The New York Times
17 October 1900
Georgia Negro Lynched
MACON, Ga., Oct. 16 -- Frank Hardemann, a negro tramp, was lynched at Wellston early this morning for assaulting Mrs. B. H. Pierson, the wife of a Baptist preacher. The woman and three small children were in the room at the time and raised an alarm. The negro buried himself in a cotton patch, but was found and lynched. His body was left hanging by the side of the railroad, in view of passengers on the cars.
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Horrible Tragedy in Georgia (1856)
The New York Times
28 January 1856
Horrible Tragedy in Georgia
It was briefly mentioned, a few days ago, that Samuel Taylor and wife, an old and respectable couple, residing in Twiggs County, Ga., had been brutally murdered. The Macon Citizen says:
"Mr. Taylor was found dead in his bed, and his wife, Sarah, gasping in death alongside of him, each with one large wound on the head, inflicted by the cutting edge of an axe. Mrs. Taylor lived, in an insensible state, about two hours after Mr. Taylor's son, James, reached the house from his own residence, less than a mile distant. The fiend who committed the double murder afterward attempted to burn the house, having kindled a fire on the bed, between the murdered couple, and laid a pile of kindling wood under the same, more effectually to destroy all traces of the atrocious act. Owing to the bed clothing being chiefly of woolen material, the fire did not progress rapidly, but filled the house with smoke, which caused a child of Mrs. Taylor's granddaughter, sleeping with its mother in another part of the house, to awake and rouse its mother, who, though deaf and dumb, managed to rouse the negroes and give the alarm to the neighbors, after putting out the fire.
From an eye-witness of the scene we learn that, so offensive was the odor of burning human flesh and blood, and of woolen and cotton goods in the room where the dead bodies lay, the company assembled (about a dozen neighbors) were compelled to lay out the dead and remove the remains of the bedding before the Coroner, living twenty miles off, could be summoned to hold an inquest. This was done on Tuesday afternoon, and a verdict given according to the foregoing facts, and with suspicion that Lewis, a negro fellow of Mr. Taylor's about 28 years old, was the murderer."
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28 January 1856
Horrible Tragedy in Georgia
It was briefly mentioned, a few days ago, that Samuel Taylor and wife, an old and respectable couple, residing in Twiggs County, Ga., had been brutally murdered. The Macon Citizen says:
"Mr. Taylor was found dead in his bed, and his wife, Sarah, gasping in death alongside of him, each with one large wound on the head, inflicted by the cutting edge of an axe. Mrs. Taylor lived, in an insensible state, about two hours after Mr. Taylor's son, James, reached the house from his own residence, less than a mile distant. The fiend who committed the double murder afterward attempted to burn the house, having kindled a fire on the bed, between the murdered couple, and laid a pile of kindling wood under the same, more effectually to destroy all traces of the atrocious act. Owing to the bed clothing being chiefly of woolen material, the fire did not progress rapidly, but filled the house with smoke, which caused a child of Mrs. Taylor's granddaughter, sleeping with its mother in another part of the house, to awake and rouse its mother, who, though deaf and dumb, managed to rouse the negroes and give the alarm to the neighbors, after putting out the fire.
From an eye-witness of the scene we learn that, so offensive was the odor of burning human flesh and blood, and of woolen and cotton goods in the room where the dead bodies lay, the company assembled (about a dozen neighbors) were compelled to lay out the dead and remove the remains of the bedding before the Coroner, living twenty miles off, could be summoned to hold an inquest. This was done on Tuesday afternoon, and a verdict given according to the foregoing facts, and with suspicion that Lewis, a negro fellow of Mr. Taylor's about 28 years old, was the murderer."
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Homicide in Milledgeville, Georgia (1854)
The New York Times
23 January 1854
HOMICIDE IN MILLEDGEVILLE -- On the 11th inst., Wm. A. Ralston, a resident of Macon, Ga., was killed in Milledgeville, by Archibald Hunt, of Albany. Ralston was standing in front of McComes' Hotel, conversing with a gentleman, when Hunt approached him, familiarly saying, "Well, Dick, you got me!" -- alluding, it is said, to a gaming transaction which had previously occurred between them. Ralston inquired what he meant, but Hunt merely repeated the words. Ralston then inquired if he meant to charge him with cheating, to which, we understand, Hunt replied, "Yes, I do." At which Ralston gave him the lie, and threw back a cloak which he was wearing. Hunt immediately drew a pistol, and shot him through the heart, and Ralston fell, exclaiming, "He has killed me." Hunt made some attempt to escape, but was soon captured, and in now in the hands of the proper authorities, awaiting his trial. It is said that there had been some previous difficulty, but the parties had afterwards seemed to be reconciled. Ralston had no weapon of any kind about his person -- not even a penknife. -- Georgia Telegraph
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23 January 1854
HOMICIDE IN MILLEDGEVILLE -- On the 11th inst., Wm. A. Ralston, a resident of Macon, Ga., was killed in Milledgeville, by Archibald Hunt, of Albany. Ralston was standing in front of McComes' Hotel, conversing with a gentleman, when Hunt approached him, familiarly saying, "Well, Dick, you got me!" -- alluding, it is said, to a gaming transaction which had previously occurred between them. Ralston inquired what he meant, but Hunt merely repeated the words. Ralston then inquired if he meant to charge him with cheating, to which, we understand, Hunt replied, "Yes, I do." At which Ralston gave him the lie, and threw back a cloak which he was wearing. Hunt immediately drew a pistol, and shot him through the heart, and Ralston fell, exclaiming, "He has killed me." Hunt made some attempt to escape, but was soon captured, and in now in the hands of the proper authorities, awaiting his trial. It is said that there had been some previous difficulty, but the parties had afterwards seemed to be reconciled. Ralston had no weapon of any kind about his person -- not even a penknife. -- Georgia Telegraph
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