The sun., 1894-04-28
EIGHT LIVES TAKEN FOR ONE.
FOUR MORE NEGROES LYSCHED ron
zHE BoYCs MURDER.


Th,. Makes Nine In All for .n A,-..-iss,ioa
fron Ambush n Loui-inns-Lone Hunt
OF = Posse for the Nssrces Z. . swamp.
NEW ORLEANS. April 2Z-Four more OF the
negroes, who we're connected with the murder
OF J. b Boyce In Madison parish last week.
were captured last night by the Sheriirs posse
and. as was expected. we're lynched soon af-
terward. This murder has already resulted In
nine deaths. that Of Boyee. the white overseer
who was first killed. and eight negroes who
have been killed in retaliation. Harris Will
iams was shot and Tom Claxton, Dave Haw-
klns. Sam Slaughter. Shell ClsIton. Pomp
Claxton. Scott Harvey and Tony Mccoy have
been lynched. or these the three first were
lynched on Sunday night and the other four
last night
The killing Of Boyce occurred on last Friday.
and ever since then the posse has been hunting
for the negroes who were supposed to have
taken part in the affair. The posse was
composed OF 200 white men. half the total
number Of white men in Madison Parish.
where the negroes are twelve to one The
whites split up into half dozen parties and
secured the entire country. The negroes wero
supposed to have taken refuge in the
triangle swamp between Milk ems Bend and
Omega and the river All these places were
watched. particularly the river. to prevent the
negroes from escaping into Mississippi
Bloodhounds we're obtained to track the men,
but the scent was cold After several days
hunt. the Sheriff dismissed most OF his posse
but fifty men remained on duty. YESTERDAY
however. the scent was taken up By the dogs
and II was evident that the pursued men had
been cornered In Buckhorn woods. n COM
paratively small swamp. The Sheriff called
for reenforcem snts. and 200 men responded.
- ,,A In. L. k.tr Nha
woods and river. They had made arrange
ments with negro to take them across the
river. and wouli have succeeded In escaping
to Mississippi II 1t had not been for the prompt
the house and called for the owner to come
he as GeS Ss ara
surrender the men the officers would fire on
yolIey was fired in the rsef Of the cabin. The
negro came out and sald the fugitives were
not thcre. and that he did not know whore they
The posse then searched the premises, and
10 the lott OF a small crib In the YARD Iopr OF
fomr tisxton. shell CIaxton. Scott Harvey,
and Tony Mccoy, They were arrested, and
70 Sts sss@ to III.
were without guns. having thrown them away
snf fs sy wSsR sad cy only as Cam. soG
Rether last night when they were caught One
OF the men Tom Gtinin was lost A sight OF a and "a
Mississippi
AS the Sherir's deputies with the prisoners.
got near Milliken's Bend an effort WAS made
by a crowd to take them away, but the depu-
ties resisted and got as far as the Sherry place.
about two miles from TallulEh. when crowd
OF about two hundred men met them and over
poweresi the officers and took the four negroes
to the Crescent place. where the four men were
hanged on q tree about one hundred feet from
the place where they killed Royce.
The executions were conducted very quietly.
the people living In the vicinity knowing moth
ing about them until this morning. when they
we're surprised TO find the bodies Of the four
negroes hanging there There we're twenty
six negro men In all on the Cressnt plantation
who were suspected OF complicty with the
killing OF Boycs Eight have been killed. one
10 at large, and seventeen are prisoners In the
parish Jail 1t is scarcely likely that there will
be any more lynching unless Griffin is caught
The prisoners will be tried for murder. and
will probably be hanged legally.