The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-08
lYNCHlNG AND LYNCAING.
a Vendetta Threatened in Aneghany
County, North Carolina,

| north carolina,
RALEIGH, n. g., Feb. 29.-A few days
ago, these dispatches gave an account
Of the murder of John Bare and Ed
ward Long,in Allegheny County. North
Carolina, by Daniel Slaughter, Of Vir-
gnia, cattle buyer, who had been in
that section some time. He was in
vited to a wedding at the house of a
man named Robinson. In one room
sat al old man, a relative of the bride,
and to him Slaughter behaved In very
| insulting manner. Some of those pres.
ent forced Slaughter to leave the house
and 1t was thought there would be no
trouble, but in short time the man
returned. lie renewed the distur bauce,
Whereupon friend Of the family stood
between him and the crowd and told
MIN to keep quiet. Suddenly Slaught-
er drew knife, and, without warning
jumped at Bare and stabbed him to
the heart, Death was instantaneous.
Slaughter was not satisfied and made
another cut at him, but the bride
sprang forward and seized Slaughter's
arm. He drew the knife from her,
cutting her in the hand. The crowd
began to move, and Slaughter jumped
for the doorway, where Long stood,
who was quite young. lie, too, was
killed in an instant, and then Slaught-
er dashed out Of the door. Pursuits be-
gan at once, and the next morning the
murderer was found not far away. The
country Is very wild and he did nos
know his way. An inquest was held.
There was no doubt of Saughter's
guilt, and he did not deny it, assigning
pie at the house were croWding him
and sapping him. An attempt was
then made to lynch him, but for some
reason It failed. The people were
greatly wrought up by the brutal mur-
der, and Slaughter was hurried to jail
at the little mountain town Of Sparta.
The jalier was vigilant, but as the
night passed without any appearance
of lynching party, he began to think
Slaughter was safe. Sparta Is far away
from any railway or telegraph line.
News has just reached here from El-
kin, the nearest point, that a mob had
gone to the Jail and made most de-
termined attack on the building. The
taller was on hand. and when the mob
advanced in defiance Of his warning he
shot one Of the men in it. He was
quickly captured. Slaughter was talk
en- out and hanged near the Jail. 1t Is
conjectured that among the mob were
people who were at the wedding and
MORE TROUBLE.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 28.-Special:
The men who last Saturday nighLlynch-
cd David Slaughter at Sparta, Allegha-
ny County, N. g., are threatened them
selves with like vengeance. Rose, one
of the mob who attacked the Sparta
Jail and carried the murderer Off, was
shot by the jailer and captured. Slaugh-
ter's five brothers and other friends Of
the lynched murderer have made 1T SO
hot that the sheriff Of Allegheny has
removed the lyncher to Winston to
avoid trouble. Rose Is In critical
condition having twenty-four buckshot
in his body. lie says If put on the
stand that he will reveal the names Of
all those engaged in nlynching Slaughter
On the other hand II he does 80 those
who participated in the outlawry are
almost certain to wreak their ven
geance upon their disloyal associates.
The Sheriff Of Alleghaney left Winston
for his home. He says that he expects
serious trouble and probably bloodshed
as an outcome Of the excited condition
of public feeling at Sparta, N. @.