended for
Roselius. This naturally aroused suspicion
against them. The two brothers were
caught coming out Of the swamps, and as
they persistently refused to state whence
they had come they ltoo fell under the
bans of doubt Hente all the arrests.
The failure of the man hunters to cap
ture tthe murderer angered the mob
and shortly before midnight body CON
sisting of about twenty-five men, some
, armed with rifles and with shotguns, came
mp to the Jail and lit a lantern. They un-
locked the door and held o conference
among themselves as to what they should
TO- Some were in favor Of hanging all five,
while others raised objections and insisted
that only two of the brothers, the short
pne and the tall one, "Valsin" and "Ba-
kile," should be strung up This was
finally agreed to, and several of the men
Two doomed negroes.
They were hurried across to q pasture,
100 yards distant, and their asked to take
their last chance of saving their lives in
- making a confession. The negroes made
no reply. They were then told to kneel
down and pray One did so. the other re-
manned standing. but both prayed fer
vently. The taller negro was then hoisted
mp He remained hanging fully five min
ntes before the second one was hanged.
The shorter negro stood gazing at tho hor
rible death of his brother without finch
Ing.
The mob remained at theplace for about
half an hour, when some one suggested
that they go back and hang the three
others. This was opposed by several, and
II was finally decided that they should &C
back and take the remaining brother out
to Camp Parapet and hang him there
The other two were to be taken out and
nsSead, with an order to get out of the
xIpsTish in less than half an hour. The mol
hen started back to the jail to put theii
threats into execution. The third brother
Paul, was taken out to the camp, which i:
bout mile distant in the interior, and
xre he was hanged to tree, his bDdy
hanging in full view of a morbid GROVE
during the day, ''as warning to the ne
groes that they cannot go about killing
white people," as one OF the members o
the mob put it.
The lynching was conducted very
quietly, and not shot was fired during
the entire proceedings In the meantime
the real murderer is at liberty and hi
brothers, who died TO save him from tn
fate which they met, will soon be resting
In unmarked graves, heroes of peculiarl!
distinctive type.
~ III
DAY one branch Of the posse visited he
gro family in the neighborhood of Cam
Parapet, and failing to find the object o
their search, tried to induce John Willis,
=. young negro, to diclose the whereabout
of Julian. He refused to do so or eoult
not do so and was kicked to death by tn
Yhere Is n general belief In that section
pthat the murder of Judge Estopinal wa
= the carrying out of a preconceiyed plot
The judge had been very strict in his rul
tngs when the negro tough element of tn
parish were brought before him. A negr
named Houston was in opposition to Es
topinal for the place held by the judge a
the time of his death, that OF judge of tn
fifth justice court of jefferson parlsl
Julian was Houston's chief lieutenant.
Judge Estopinal once saved the life Q
Julian. The part he took in politics at tn
last election was displeasing to whit
element who lived in his neighborhooG
and they were taking him out to put a
end to his life. Tho dead judge intereedc
and Julian was allowed 10 come back I
Jefferson parish.
The negroes are massing at Camp Part
pet and armiug with the intention
slaughtering the white people in that Sc,
tion. The whites near the swamps hay
been served with notices to leave an
many have abandoned their homes.