Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-22


 Murder of the White Man.
 MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 22.-Word comes from Greenville, Ala, 10 miles south of hero, that five negtoos were lynchod noar there Saturday night. Just before tho train left Greenville that night the sheriff of the county camo into town and reported that in passing Buckalnw plantation, three miles from town, he had found five ncgroeS-thrce men and two women-hanging by their necks to somo trees and their bodies cold, and they ovi- dently had bcon dead some hours.
 News also reached Grronvillo of tho bru- tal murder near Butler, in that county, of Watts Murphy. a popular young white man. by tho negroes. Murphy was a prominent young farmer. being a nephew of the late Governor Watts of this city. After murdoring him the negroes placed his body on a brush heap and burned the heap. The debris was examined, and tho teeth. liver and heart of tho victim were found. the balance of tho body having been consumed.
 An investigation was instituted. Three negI Oes were arrested. Finally one of the negroes gave way and confessed the crime, duplicating two other negro mon and two women. The officers secured them and wero closely guarding tho prisoners whom last heard from.
 The report docs not give any of the de- tails of how tho mob secured the mur- derers except that they were taken by force. A telegram from Grcenville con- firms the story.
 Tho confession was made by Rattler, who implicated tho others. Butler Springs Is l6 miles from here. A posse of men who had charge of the five prisoners left there about II o'clock at night to bring them to the jail here for safe keeping Tho route was n lonely one, and the trip was ncces- sarily slow.
 At a lonely part of the roadway tho par ty was suddenly surrounded about G o'clock Sunday morning by armed mon, who scemed to spring up from both sides of the load. The posse was covered by rifles, and under pain of instant death was halted.
 Reports say there were about 100 mon in the attacking party, all heavily armed and all cool and brave They made short work of 1t.
 Hanged One at Q Time.
 Taking the five negroes they tied theIl hands, and then they were taken one at ( time and were hanged to limbs of tn, trees that lined the road. The five bodie, NGE0 AOhhN tucEo III by churchgoers-
 The affair has created great deal of OK citement here, but 1t Is declared there Il no doubt whatever of tho guilt of all O theso victims of lynch law. There Is nC disgusting tho fact that tho majority O the residents of tho county believe tho fat, of the negroes met was deserved. Thero Is considerable mystery as to tn, cause of tho murder of Watts Murphy II fact no two stories from the sceno agroc One story is that a negro. who escaped concocted the plot and planned the mur der in revenge for an imaginary wrong O a trivial nature
 The confession which implicated tn other men and women was full and ex plicit. It is reported here that the mob O | lynchers was made up of the most prOmi nent farmers and morchants living nea the scene of the murder. but 1t Is believe, this Is an exaggerated statement of tn situation. There Is little doubt, however that tho prominent citizens condone tn affair.
 There is some talk about the negroes be ing highly wrought up over the affair They are especially indignant over tn hanging of tho women. Whether tn women had a hand in tho actual killin or only know of tho plot. as the negroe now assert, is not definitely known. Thor may. however. be trouble from them