The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-26
his lYNcHING CASES.
- HEARING OF THE
pysr,,, I'LL BEGIN TO-DAY
,.,,,y Of the crime a. me'nt-
FId''', widow of one of the
\" nardered Men,

-, NJ riyen a pTelllh'hai'
rsn y. .,,ra whether the State
= VIA '.,aepcs to procure indict-
sisa - 49,, on charge of muir
~. humphreys and his Two
s,'sIas them. The prisoners .as,1on s sat
~ = s IN Be here tomorrow .,-, -,
s. y !. taking an active ,aSs p pa. o sea
Attorney General 'Onn ao mas Os at-
s the district and county at
: ''' u. prosecution while Rangers anger,
!, the service of the sheriff
'i's, ! : an immense crowd here
W b., county, twenty-five miles
!, Athens, the county seat, is
80, a. the Transcedar country.
' the Trinity river and &C.
y. II includes large scope OF
] I'D received Its name during 'as
Y, When the cenfederacy esta0-
\ rrapsmississlppi department
~, 81 the county seat gave the
s-,Dscedar 10 this section OF the
M 80 1t remains. The inhapl-
!, NJ. section are industrious farm
s.rs IN the main, been noted Tor
Y. Eating nrOcliyitieS.
"-.sts ago three farmers were
..',sing 10 the slanting trunk OF a
~. With their feet tied to their
,'ss crude hangman's knot about
III. These were jim HUMPHREYS
!, ,so sons John and George. They
.,,sfnts OF the Transcedar country,
M been for many years.
sier HUMPHREYS was an ex-Confed-
! Sldsr and about so years OF age.
s,s men leave three widows and
j, orphan children, the Oldest being
tu,r.cId boy. For what reason these
IN % summarily dealt with is not
!, Unless 1t was thought by their
Es,u that they had assisted one
4, charged with killing a constable,
ssn The sheriff of the county, who
M an official for twenty years. says
!, never heard of any charge against
,ag HUMPHREYS. The two youngest
al some trouble, but were acquitted
al
b lanes HUMPHREYS, who was the
! II wife Of the elder of the three dead
ka slight built, frail woman, APP
|riy about 10 years old. She told her
shortly after the crime had been
slnsa With much effort, but in a
way.
! aid: 1T was a few minutes after
aGE in the morning when the mob
Al the south doors in the house
'fsl and we were sleeping, never
ping Of any danger whatever. Mr..
Elshes had been sick near all the
but had kept going all the time. He
p that he lacked about half a days
NJ st having his corn laid by.
N mob came in the yard. | can't
~ many but four of them came in
l'sit and told Mr.. Humphries that
Einted Patlson. All OF them were
sGd crrsing like they were drunk.
A q them had a pistol in his hand.
nA that they did not want to hurt
ne They said they wanted only
II OF to know where he was.
Iag took Mr.. HUMPHREYS out with
I'D said for me not to be scared. |
iea not to leave the house or send
. any one. They said that they
Y kase spies TO see that no one left
'aG islling to find Patison they took
aaapaFles off with them. They said
y! mad deputy sheriff with them
y papers for Mr.. HUMPHREYS. He
lsn mat he was tired and had
~ all day, but they made MIN ED
taen anyhow" o.
A' Wy hey had gone sat up until near
|ssloSk' when | heard them again. !
~ lsy mad let Mr.. Humphries come
never heard anything more. ]
L"lIly scared Early in the morning
n, iiitle boy five miles away tC
YOU'D hear anything of them. They
uIalng. then sent to Athens hui
y leghbors found them dead, apd
.sosnI them home, and, oh! it wa;
.-0,'iole slght!' Here Mrs. Hum.
N N a ~. down and wept as If her hear
81 a, usaS, The tears streamed dowr
n ~, pdle lace. Her grief was Sc
d, ~ ~ 50 pltitul that every one whc
n \, ~ sIory OF that horrible night shet
~, sympathy for her. Between sob
n soc continued:
~ i.g we're all three put side bv side ny
I, u ~. aaa were buried in the same grave
4 !, iul' My husband was as good ;
\. s,,s' lived. He and his boys were
r, Mas men and owned their farm,
~, o AZ crops. We never dreamed
N, w, US so horrible! He was ,
- - ler a living" "H'
II. ,ae town Of Athens runs a pubIit
n ' ss % Porter's Bluff, some thir
4 ,I Ies away. This road runs by tn,
,,Ara, Of the farms owned by tn,
l "a Down this road the mol
s,Irls,ss 'Upped at the corner OF Jane
r,,, ned. There they dlsmountec
sss,,..' % the house. As told by Mrs
~ me night was warm and tn
h, ,,,s.. was open, the beds being
\ J, M the doors, so that the occu
w. quiet, little home might ge
4, !, u tae night breeze.
y me llynchers went 10 the don
,,hrIss 70 know where Patison was
ssA !, could not tell them. The,
AZ, ,ae house, and falling to fin
made the old man dress and 2.
..vs u warning Mrs. Humphries no
Eu,nmrv, mouse. A squad was sent t,
i va lles He was walked and hi
tNss searched for Patison. He too
hi ~ % dress and go with the moi
Ii. w. aSm OF Jim Humphries, by hi
Il A. x was sleeping at this house.
is.S ~ mob was leaving he wa
Ia II. ohe of the mob jabbsd a mis-
ssS - laee and told him that n h
soass ,SSu.cry or attempted to leay
fved or Tsy would kill him. George
Re va short ways off, was sen
sysn made to dress hurriedly an
hlss ;. hurried off barefooted, n,
d E,o ~ me rendezvous in the corne
I.sd M pu n. yard. There the mo
Il q, about an hour. They The
thras "a a northeastrly direction
slsutlDsn hundred yards from the nous
ssrnOnng hickory tree. To HE "0u .,
: yl,ti,rusp and left hanging. The fee
AXE srrs limos, slmost touched the GROUND
Etsi win t ma. they did not. their fec
NJ ''a strings to the seats Of theI
: rons