The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-06
TWO DEPUTIES IN BRIGHTON ARE HELD FOR LYNCH|NC NEGRO Man In Jail On Dynamiting Charge Quietly Taken Out
 and Swung To Tree EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH
 OVER LATEST OUTRAGE Brighton Citizens Hold an Indignation Meeting and Vigorously Condemn
 Lawless Act-other Ar
 rests Expected.
By J. F. LEE.

Bessemer, August 6-(Special.)-R sulting from the coroner's investigation into the lynching which took place at Brighton at some time before day this morning, Lon Tyler and Bruce Tyler, two brothers, who were acting as spe- cial deputies, were arrested on charges of murder, and carried to the county jail, and will not be allowed bond.
 None of the evidence taken during the investigation has been made public. but from information gathered on the outside, it Is shown that Tyler pos sessed, or had in his possession prior to the lynching, key to the jail, and the statement of Town Marshal Toumerlin went to show that there were only two keys In existence. he having had one of them. Toumerlins statement made be- fore the coroner's jury was empaneled Is as follows
 When had locked the negro in the jail I telephoned Chief Deputy George Jones at Bessemer that I had the pris- oner, and I was instructed to lock him up and Deputy Bob Jones would come for him early this morning. About II o'clock just before going home for the night, I opened the door and put bucket of water on the inside for the prisoner, relocking it, and went home. I knew nothing of his having been taken out and hanged until I arrived at the jail about o'clock this morning, and found the door open and the lock hanging unlocked in the staple. I be- gan to inquire about and learned that negro had been seen hanging In the woods down toward the furnace, and went to the place and found him hang ing to the limb of the tree. Strange to say, when I returned to the jail shortly afterwards the lock was missing, and I have been unable to find out anything about its disappearance.
 "Ther are only two keys to the lock- one Is in my possession and the other was held by George Love, 8 deputized constable. My key has never left my possession; about the other cannot say"
 Deputy Constable George Love statement follows:
 Last night as I was passing near W. D. Bushs home, at Smiths cross ing, I was met by Lon Tyler and two other deputies, Long and Chitwood Tyler told me that he had heard that an attempt would be made to dynamite house next to the one that was blows up night before last at Parker Springs and that he wanted me to take a good man with me and patrol that territory, and for me to particularly watch the houses adjoining the Fuller house. I asked him who was going to patrol up around Brighton, and he replied that Lee Cox would be on up in that terri tory. I selected Chitwood, and he and I stayed around Parker Springs until morning. when I went home and went to bed, and did not know anything of the lynching until about 10 o'clock. when my wife told me of 1t. Before leaving me Tyler asked for the jail key. and I gave 1t to him."
 Jess Howell, the deputy who had charge of the dogs that trailed the negro prisoner, made the following statement:
 T stayed around the jail until abou. 2:30, when left on the train that car ries the workmen to Dolomite and knew nothing of the lynching until about o'clock this morning. Depu. ties Long and Lee Cox both went on the train with me to Dolomite. leaving Deputies Lon Tyler and Bruce Tyler at Brighton"
 It is understood that no statement could be gotten out of the Tyler brothers after tn cir arrest, other than that they were innocent of the charge that had been preferred against them.
 It Is highly probable that at least two more arrests will be made, but 1t Is not believed that more than four or 6xrA Ia nlr ov-fl H. [, ,iw.~
 It was thought for a time that the prisoner was killed and then hung, but when his body was taken down his neck was found to be broken. His tongue was also protruding from his mouth while hanging, and it is said that he had been dead when swung up. this would not have been the case.
 Kennedy Bros. took charge of the body of the negro, but were instructed by the coroner to hold 1t until Friday or Saturday.
 The Lynching.
 William Millin, the negro miner who was arrested last night and locked up in the city jail at Brighton on charge of assault with intent to murder which grew out of the dynamiting of a house occu- pied by Findley Fuller at Parker Springs, night before last, was taken from the jail at some UIllt between and o'clock this morning and lynched. Other than thoss who composed the lynching party no one suspected that such action was even being considered, and the entire community was shocked when the news was spread that the negro had been found hanging to the limb of pine tree within 100 yards of the dirt road lead ing from Brighton to Woodward fur naces, almost within a stones throw of the thickest settled part of the town of Brighton.
 The negro was brought to the jail about 10 oclock last night, just as a mass meet ing of the citizens of the town was break- ing up, at which the outrage of night be- fore last the dynamting of the Fuller home, was severely condemned, and a viz iance committee appointed to keep down lawlessness, and that what Is conside cred one of the greatest outrages that can be perpetrated on a law-abiding community should occur immediately following such a meeting is deeply deplored by the en- tire populace, and expressions of indigna- tion could be heard on all sides.