Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-01
KILLED BY The MOB.
SG C0lOIsd Prisoners Shot 10 Death
In The Woods.
ACCUSED OF ISCESDllRisu.
lollJ After lollcJ Poured Into the
Victims, who were Handcuirsd aud
Linked Together.

MiMPH1s, Sept. News comes this
morning Of the lynohing ofslK negroes,
twum miles west Of Mlllington, a village
On tho Chesapeake Il Ohio railroad.
For a year or more tho people Of that
part Of the country have been kept In
d continual state of excitement by the
sc's Of lncendiafism. Barns aud
4solllngs have been burned, and
recently the buildings ON the Milling.
nn Fair grouDda were destroyed. Sus.
licion pointed to Dan Hawkins, Robert
Haynes, Warner Williams, Ia Hall,
John Hayes and Graham White. Yes.
t,fJAy they were arrested near Kerr
VILE, Ia the western part Of the
untJ, by Deputy Snefiii Riuhafd.
500. Later Ia the day tho ariaity
,tarlcd with the prisoners 10 a wagon
iJr MilllnKtOn, whore they were
liveu "a preliminary examination.
About midnight, when the parry was
nearing Millinglou, II was stopped by
my men armed with shot guns, who
Killed all tue prisoners, and then, To-.
mounting tbs horses, which were tied
htar by, rode away In the darkness.
The lynchets were not masked, hut
the Uiiicef heing new 20 that section,
recognize none OF them. An Inquest
was held this morning anu tAe Jury
which Included two negroes found that
the prisoners had come 10 their death
"at the hands OF TtrsOus uuknOwn.0
The sheriff Of thu county, who D. h.
t.fs upon bis Oillcc tolay, will take
tho matter uU.
Dan Hawkins was arrested year
ago with several others, charged with
lutning alarms nud residences IN the
kurtyillc neighborhoOd They were
brought TO trial anu two sentenced TO
tue penitentiary. They msd. n full
confession aud implicated Hawkins ~
the ivaltr Of the band u ffubugs.
Hawkins got a new trial aud Aitur
spending some monlhe In Jail was
released lew weeks ago. Since
that tue bufnings have recommended
aud the Miiliugton neighborho0I as
well Ne heirvlllc has suffered. deputy
sheriff RlchafdsOn was employed 10
ferret OUT the incendiaTieH, aud with
tho assistance VI n negro "sf otter" ho
At length got evidence that resulted In
The arrest OF Hawkins aud the other
i've negroes lynehed.
About nighuall yesterday lhr officer
secured n two hotso wagon and a white
man named Tom Alchison 10 drive II.
lilo loaded tue prisoners Into the
vehicle, hanucufied anu chained 10.
gether, and started for MillingioB. A.
they reached the big creek Two miles
west Of Millington, 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 aud taking the
horses by the head led thom into path
that opened In this direction whence
the Nafping came. IL was dark In the
woods, but suddenly Richardson raw
two guns presented at his stomach, and
stern voice said!
Throw up your haudi!n
"Whst does this meAuG" demanded
the Oillcer
"None Of your business" was the
fupiyi "thtOw them up"
Tue officer obeyeJ. Then Atohison
was ordered TO get down aud was
placed under guard. The negro pfls.
rueis attempted 10 leap from the way.
on. A vOlley rang cut from forty or
MY guns and they fell back wounded
aud uyiug. A dtzin OF the mob
leaped into the wagon and threw them
out, NOllcy after volley was poured
into the struggling mass anu 10 few
moments all was still. Hawkius's
head was almost shot from his should.
crs and the others were terribly man
gled. The mob, after making sure
that all six were dead, mounted anu
rode away. Atchison then mounted
one Of the mules and hastcntd 10
Justlcs Mills's house, some distance
away, and notified him OF the
slaughter. At daybreak the Justice
was at the score Of lynohing with
Jury composed Of five white men and
Two negtuos, who rendered tho verdict
las above stated.