Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-05-07
A TEXAS MOB.
1t wreaks Terrible Vengeance on
q Band of MurdererA
SIX OF THE LATTER ARE HANGED,
A seventh Missins and Thought to
Have been shot-The Culprits
Had Murdered = Family Of
Three Persons.

Houston, Tex, May 1.-For the MUIR
der Of an old man in his dotage, q
child in its homage and woman in
the first flush OF young womanhood;
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 on
Thursday night sent to their doom by
the hands of an Infatuated mob Of ne
yroes, the victims also being negroes,
OF Sunnyside, Walter county.
Last fall German from Brennan
was robbed OF s65. Suspicion pointed
to the four Thomas boys, and they con-
fessed to having committed the theft,
saying they had given $50 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 col
lect their $50 or kill Daniels. They car
ried out the latter part of the pro-
gramme.
An Awful Crime.
Henry Daniels, an old negro, lived
there in a little hut with his stepdaugh-
ter Marie, and seven-year-old child.
Wednesday night the house was broken
open, Marie Daniels and the seven-year-
old child were ravished md the old man
Daniels dubbed to death trying to pro-
tect those in his charge. Then old man
Daniels and his stepdaughter were
thrown into the we'll. The house was set
on fire and the devils capable Of such a
crime left thinking that they had COW
cred their inhuman deed from the sig hit
Of the world. The fire had not attracted
much attention, but when Daniels and
his people did not show up, the charred
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 We're secured. Fayette Rhine, Fl
years old, Will Gates, 35 years old, Louis
Thomas, 20 years, Aaron Thomas, 10
years, Jim Thomas, IA years, and Benny
Thomas, Is years, were placed under ar
rest. The last four are brothers. Later
on Will Williams was captured. When
taken they were smeared with blood
and bloody shirt was found hidden in
Richmond's house. After the boyswere
confronted with the evidence, they
owned the committing of the crime
and laid the killing to Louis, the Oldest.
Lynched.
All seven of the prisoners were under
guard Thursday night about 10 o'clock,
when the guards We're oyerpowered by
strong body of men and the prisoners
taken toward the Brazos bottom, north
of here. Alittle later 40 or so shots were
fired and all was quiet. Friday morn
ing, dangling from the limbs Of large
tree, We're found the bodies of six ne.
sroes, 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 ofthem
are still there. except Williams, and he
IS not to be found, but the shots proba-
bly, explain his absence.