The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-22
VENGEANCE OF The MOB.
THREE NEGRO BROTHERS LYNCHED
NEAR NEW ORLEANS.
Their Crime was Shielding Of a Brother
Who shot and Killed Judge
Victor Estop mal.

--
: New ORLEANS There was a triple
lynching almost within the shadow of
the city, but it was conducted SO quietly
that the account of the horrible affair
published was a surprise to the com
munity. The victims of the vengeance
of the mob were three negro brothers
named Julian, and the crime which
they expiatcd in so summary a man
ner was shielding of a fourth brother,
Roselius Julian, who shot Judge Victor
Estopinal to death while the latter was
trying him for Il trivial offence, serious
ly wounding the Judges son, and then
made good his escape.
The shooting occurred in the Court
room, and the murderer continued fir
ing until the Judge, who followed to
close in upon him, fell MORALLY wound
ed Immediately outside and to the left
of the building. The brutal negro
then stood over the PROSTATE form OF
his victim and fired fourth shot, which
is supposed to be the one that passed
through the heart. Officer Korber ran
to assist the Judge, and the negro made
a dash across the grounds for his cabin.
Just al this time August Estopinal, a
son of the murdered official, who is
employed as a conductor on the Carroll
ton Road, was coming in from hiswork,
and he gave chase to the man, whom he
had Just seen murder his father. The
negro reached his cabin, and, COM
ing out, fred two shots at the young
man, who sought safety in a house adj
Joining the residence of Mrs. Charles
Flory. The negro provided himself
well with ammunition while in the
cabin, for during his short stay he
grabbed up O valise and a Winchester
rifle.
1t was from this rifle that he fired
the two by which young Estopinal was
wounded. The negro made for the
swamps in the rear of the city, and,
being perfectly familiar with them, was
soon in safe hiding. Posses were i'm
mediately organized, 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 ar
rested at the Black Ridge, in the rear
of the city, by the city police, and were
then taken to the little Jail on Judge
E~stopinal's place, about Southport.
Another brother 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 a visit being made to the
house, these females were found wrap
ping up some clothing and a loaf of
bread.
This aroused the suspicious that the
articles were to be conveyed to the flu
gitive. The brothers were discovered
going over the Black Ridge, and had a
shirt bundled up as if it were intended
for Julian. This naturally aroused
suspicion against them. The two
brothers were caught coming out of the
swamps, and, as they persistently re-
fused to state whence they had come,
they, too, fell under the ban of
doubt. Hence all the arrests.
In the pursuit made by the different
posses during the day great lack of sys-
tenn was everywhere demonstrated.
They were continually upon one an
others trail, and very many of them,
becoming disguised with the aimless
manner in which the hunt was being
engineered, camein and refused to fur
ther participate in the chase.
Towards nightfall the men, who had
been out man-hunting all day, and hav-
ing met with no success, though they
had frequently been sent on wild goose
chases, began to grow %fretful, and, as
the darkness thickened around them,
their fretfulness grew into desperation
and they determed to do something to
compel the relatives of the fugitive to
disclose his whereabouts. The aroused
populace was generally in favor of tax
ing no harsh action against the females
but as to the males they appeared de-
termined to string them up or make
them talk.
About IL O'Clock a body, consisting
of about twenty-five men, some armed
with rifles and shot-guns, came up to
the Jail and lit a lantern. They I'M
locked the door and then held a con
ference 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, COM
ing out afterwards, brought with them
the two doomed negroes.
They were hurried away to a past
ture, 100 yards distant, and there asked
to take their last chance of saving theii
lives in making a confession. The ne,
groes made no reply. They were Their
told to kneel down and pray. One die
so. the other remained standing, but
both prayed fervently. The taller ne.
gro was then hoisted up. He re
manned hanging fully five minutes be
fore the second n was hanged. The
shorter negro stood gazing at the terri
BILE death of his brother without finch
ing. The mob remained at the place
lOI dDOul hhll an ilOult NlNLH- oLl ph'
suggested that they go back and hant
the three others.
}, This was opposed by several, and i
was finally decided that they should g
back and take the remaining brothe.
out to camp Parapet and hang hin
there. The other two were to be taksr
out and fogged, with an order to g
out of the parish in less than half ar
hour. The mob then started back t.
the Jail to put their threats into execu
ton. The third brother, Paul, wa!
taken out to the camp, which is abou
a mile distant in the interior, anC
there he was hanged to a tree, his body
hanging in full view of a morbid Grove
during the day, ''as a warning to tn,
negroes that they cannot go about kill
ing white people, as one of the mem
bers of the mob put it.
There is a general belief in that sec.
ton that the murder of Judge Esto'