WHOLESALE REVENGE.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 27 April 1881, Page 3

WHOLESALE REVENGE.

The Philadelphia correspondent of the London Times telegraphed on February 20th that a terrible lynching crime occurred on Friday last at Springfield, Tennesse. Last September nine negroes murdered, with horrible barbarity a farmer named Lagrade, plunder being tbeir object. All were caught and confined in Springfield Goal. One week afterwards a mob took two of them from the prison and lynched tbem at tbe sime lime lynch** ed another murderer confined tbere. Another prisoner, after confessing the crime, died in prison. Last week the trial began at Springfield, closing with the Judge's charge to the jury. On Friday the Court was closed, and the Sheriff started with tbe prisoner in his charge to tbe prison. A mob met him at* the door and captured tbe prisoner. They than took possession of the Court House and hanged five of them to the verandah at the Court House door. Two other negroes who bad turned State evidence were pursured during the night and killed. Thus ten murders avenged that of Lagrade. The mob of lynchers i numbered 203. The five corpses dangled on the Court House verandah till tbey were cut down on Saturday The Tennesse Senate yesterday unanimously passed a resolution condemning lynching, declaring that tbese mobs must be suppressed if it takes the whole power of tbe State to do ifc j calling on the Governor to arrest and punish the lynchers, and promising the active co-operation of the Legislature.