Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-01
KILLED BY The MOB.
SIX C0lOrsd Prisoners Shot 10 Death
In The Woods.
ACCUSED OF ISCENDlGRlsM.


MiMpHiS Sept. News comes this
morning. Of the lynohlng ofsix nogros,,
two miles west Of Milliugton, a village
on tho Chesapeake Il Ohio railroad.
For year or more the people OF that
part Of the country have been kept IN
/. continual state Of excitement by the
to;s Of incendiarlsm. Barns aud
usullings have been burned, anu
recently the buildings ON the Milling.
,un Fair grou uda were destroyed. Sus.
picion pointed 10 Dan Hawkins, Robert
Haynes, Warner Williams, Ia Hall,
John Hayes and Graham White. Yes.
t,fday they were arrested near Kerr
willie, In tho western part Of the
e .untJ, by Deputy Sheriff Richard.
son. Later Ia the day tho deputy
,iarted with the prisoners ln a wagon
Tor MillingtOn, whore they were
,ivou n preliminary examination.
About midnight, when the parry wac
nearing Millipgton, II was STOPPED by
my men armed with shot guEt, who
Killed all the prisoners, and then, TO.
mounting the hoises, which were tied
near by, rode away In the darkness.
The lynchers were not masked, but
the Uiiicsr, being new 10 that section,
recognize none OF them, An Inquest
WAS held this morning anu toe Jury
which included two negroes found that
the prisoners had come TO their death
tat tho hands OF psrsons UNKNOWN"
The sheriff " the county, who n
tfs upon his Cillce tolay, will take
the matter up.
Dan Hawkins was arrested year
ago with several others, charged with
turning lbarns aud residences In the
korfvillo neighborhood. They were
brought TO trial anu two sentenced 10
tue penitentihry. They msde n full
confession aud implicated Hawkins ~
the leadtr Of the baud o. nT1bugs.
Hawkins got a new trial aud Aitor
spending some mon,he In Jail was
s.iegssd lew weeks ago. Since
that the burnings have recommended
aud the Miiliugton neighborhood as
we'll 10 Keirvillo has suffered. deputy
sheriff RlcharceOn WIS employed 10
ferret OUT the incendiaTiss, and with
the assistance VI a negro ",i otter" he
Mt length got evidence that resulted In
the arrest OF Hawkins and thv other
nNe nckftcs lyncueu.
About nighuail yesterday the officer
secured n two hone wagon and white
man named Tom Atchison 10 drive II.
lilo loaded the prisoners Into the
vehicle, handcufied anu chained TO.
gcther, aud started for Millingiob. AZ
they reached the big creek two miles
west OF Mlllington, somebody Ia the
woods by the roadside called out;
"Don't try TO cross there, the bridge
IL down. Come this way"
Richardson got down and taking tbs
hoTsts by ihe head led then into path
that opened In tho direction whence
the Wafning came. IL was dark In the
woods, but suddenly Richardson raw
two guns presented at his stomach, and
IA stern voice saldi
Throw up your handin
"what does this meaBI" demA nded
the officer.
"None OF your business" was the
reply; "thIow them up"
Tue officer obeyed. Then Atohison
was ordered TO get down and was
placed under guard. The negro prls.
CneIs attempted TO leap from the way.
on. A volley rang cut from forty or
my guns and they fell back wounded
anu UyinR. A dtzsn Of the mot
leaped into this wagon and threw them
out. Volley after volley was poured
into the struggling mass and Ia n few
moments all was still. Hawkins',
head was almost shot from hls should
.rs and the others were terribly man.
gled. The mob, after making sure
that all six were dead, mounted ant
rode away. Atchison then mounted
one OF the mules aud FASTENED Il
Justice Miles house, some distanc,
away, snd notified him OF tn,
slaughter. At daybreak the lusilc,
was ut the score OF lynching with
Jury composed Of i've white men an,
Two negroes, who rendered tho verde
us above stated.