The morning call., 1894-09-02
=BRUTALLY SLAIN.
Six ManaCled Negroes Are
" Shot Down.
:.
: UNDER ARREST FOR ARSON.
=
Taken From Two Detectives bv
3. a Mob of Fifty.
-.
.FtEI.PI FGS pPISONEDc EuTrO
UNDER ARREST FOR ARSON.
PRISONERS KILLED
Wholesale Lynching in Tennessee
:. That Will Cause the Ar
rest of Participants.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Sept. six negroes,
members of an organized gang of incendi-
aries, were lyEched by mob near Mill
ingtou, Tenn, a small town on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Southwestern Railroad,
thirty miles north of Memphis, last night.
Names of the dead are: Daniel Haw.
kins. Graham White, Edward Hall, John
BAYS, Robert Haynes and William War
Der,
= The prisoners were In charge of detec-
tyes W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkin-
son, who bad arrested them few hours
before oD a charge OF arson. The negroes
were all handcuffed and shackled. and
= were on their way 10 the County Jail at
Memphis.
When the officers reached a dense
swamp, few miles from Milington. they
were surrounded by q mob of fifty men,
armed with Winchester rifles and shot
guns. and commanded to halt.
Hold up your handsl" yelled the leader.
The detectives hesitated.
.'- ''W hat does this mean?" said one Of
them.
Never you mind. 1t means business
Shove up your hands"
By this time the detectives were over
powered by the mob. When the mob sur
rounded the wagon the negroes seemed to
" know instiDctvely what was going to
happen. They were sitting on boxes that
had been thrown about on the floor of the
wagon.
-. One sat on the seat by Driver Atkinson.
: One negro in the bottom of the wagon rose
up and showed his shackled hands. That
motion was his last, for a shower of bullets
was poured into his body. He fell over
and out of the wagon into the road dead.
. The negro sitting beside the driver threw
his arm about Atkinson with an exclama-
= tioD and gesture of supplication. The
= muzzle of a gun was showed against bis
stomach and the charge was sent through
his body. Detective Atkinson was Rrasred
by several of the mob, was hustled up to
the side of Richardson and there held until
the mprderous WORK was over.
V0iles after VUlley was poured into the
beziss If tee sbsekled and maDacled ne
gsaes IN the wagon until all of them we're
: dead Then the mob took The bodies out
: Of tbe wagon, threw them into the road
and continued to FIRE into them.
Richardson and Atkinson say there were
fifty people in the mob and that some of
them were not disguised, while others had
-. their heads encased in dark cloth, but 1t
: was SO dark it would not have been pos
sible 10 recognize any one, even had the
. officers been well acquainted with the
-: people in that part of the country.
. Having concluded its work the leader
of the mob shouted, Forward, boysw
Guns were shouldered and the members
of the mob walked back into the woods
= that lined the road and disappeared.
= The lynched negroes were all accused
of arson and all are said to have belonged
TO al organized hand of barn. burners that
has in five years destroyed thirty-two
barns, as many residences and other PROD
erty of great value in the vicinity of Kerr
vile, Lucy, Millington and Bottoms
College, this State.
:. On Thursday JEFF Laxton, a merchant
Of herrville, came to Memphis, went be-
fore Judge w. ii. Hughey and swOre out
warrants against eight negroes who live
IN his neighbOThoOd, charging them with
having set fire to the buildings at Kerrville
fair grounds, which were destroyed three
months before. These warrants were placed
in the hands of Detective Richardson, who
. had much experience in connection with
these barn-burners. He reached Kerryille
at O'Clock yesterday. William Warner.
who works ON the railroad, was arrested
as he stepped on handcar at the depot
O hers were found working in the fields
and others were found at their homes.
Darius Bland and Win Morrill,, mem bers
of the gang for whom warrants were
issued, hearing of the facts in time took
flight and escap ped.
1t was the intention of the officers TO
take the prisoners to Millington and bring
them to Memphis on the Chesapeake train
last night, but they had not made all the
arrests up to that time and had to wait
over. Thera is no Jail in the village and
the prisoners as fast as captured were
manacled and placed under guard to await
the time for leaving.
It was nearly 10 o'clock at night when
the last arrest was made. 1t was impos-
slble to remain over night at Millington,
as there was no safe guardhouse. and it
was decided to make the trip by road.
S. d. Tucker. merchant there. provided
a wagon, and a muls and horse were
hitched to it and the start made. They had
not proceeded far. however. before they
we're overpowered by the mob.
After the bloody work was over the de-
Inquest was held, which resulted in the
usual verdict, "that the deceased came to
their death at the hands of unknown
parties"
Detective Richardson arrived in Men,
pms THIS morning and reported the lynch
ing to Sheriff McLennon and Criminal
Court Judge L. P. Cooper. Judge Cooper
at once sent for the Grand Jury and, in
structed that body to investigate the
affair and return indictments against the
members of the mob. Later in the day
Judge Cooper Issued warrants for Detec-
tives Richardson and Atkinson. charging
them with completely in the lynching. and
they were sent to jail and admitted TO
hail. Warrants were also issued for the
arrest of forty farmers who are supposed
to have been members OF the mob The
Sheriff and force of deputies left this
afternoon TO make the arrests