The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02

secret ReVenEe-A DepiOrable
State of Affairs, But Such Things
Will Ultimately Defeat Them
selves.
Memphis, Tenn, Sept six ne
groes. members of an organized sang
of incendiaries. were lynched by a
mob near Wilmington, Tenn, a small
town on the Chesapeake & Ohio South
western railroad. thirty miles north Of
Memphis. last night. The names of
the dead are:
Daniel Hawkins.
Graham White.
SBdward Hall.
John Hays.
Robert Haynes,
William Warner
The prisoners Were in charge of de-
tectives w. S. Richardson and A T.
Atkins. who had arrested them a few
hours before on a charge of arson. The
negroes were all handcuffed and
shackled and were on their way to
the county Jail at Memphis When
the officers reached a dense swamp a
few miles from Niillington they were
armed with Winchester rifles and
shot guns. and commanded to halt
1t Means Business.
Hold UP your handsr' yelled the
" The dectives hesitated.
What does this mean?' said one of
them.
Never you mind: it means business
Shove up your hands,
Bv this time the detectives were
overpowered by the mob. When the
mob surrounded the wagon the ne
groes seemed 10 know just what was
going to happen. They were sitting on
boxes which had been thrown about
on the floor of the wagon. One sat on
she seat by Driver Atkinson. One ne
.,ro in the bottom Of the wagon rose
up and showed his shackled hands.
That motion was his last, for a shower
of bullets were poured into his body.
He fell over and out of the wagon into
the road. dead.
The negro sitting beside the driver
threw his arms about Atkinson with
an exclamation and gesture of suppli-
cation. The muzzie of gun was
showed against his stomach and the
charge was sent through his body.
Driver Atkinson was grasped by
several of the mob. hustled up to the
side of Richardson, and there held I'M
Shot to Pieces.
Volley after volley was poured into
the bodies of the Shackled and man
acled negroes in the wagon until all of
them were dead. Then the mob took
the bodies out Of the wagon, threw
them on the road and continued to fire
into them.
richardson and Atkinson say fifty
people We're in the mob and that some
4 of them were not disguised, while 9TH
Skrs had their heads encased in a dark
cloth; but it was so dark that it would
not have .1een possible to recognize
!. any one even had the officers been
-&well acquainted with the people in that
7part Of the country.
Having concluded it's work, the lead
er of the mob shouted: Forward,
boys" Guns were shouldered and the
members of the mob walked back into
the woods that lined the road and dis
appeared.
Accused of Arson.
The lynched negroes were all accused
cs arson. and all are said to have be-
Ioh ged to an organized band of barn
st4rmers that has, in five years, de-
spoyed thirty-two barns, as many res
kdences and other property of great
sfralue in the vicinity Of Kerrville, Lucy,
Wilmington and Bottoms College, this
state.
On Thursday, Jeff Laxton, a mer-
chant of Kerrville, came to Memphis,
went before Judge W. II. Hughey and
swore out warrants against eight he
groes who live in his neighborhood,
charging them with having set fire to
the buildings at Kerrville fair grounds,
which were destroyed by fire three
months before. These warrants were
placed in the hands of Detective Rich
ardson, who had much experience in
connection with these barn-burners.
He reached Kerrville at o'clock yes
terday. Warner William, who works
on the railroad, was arrested as he
stepped on 81 hand-car at the depot
Others were found working in the
eds and others were found at their
mes. Darius Bland and Will Nor
members of the gang for whom
\ fFrants were issued, hearing Of the
Is in time, took flight and escaped.
= was the intention Of the officers to
YSe the prisoners to Millington and
bhng them to Memphis on the Ches-
apeake train last night, but they had
not made all the arrests up to that
time and had to wait over. There is no
Jail in the village and the prisoners
as fast as captured, were manacled
and placed under guard to await the
time of leaving 1t was nearly 10
o'clock at night when the last arrest
was made It was impossible to re-
uIldln over Hight 1IllllUSlDIl, dS IleTo
was no safe guardhouse, and il was
decided TO make the trip by road. S.
D. Tucker, merchant there, provided
a wagon; a mule and a horse were
hitcl1ed TO it and the start was made
They had not proceeded far, however,
before they were overpowered by the
Asrfb
Afr the bloody work was over, the
detectives summoned the coroner and
an 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
Memphis this morning and reported
the lynching to Sheriff McLennon and
Criminal Court Judge L. P. Cooper.
Judge Cooper at once sent for the
grand jury and instructed that body
to investigate the affair and return
indictments against the members of the
mob.
Later in the day Judge Cooper issued
warrants for Detectives Richardson
snd Atkinson, charging them with COM
! Eieity in the lynching, and they
fene sent to Jail and after
Yards admitted to bail War