The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-09-02
SIX NEGROES MASSACRED
Tho Wanton Buichory Of Men Ac-
cused but Not Convicted OF
lnosndIarism.
Waylaid an Officer Having Them
In Charge and Fired Upon
the Party
Tho inhoman Deed sn AwfuI Blot Upon
the EseutohsOs OF TsBBssSee-should
Ha Atoned.

MEbfPIus Sept. News comes Of the
iJneeinR Of slr negroes two mlloa west Of
Millineton, a village on the Chesapeake a.
Ohio railroad, For year or more people
Of tina, part OF ,hs country have been kept
In continual state Of eIoitemsnt By acts
OF inoendiariam. Barns and dwellings
bays besn burned. and recently tho build.
inea on the MlllinRton fair grounds we're
destroyed. Suspicion pointed 10 Dan Haw.
kius, Robert Haynes. Warner Williams,
I'd. Hall, John Hayes and Grhham White.
Yesterday thOy were arrested neas Kerr
Vile. In The western part OF tho coanty. BY
Depnty Sheriff Richardson. Later In the
day the deputy started with his prisoners
In a wagon for Miliineton. where they were
10 have preliminary examination. The six
negroes we're chained toRs,hsr.
About midnight when the party was near
ing MillinRson 1, was stopped by 1fty men
armed With shotRuns who killed all the
prisoners and then. rsmountins their
horses. which were tied near by, rode away
In tho darkness. The lynchsrs were not
masked. but tho officer being new TO that
section fscosnizsd none OF them.
An inquest was held this morning. and
the jury. which included two negroes found
that the prisoners had "eoms 10 death at
the hands OF persons unknown" The
sheriff Of the county, who enters upon Of
promptly and vigorously.
nau Ha8 8hius aFFaalad waar noo
with several others. charged with burning
bsrns and residences In the Ksrivills
neighborhood. They were brought TO trial
and sentenced 10 the penitentiary. They
made full confession and i'm plicated Hawk
ins as the lender Of Q band Of 6TsbuQs.
Hawkins got . new trial and after spend.
ing some months in jail was released few
weeks ago. sinos that time the burnings
have rsoommsnoed. and the Nillington
nsiahborhood, as veil a. Kerrsvills, has
suffered. deputy Sheriff Richardson was
employed 20 fsrret out the inoendiariss.
and with tho assistance OF q negro spottst
he at length got evidence shat resulted In
tho srres. Of Hawkins and she other i've
nsqroes lynehed.
About nightfall yesterday the officer &C.
cured a two horse wagon and q white man
named Tom Atohison 10 drive ID. He
loaded the prisoners into the vehicle. hand
cuffed and chained together. aud started
for Millinaton. As thar reached a bia
sssh. swo milos vset Of hillinston. some
body Ia the woods By the roadside oallsd
oui: "Don't ,ry to cross there. The bridge
is down. Come this way"
Richardson got down and taking The
horses BY the head led them into the path
that opened IN the direction whence the
warning came. II was dark In the woods.
but Suddenly Richardson saw two guns
presented al his stomach. and a stern voice
said: Throw up your hands"
what does this meanr demanded the
officer.
None Of your ID business" was
The reply, "throw them up."
The officer obeyed. Then Atchison was
ofds ed to get down aud vas placed under
guard. The negro prisonsis attempted 10
leap from the wagon. A vollsy rang ont
from forty OF nifty guns and they fell back
wounded and dying. A dozen of the mob
lesped into the wagon and threw them out.
Vollsy after volley was poured into the
struggling MAS. and In n few minutes all
was still. Havkins' head was almos, shot
from his shoulders and the others were ter
ribly mangied.
The mob after making sure that all six
mon wore dead mounted and rode away.
A.chison then mounted one OF the mules
aud bnstsned 10 Justice Mi.lets house.
some distance away, and notified him of
the slaughter. Al daybrsak the Justice
Was at the soene of tho lynohina with Q
Jury of Inquest composed OF Ave white
men and two negroes. who rendered YER
dict as above.
The lynehed neg oes wero all hcoussd OF
arson and all are said 90 have belonged 10
an organized baud of barn burners that
has m hvo years destroyed thirty two barns,
all -
erOAt value In the vicinity OF Keirville.
On Thursday JeH Lsxton. n merchant,
went before JadRe W. II. Huahey and
svore out warrants against eight negroes
who live In his neia hborhood. charging
them with having set hto 10 buildings at
the Kerrville fair grounds. which wero de-
stroJed by fire three months before. IL
wAq the Intention OF officers 10 take the
prisoners to Nillinaton and bring them 20
Memphis on the Chesapeake train last
night, but they had not made all arrange
ments MP TO that time and had 90 walt
over. There is no jail In the village, and
thO pfiaons O. ha fast a. captured were
msnaolsd and placed under guard TO await
the time for leaving.
ID was neatly 10 O'Clock Rt night when
the last Arrest was made. ID was imIoa-
siblS 10 remain over night al Millinatop, as
there was no safe guard house, and IL was
decided 10 make the trip by road. They
had not prooseded fNr, however, before
thor we're oVerpoveTed by tho mob.
Dstsctivo RiebArdson arrived In Mem
phis this morning and rspOr,sd the lynoh-
Ing TO the sheriff and criminal court judge.
Judge Cooper at onos sent for abs grand
Jury and instructed thai body 10 inyesti-
gate the affair and return indictments
agnlns, members OF the mob. Later in tho
Judge Cooper issued warrants for Ds,eO-
tivsa Richardson and Atkiduon, charging
them with completely In the lynohinR aud
they we're ssnt 10 jail and admitted 20 bail.
Warrants we're also issued for tho arrest OF
forty farmers who are supposed 10 have
been msmbera OF the mob. The sheriff,
with a large fo'ea OF dsputie. leh this
afternoon 10 make arrests.
CnLPpsI. Nah, Sopt. l.-JAcob FrAhm.
one OF tho wealthisat IA mers In the state,
wac to-dny Jailed for numbering his wife,
and all dAv ths Jail has bean threatened by
a mob. Two montha ago Mrs. Ffahm dis-
appeared. The husband said she was yis-
Ting relations In tho sast The grave was
unoovetod by hogs Ia the woods, near che
house, and the todI was found badly mu-
tilAtod.