The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

follow, holding his ~cntrnlls In with one hand,
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struck and shattered his right hand. lie
cropped bis pistol picked Il up with the g Other nss
through bic heart hyde fell u tho sanC Time.
and for weeks no lay AT tho point OF death; but
as. soon as no was out again he shuuldercd his
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element over the Cotton. murders, when an
entire, family OF four, pcluding, two women,
the situation In Amite was threatening, for the
mob surrounded, the town and declared its In
5ySS1nSR V, With bypSS is p shH g psSTs muf s%m led At tSs
posse that defended the Court House against
the lynchers, and declared that they, would Ect
At the negro only over his dead body. His
threat had u good effect, and the negro muir
derors were allowed to be taken TO New Orleans
the end. however, for When thoy were brought
back from Now Orleans for trial, some weeks
mob. marched TO tho scene OF their murders,
and there lynchcd, after u little burning and q
hight, In which The two negro dcsperodocs bit
and sluSScd each other to the amusement OF
DR.. l. 1. Goss, brother OF the man killed by
Hyde, was himself Killed on Dec. % last. This
seems to have stirred up tho Goss faction,
which had thus lost two OF It's leaders, and on
S Saniiiai's ss SSnif Ga Its s @Gmf TyaS went wss on shot e %S at,
killed, being shot in the back. ono Of his as
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Another friend OF Hyde's, Payne. by, name. was
also wounded, being shot through the leg by .
1t was well known who had done tho killing,
tss Sanilni snd Batn6srg brother oS suPR9Srter ,,S OF
were melted to commit the crime by the sister
Of the two Drs. Goss,. who had taken an oath to
get rid OF Sam Hyde and his entire family.
arrest the murderers, who live In the western
part Of the parish, beyond the TanSipahoa, In q
WIZ ~t they y0S oams to hI ,h set G Slt S Soaso sh aeS % sar:
rounded it a fusillade was opened en- the posse
f GHqa the the house. o and H., II was evident sat that, that t an'
WE'RE seS-I put 3 SesT s's s1 OS eo%5a. By by the e i ire. : . p %se
named Brooks being shot in tho mouth and
through tho shoulder. The third man OF the
posse, q deputy sheriff named Dees, ,surren.
face tho enemy. 1ntrcnched behind y stump
end we'll supplied with ammunition. he held
ter, his aim being SO good that tho 'G Glib
gang dared not leave their house. A compro.
t aisS alone Mon Hn and u SSrsfs ID S Sea co SSid' GSaT arTsst
the entire Gill party. agreed to retire to ,Amite
city: He was to have free passage under ,thS
tho neighboring fence when one OF the Gills
trcacherously, opened fire on him, and brought
though severely wounded, he stu kept the
snemy at bay until his friends could como TO
his n Hisas,SnoS Ss ssa ssTf n him hin s Sasa to 4 IN sSr.,,
the murdercrs OF his cousin. HYDE did not aban-
don his project, and announced his purpose TO
trying to got up a posse to invade tho enemy's
country when a few days ago, to tho surprise OF
BY a large crowd OF their supporters, marched
Into Amito and surrendered 10 the Sheriff.
After q, doing w. 50. however. they apparently
OF Hyde, they. threw off the authority OF the
Sheriff, withdrew their surrender. marched
defiance which has caused the Sheriff no little
trouble, and has led to threats of resignation or
Hyde still planned his expedition with a
posse into the country beyond the Tangipahoa
River 70 arrest the murderers. but was delayed
official, being Postmaster at Hyde's Station,
and he had to go to Amite las, week to present
counts, and started back on horseback about day
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purest, coolest type of assassination. planned
well in advance. The asoassins had prepared
bushes were thickest, they had cut an opening in
the shrubbery,, and the evidence showed that
Of tho murder. Tho mgrderers had ridden
there the previous night, tied their horses in the
woods, and waited Tor Sam. They gave him
that there should be no mistake this time, for
they had found that, in spite OF his weakness,
would have proved fatal to otheGs. There
were forty three wounds in his body, nearly
amy amy Of he wk Wss T ii,sla,I have sId sSsG C %iiP hi;cf fatal .Sd;
and rifle balls. lie was too severely wounded.
Of course, to make any defence, but there were
indications that he had chung desperately to his
horse almost after life was extinct, The portfolio
which contained his official papers as Post
master was riddled by six balls, but, strange to
say.-tho horse was unhurt-the assassins had
fired from so close a range and aimed 20 well
that not u bullet was wasted or went wide Of
the mark.
The assassination of Hyde has caused a very
uglS, feeling among tho conservative citizens
or Iangipahoa parish, and with good reason
LAST year tlcrc Were sixteen murders in tho
~parish-some OF them brutally savage-and SO
lar this year there have been six murders and
three llynchings In a population of 1000. II
the whole country did az well we would have
100000 murders and - 900 lynchings q year.
The death of Hyde is especially regretted, be-
cause he was a stalwart supporter OF the law,
tho leader OF the law and order element, eyen
II he went around with n rihU on his shoulder;
and no was the ono man whom the lawlcss cle.
hcnt reared. IL Is thought that his death Will
encourage these clements and make them more
dangerous than ever,
An attempt, was made TO track tho murder
ers with hlOodhounds, but II proved u failure;
the weather was too dry and hot. There was
some talk OF appealing 10 tho Governor to send
troops to Tangipahoa, tho idea being that tho
presence OF the militia there would encourage
the .cit!zcns to arrest the.murdercrs and other
danGcrous characters, whereas they would
otherwise DO afraid to do SO because It would
bring down on them the imosit OF the gang.
Gov. Foster, however, has gone no further than
70 offer q coward for tho arrest OF Hydc's muir
6crcrS.
Even should the arrest tako place there is
little chance OF conviction, for the parish il 80
cut up into clans and factions that the District
to secure turics that will convict. The faction
to which the criminal belongs Is certain TO have
s stay out Si ' fopG msp EstSo on ,b ,aS l%Tg, and nc 4 they H.rS Mill
OF guilty: This makes tho problem OF how TO
redeem Bloody Tangipahoa" 80 difficult.
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FROM tho Huntington Evening" Star.