The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-13
FIVE NEGROES TO HANG.
Plans for the Execution of '.I<niEhts
of the Archer,

! CHARLESTON. 5. G, June 1S-Five ne
/ ETo murderers the charter members of the
/ notorious Knights Of the Archer malta
{ which terroriZcd sections of South Caro-
/ lima and Georgia, VIII be hanged IN the
/ county jail at SyIvauia, Ca. at noon to-
morrow.
/ The condemned Iaeu are under sentence
I OF death for the murder of two officers
. who We're sent to arrest a riugleader Of
/ the band After this murder the band
/ fled to the swamp lands along the Savan-
4 nah River and many Of them were 1ev-
/ Ct captured. Strenuous efforts have been
made to obtain 4 communication of the sen
/ tence, but this has been refused Several
! days ago Governor Gambler. of Georgia.
/ received d letter in which he was notified
/ that unless the sentence was set ASIDE the
/ Capitol at Atlanta would be destroyed by
/ dynamite No attention was paid to this
/ threat and the sheriff VIII be ready for
! the execution at the appointed time.
( Sentiment is 50 strong against the muir
/ derers that officers say a delay viii not
: be brooked. and it Is feared that violence
. may result If the men are net hanged on
time, 1t is not expected that the negro
+ element VIII show any signs of trouble on
Friday although the officers viii be pre-
pared for any emergency.
. The band known as the knights OF the
/ Archer had q charter which was said to
have been written IN blood The mem
bers we're sworn against the white race
and the motto was death to all white
men whose deeds were not approved by
the band The negroes who are to be
. hanged are Arnold Augustus. Andrew Da-
Wis Richard Sanders, William Henderson,
and Sam Baldwin
SyIvania- but the sheriff says he is not
+ expecting trouble
t one night in October, 1888 Milton Mears.
4 constable Of Screven county. Ca, start
Cd out from SyIvaEia TO serve q warrant
for the arrest Of Joe Sanders, a young
negro who was wanted for some trivial
offence. While the object Of the knights
of the Archer was net 1t that time def
. nitely known. Il was suspected. and com
mon report assigned young Sanders and
his father, Jesse Sanders, to member
ship.
Trouble was not exactly anticipated by
the constable. but he took with him two
other men. One Of these was Capt Jesse
Wade, the other Fillmore Harrington, d
young friend Of the constable.
Although it was quite late. it was cyl
dent th~t those within Sanders house had
was opened by Jesse Sanders the father
Of the boy he wanted The constable ex-
planned his mission Old Sanders refused
compliance
Captain Wade and Harrington in the
meantime had left their blESIes and stood
waiting IN the yard Suddenly there came
from the nearby swamp the wailiGg note
OF the mOckbird- i was followed by an
other Of similar character and the fuSiI-
lade began From the cracks between the
logs OF the cabin and from q thicket of
~ WTg FtF
score OF rifles and shotsuns, the latter
loaded with every variety Of missile The
three white nan were desperately wound
ed.
Captain Wade was shot through the
thigh and the bone Of the leg broken by
the bullet Despite this and q dozen other
wounds he managed 10 crawl 70 his bug
Ey- Arrived II SylVaGia. Captain Wade
managed 70 gasp out the dire results Of
his mission and voice his fears that AIears
ana Harrington had been killed
His fears were well founded After the
murder posse made q search for the
UuTderers and the five named in the above
despatch were captured