The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-14

Der, 1881. in the presence Of
large concourse of people. Nat
Turner, the notorious iusurrec
ZIONIST met his just doom,
aud his sin blackened soul as
cended to a higher power To be
Judged for his murderous career
on earth.
The body war inferred just Re
meath the tree where it was hung,
aud the head was placed in the
hands of medical scientists. Srv
enty five years have passed away
since this terrible event, and yet
the main trunk of the tree still
stands. The storms of many
seasons have denuded it of its
branches and over it "the want
ling vine has gently crept, max.
ing it a thing of beauty, but few
who pass it know what a dark
page i'll history it marks"
LIST OF TIE VICTIMS.
AS it may prove of interest to
some TO know the names of the
murdered persons who lost their
lives i'll the insurrection, we give
them below:
Joseph Travis, wife and three
children; Mrs. Elizabeth Turner,
Hartwell Prebles, Sarah New
some, Mrs. p. Reese and son,
William, Trajan Doyle, Henry
Bryant and wife and child, and
wife's mother; Mrs CathaIine
Whitehead, son Richard, and
their four young daugh ters
and grandchild Salathial Francis,
Nathaniel Francis overSeer and
two children, John I. Barrow,
George Vaughn, Mrs. Levi Wal.
Ter and ten children, VIM. vii.
liams, wife and two boys, Mrs.
Caswell Worrell and child, Mrs.
Rebecca Vaughn, Ann Eliza
Vaughn and son Arthur, Mrs.
John X. Williams and child,
Mrs. Jacob Williams and three
children and Edwin Drury-
amounting i'll all to 80 persons.
A LIST OF NEGROES BROUGHT
BEFORE THE COURT OF
SOUTHAMPTON, WITH THEIR
OWNERS NAMES AND
SENTENCE.
Daniel, Richard Potter, con.
victed. Moses, j. I. Barrow,
convicted. Tom, Caty White
head, discharged. Jack an d
Andrew, Caty Whitehead, con-
victed and transported. Jack,
George II. Charlton, discharged
without trial. Jack, Everett
Bryant, discharged. Nat IA Il,
Benjamin Blount's estate, con
victed. Nathan, Tom and Davy,
(bOys), Nathaniel Francis, con.
victed and transported. Davy,
Elizabeth Turner, convicted. Cur,
It's, Thomas Ridley, convicted.
Stephen, Thomas Ridley, con.
victed. Hardy and ISham, Ben
iamin Edwards, convicted. Sam,
Nathaniel Francis, convicted.
Hank, Joseph Travis estate, con
victed. Joe, John G. Turner,
convicted. Lucy, John Il. Bar,
row, convicted. Matt, Thomas
Ridley, acquitted. Jim, Richard
Porter, acquitted. Exum Aries,
Gree, sent on for further trial.
Joe, Richard p. Briggs, discharg,
ed without trial. Berry, New.
some, free, sent on for further
trial. Stephen, James Bell, ac-
quilted. Jim and Isaac, Samuel
Champion, convicted and trans
ported. Preston, Hannah Viii.
hanson, acquitted. Frank, Sol.
ONION ID. Parker, convicted and
transported. Jack and Shadrach,
Nathaniel Simmons, acquitted.
Nelson, BENZ Blunt's estate,
acquitted. Sam, Peter Edwards,
convicted. Archer, Arthur G.
Reese, acquitted. Isham Turner
Gree, sent on for further trial.
Nat Turner, Putnam Moore, de
ceased, c. nvlcted.
There were eleven others, be.
longing to Levi Waller, Jacob
Williams, Edward Turner, VIM.
Reese, Nathaniel Francis, j. w.
Parker, VIM. Vaughn, Temper
ance Parker, Joseph Parker and
'solomon ID. Parker, but their
icames are torn out of the old
:konfesSiOn of Nat Turner's, which
-es before us as we write and we
lnnot give their names. Suffi.
. lent it is to say that they were
al severely punished = being
(ung, imprisoned and transport
~ out of the country.
COLLECTIONS ON THE MASSACRE
With the eXpcntion nf Mn