The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-08
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q Band Of Mu1dsrsrs.
SIX OF The LATTER ARE HANGED,
IA Seventh Missans ana Thorght tA
: Have been sAot-Ths CulpritA
:. HAD Murdered Family ef II
H.. Three Persons. ~


child in it, homage and woman ~
the first flush Of young womanhoodi
the ravishment Of two girls, the burn
Ing Of the home Of their victims, two Of
the bodies being consumed In the
flames. six young negroes were OF
Thursday night sent to their doom BY
the hands OF an infuriated mob Of Me-
groes, the victims also being negroeS1
At sunnyside, Walter county.
Last fall German from Brenham
was robbed Of SOS. Suspicion pointed
TO the four Thomas boys, and they con-
tossed to having committed the thefti
saying they had given $40 Of the money
to Henry Daniels. Daniels spent the
money, and on Sunday evening last
the four Thomas boys, according To-
their confession, decided to either COLI
1ect their $50 or kill Daniels: They carr
ried out the latter part Of the pro-
kramme. +
An Awful Crime.
Henry Daniels, an old negro, lived
there in little hut with his stepdaugh1
ter Marie, and a seven-year-old child!
"wednesday night the house was broken
open, Marie Daniels and the sevenryear!!
Ioid child were ravished and the old man
Daniels dubbed to death trying to pro-
Itect those in his charge. Then old man
Daniels and his stepdaughter were
thrown into the house and the child
thrown into the we'll. The house was set
on fire and the devils capable of such q
crime left thinking that they had cov7
cred their inhuman deed from the sight
OF the world. The fire had not attracted
much attention, but when Daniels and
his people did not show UP, the cha1red
location Of the house was searched and
the terrible truth was soon only too
plain. The burned remnants Of human
bodies left no doubt in one direction,
while the bloodstains about the prem
Uses indicated the commission OF MUIR
der.
The Fiends Captured.
! The local officers went to work with
a will and were ably assisted by the best;
citizens Of the neighborhood. The
bloodhounds from steele's plantation
were secured and they were not long in
finding the right track. Before night
they went straight into the place where
the Thomas boys reside and one by one
they were secured. Fayette Rhine, 81
years old, Will Gates, IS years OLD, Louis
Thomas, 20 years, Aaron Thomas. IS
years, Jim Thomas, IA years, and Benny
Thomas, IL years, were placed under al
rest. The last four are brothers. Later
on Will Williams was captured. When
taken they were smeared with blood
and q bloody shirt was found hidden IN
lRichmond's house. After the boys were
Iconfronted with the evidence, they
owned the committing of the crime
and laid the killing to Louis, the Oldest;
i Lynched. -.
All seven of the prisoners were under
guard Thursday night about IL o'clock;
when the guards were overpowered by
q strong body Of men and the prisoners
taken toward the Brazos bottom, north
of here. A little later 40 or so shots were
fired and all was quiet. Friday morn
ing, dangling from the limbs of large
tree, were found the bodies of six me-
|yroes, limp and lifeless. Hundreds Of
people from all over the country are
|surging back and forth, with the tree
as the center Of attraction. All Of them
are still there, except Williams, and he
is not to be found, but the shots proba1
bly, explain his absence.