The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-28
AS Result of the Stafford
Outrages.
TWO OTHER LYNChIHGS
Expected To Take Place rodsy-Among
Those Executed are the Assaiianss OF
the Ggiesrees-A Confession BY One
Establishes b Existence OF . BanA
OF Eixhs Murderer, Rosber ana
Rapisss- Dtlisens search Bsias Made
For the Remainiux Hemeers.

Savannah. Ca. July ss.-CSunday.)-
A special 20 The Morning News from
cambridge, Ga, says: Since the das-
tardly crime committed at Saffold. In
Early county. las Thursday night
hunting parties have been out in search
Of the guilty negroes. One Of the ne
groes appeared at a old darky's house.
near BrinsoR. Ga. n asked 10 be ha--
bored. The old man went 10 Brinson
| and informed OF his presence. A posse
returned with him and captured the
| negro. who gave his name as Louis
| Sammin. The man was taken to SAT-
fold, where he was identified by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ogletree as n OF their assail-
ants. He said there were eight in his
| gang and that they came from Angus
ia. He "a hat two u the gang were
not far away. One portion OF the mob
went in pursuit OF these two, while
/ others hung Sammin and riddled his
body. The other two negroes were over
taken, shot and scalped. the party
bringing their scalps to Saffold this
evening. A hundred determined men
' with ~bloodhounds are after the remain
g ing five Of the I'M and IL caught they
! wifi b. lynched.
Atlanta. Ga. July 2s.-osunday.)-A
I special to The Constitution from Balm
bridge, Ga. says: A negro captured
near Iron City last night was brought
TO Saffold and identified as one OF the
assailants OF Mrs. j. +. Ogletree last
Thursday night. He was lynched at
daylight this morning near Saffold.
Two other dead negroes Were found
alongside the railroad track two miles
west OF cambridge this morning. The
names Of non OF these negroes are
Known.
1t is believed by some that the two
dead negroes found by the side OF the
railroad track were the men arrested
yesterday at Troy, Ala, on suspicion
of being implicated in the Ogletree out
age, n who were being brought tn
Saffold for Identification
cambridge, Ga. July 24.-There will
be a double lynching I'm West Balm
bridge early tomorrow morning unless
something Unforeseen occurs. Two more
members OF the band of robbers. MUIR
derers and rapists are in the hands OF a
determined posse of whites.
One OF the captives Is Charles Mack.
the companion in crime OF Louis Sim
min, who was lynched yesterday. II
was Sammin and Mack who outraged
Mrs. Ogletree in the presence OF her
husband at Saffold, one holding a pis-
tol at the head OF the husband to pre-
vent his interference.
Mack was captured at Iron City by
a white man named Cardell. Cardell
tried 10 get his prisoner through to Jail.
hence secreted him. A mob OF several
hundred country people met Cardell
and asked the whereabouts OF his pris-
oner. He declined to say. A rope was
quickly put about his neck and he was
given ten minutes in which 10 give up
the rapist or his life. He then told
where the negro was. In a short while
the crowd had Mack. While arrange
ments for the lynching were in prog
ress a telegram came from Iron City
that another member of the gang had
been captured.
1t would require several hours to get
the new prisoner to the scene, so 1t was
determined to postpone the execution
OF Mack until tomorrow, at which time
it is proposed to nave a double : angling
for the purpose of impressing other
possible members Of The gang who are
not yet known.
Before Sammin was lynched he con-
fessed and said that he and Mack had
robbed the Ogletrees and that both had
outraged the mi While they were
committing their crimes, he said, six
others h names he gave. were on
watch outside. Mack Is said TO nave
confessed corroborating Sammin's
statement. The men, he said, were
banded together for murder, robbery
and rape.
Five Of the negroes named. including
Sammin, are now dead, and every in
dication favors the death OF two more
| tomorrow.
The information is that the prisoner
from Iron City win arrive at about 2:5C
a. m. and the lynching will probably
occur shortly thereafter.
kid jim" one OF the Safrold me-
groes, was located this afternoon In a
cabin near Pinckard, Ala. He Is guard.
ed by about 100 of his race, Who say
they Will defend him against any at
tack. A posse OF 100 men heavily armed
left cambridge this afternoon for ths
cabin and say they Will get kid Jim
dead or alive. guard or no guard.
Macon, Ga, July 24.-The Telegraph
ma a special from Leesburg. Ga, say
ing a negro supposed to be one OF the
Sanoqd ravishers was killed by citizens
tonight while resisting arrest.