Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-28
HENDERSON LYNCHTNG
Two Members Of the Mob Tell Of
the Crime.
GO INTO DETAILS.
Names Of All the Men Revealed and
the Plans n Carried Out Told.
Courthouse Packed 10 is
FULLEST Capacity.

Athens. Sse( June 97.-The trial Of
the ten men accused Of lynching the
three HUMPHREYS was continued this
morning. Public interest has waned
aud not half AZ big crowd was present
a. on Monday. John Greenhaw was
again ON the stand and his cross exam
ination was continued The defense
tried 10 show that there was an
agreement between John and Arthur
Greenshaw a. 10 what they would
swear. but failed 10 do 20. The
witness again recited every detail Of the
hanging giving time and place Of all
that transpired that night. He
stuck 10 his story without a stutter and
cleverly evaded all the traps put by the
defense. He testified fully aud freely.
Athens. Tex. June 27.-The prelimi'
airy hearing Of the 10 men who are
charged with participating in the
lynching Of the three HUMPHREYS in the
/ Trans-Cedar district on the night Of
May 2s. began here yesterday. Court
convened for this purpose at $50 in the
afternoon and the oldest men Of the To-
cal bar cannot recall an occasion when
more persons have assembled in Hen
derson county courtroom There was q
perfect jam
Polk Weeks and John Greenhaw made
confessions duplicating the others on
trial These mon gave the minutest de-
tails Of the commission Of the crime
which has sent thrill Of horror every
where.
stolidly Indifferent 10 the bewildering
interrogatories o. the crossexaminers.
the two men told their stories and re-
fused b change so much as a word
Despite the sharp admonitions Of the
army Of deputy sheriifs, the great throng
Of spectators, men, women and children,
stood upon the benches outside the bar
and drank in every word with open
mouthed wonder To them II rivaled in
fascination any detective story ever
written. and they are discussing is de-
tails and features with the greatest ant
nation.
II Is believed that tine hearing will
consume several days. but. be it long Of
short, there are many hundreds Of Hen
derson county agriculturists who viii
not return TO their homes until the las
word has been uttered on the witness
stand and Justice Averitt has settles
the question Of whether or not the &C
cused shall be released on bail
There was no conflict In statement
J Of the two men who made confessions
John Greenhaw said the mob wa
composed Of himself, Joe Wilkinson, W
, A. Johns. Bob Stevens, John Gaddis
Walter wilkinson W. b. Brooks. Poll
: Weeks, Arthur Greonhaw, sam Hal
and Mahan.
He said Wilkinson came 10 sec him o.
2 May %. 70 20 and look for Patisor
y They were 20 meet about a mile fror
/, there
They started at late bedtime. HI
y brother and himself went 30 meet th
: crowd
Went down near the corner Of JiT
HUMPHREYS field Stopped near IN
= crossroads and tied their horses; planne
}, how 20 manage the searching for Pats
on Went 10 Jim Humphries' hous
and took him ont. saying they were e
ing TO look for Patison. Searched job
HUMPHREYS house and got Humphrie
- Left Weeks and himself % watch an
r See that no runners were sent out
. They told the HUMPHREYS they woul
$ 90 10 neighbor's house and look 70
q Patison there. Three hundred or a.
yards up the road they stopped.
70 They told the HUMPHREYS that II the
a did not tell where Patison was the
n would hang them. They asked thei
about stealing Wilkinsons hogs The
} had ropes on them by this time. The
% took them ont 20 one side Of the roa
m and put them on horses.
Polk Weeks climbed the tree an
some one threw the ropes up 10 him az
:. be tied them around the tree. Joe WI
q" kinson drove the horses out from und
them
There was an oath administered tn
III any one Of the crowd would kill anyoi
=. who told Then they all went home.
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